Silk River

Artist: Jan Piller
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Silk River

This is one of my stupid mistakes that actually turned out okay. MY DOF was waaaaay too shallow (my aperture wide open to compensate for no light early early in the morning) which maybe wouldn’t have been so bad but on top of it, there was steam rising off the ground making it look like my DOF fell off really abrubtly. I thought it looked like a reflection of the web on on water.

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Tara Sheffer-A...

Holy Cow!!! Incredible Image Jan!!!!
Hank Rodriguez

This one has lured me in, and I can’t seem to pull myself away from it, Jan…You black widow, you!
Jan Piller replied

ha! trapped!! Glad you like it Hank!
TerraChild

this is great, beautiful cap
Sharon Hammond

Just fabulous Jan
Barbara Brown

this is really beautiful. Great capture.
Aimelle

I like the POV ! very nice picture =)
Barbara Anderson

This is AMAZING. Love it!! You are so good in caturing the details of the web.
Jan Piller replied

Thanks Barbara!! Hope all is well with you!
martinilogic

Wow, what an awesome perspective…...absolutely BRILLIANT
Basia McAuley

What an amazing shot! Beautiful work!
Kody J Ague

Jan, this is so great. Love the angle, the DOF the B&W!!
Jan Piller replied

Thank you Kody! Glad you appreciate the angle! hahaha you’ld understand if you’ld seen me trying to get this shot! Anybody walking by me would have thought they’ld stumbled across a dead body.
Sharon Johnstone

Stunning shot Jan!!!
LYN EVANS

An amazing capture, I adore spiders webs.
Tracey Mac

Such a magical image…...so very beautiful….
Bojoura Stolz

Absolutely stunning! Love the strangeness and the angle. So abstract and poetic at the same time…
Jan Piller replied

Thanks Bojoura!
LifeInMaine

Jan, this is absolutely stunning!!!!!!
Jody Johnson

very cool shot…....not sure how you got it, but I love it…..perfect web!
Jan Piller replied

Thanks Jody! It was taken about a foot off the ground with the focus point at where the sun was hitting the web. So in other words I was “semi-under” the web. The bottom portion of the image is just a shallow DOF but it was enhanced by a steamy fog burning off the cool early morning ground. The effect was a reflection bouncing off the steamy fog. It really is amazing out in the fields how just changing your altitude by about 6 inches steams up the lens of the camera! So I had to lay in the wet weeds for about 5 minutes to wait for my lens to clear before I could get the shot. Meantime my dog is destroying every web in my vicinity – I was just praying she didn’t come near me! This was hand held (tripods rip webs apart)
Carol Barona

EXCELLENT WORK HERE – VERY NICE….
Jan Piller replied

Thanks Carol!
Sean Farragher

massive shot
Patricia L. Ba...

Just perfect, Jan.
dc witmer

perfect shot for your RB (web) page :)
Leslie Battjes

hey! where’s our version with the kayak???
Jen Millard

Very cool!
Sophie Watson

Brilliant, love it!
Jan Piller replied

Thank you Sophie!
lallymac

Gorgeous!
Stephen Rowsell

killer shot Jan, love the DOF.
Jan Piller replied

Thank you Steve!
NAPaul

this looks fantastic
Anibal

Never say you messed up people woulda never known…impressive!!!
Lucindawind

well it definately came out perfect I think ~
Jan Piller replied

Thanks! gheesh I hate to admit mistakes! hahahaha
KcranmerArt

You know sometimes it’s those accidents that REALLY create a magnificent piece of art…and this girl is no exception!!! Awesome!
JennyDean

Great mistake Jan, looks fantastic.
Jan Piller replied

Thanks Jenny!
Elizabeth Bravo

What would we do with out stupid mistakes that make things appear to us that we would not have seen before. What a wonderful shot!!!!!
Jan Piller replied

Thanks Elizabeth – yah I like it when you get home so sure you’re going to delete everything and find something that actually worked out okay. I had to take this shot fairly quickly cuz my moron dog was tearing around and destroying all the webs.
JennyDean

It’s the best mistake eva Jan, love it.
mekea

I thought it was reflections! :)) Wonderful mistake!! :))
Sc0ttB

Stunning image. The strong contrast is great.
Jan Piller replied

Thank you Scott!
Maureen Bloesch

it’s a great shot!
artGIA

great image!
Jan Piller replied

thank you artGIA! You do some wonderful work yourself! (helps to have a beautiful model too! )
Jen Ryan

You Placed in the Top Ten in a Challenge in
The woman Photographer
Jerome Gouvrion

it makes me think to an alien :)
KreddibleTrout

mistakes are great.
Lindsay Oram

This is great jan. Fantastic work.
Jan Piller replied

Thanks Lindsay!
SandraRos

CONGRATULATIONS on your second place in the top 10 with this glorious capture you had my vote !!
Jan Piller replied

Thanks Sandra!
Maria Moro

Please consider one of your artworks for challenge Triangular Shapes
cammiecakes

Outstanding!!
Geoffrey Dunn

Superb … love it when mistakes turn out to be better than the plan
Jan Piller replied

heheh – the only plan was to keep it intact! I usualy break about 99% of my webs before I get the shot! Thanks Geoffrey!
Jessica Walker

Hello there! Your work has been featured in the Group, First Things! Congratulations!
Jan Piller replied

thanks Jessica! this was a nice thing to wake up to this morning!
ys-eye

Happy accidents are my favorite! :)
This turned out really beautifully! Congrats on your feature!
Jan Piller replied

thanks ys-eye!
Ryleigh McClure

Great photo- It really pulls you in!
carlosporto

Beautiful lighting.
Jan Piller replied

Thank you Carlo! It’s very early morning light.
Emsky

Really eyecatching!
Hannah Fenton-...
Etienne RUGGER...

Amazing capture !
Very well done
Angela Churchill

Oh yeah… I remember this one…. and the edit… Love it :)
Danica Radman ...

great image
so well done
Larry Grayam

Congratulations on your creativity and being featured.

!
Jan Piller replied

Thank you Larry!
Clare Colins

Congratulations Jan….a brilliant image :)
Jan Piller replied

Thank you Clare!
Matt Adamik

Simply amazing!
Jan Piller

Thanks very much Matt!
Liam Moore

WOW !!
This is so amazing !!
instant fav :)
keep up the great work
mariamejia2 13 days ago

love this picture!! :O