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This photograph was made on
a clear fall day in the Tuskegee National Forrest near
Tuskegee Alabama in the fall of 2000. There is a
specific period of time in the fall when woodland spiders
build webs in the lower regions of the forest and fall
leaves often become trapped in the webbing in their descent
to the ground. I have found that it is best to
photograph these webs and leaves is in the early morning or
late afternoon when the sun is more horizontal and
accentuates the detail in the compositions. This image
was photographed in late afternoon. I used the
Mamiya RZ67 with the 140mm Macro lens (tripod mounted and
mirror up) to expose this leaf caught in a spider's web on
Kodak Portra 160VC negative film. A uniquely beautiful
image. |