I have a spider web the size of a garage door and its span goes from the tree branch in my yard to the tree branch in the neighbors, which crosses my driveway. How can I take a picture of it with a digital camera in the DARK?
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Have you tried using a blacklight? It may make the web show up in darkness, but it may take 3 or 4 to cover that large of a web. Edit: Don't spray anything on it. It would definitely ruin the web, and could be harmful to the spider.
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you need to put a light behind the web but be sure the light source does not shine directly in the camera lens or the whole picture will flare and be ruined....a LOT of trial and error will be needed. Try using a cars headlights. camera then the web then the light source. Hope this helps. Remember trial and error !
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Most spider webs are strong enough to support a fine mist of water suspended on them as you often seen when dew settles on them. A very fine mist from a mister bottle will work well, like the ones they sell in sports shops. I agree with the backlighting suggestings.
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Once I had a spider web the size of say-ten feet wide by eight feet tall. It did not lay against the house since there was a bay window that stood out but the web was all over the Bay. I tryed to take some photos at night and one night the moon was very intense--bright. I was useing 200 speed film and I got 1 or 2 photos out of many trys. Have you ever heard of a pin-hole camera--they are historic now but it was a simple black box with a very tiny hole/where the lens would be today. In the early days they used glass negatives in the back inside of the box. Its alot to type. But the idea was that they could control the speed of the exposure by opening and closing the front hole. I like reading about things of old. take-care
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