Spider and an ugly thing

[strobemonkey]

Saw this spider yesterday having his dinner.
Handheld, natural light, 50D + 24-70L, 70mm, f5.6 ISO1600, 1/500sec
Some tweaks in DPP, then a few tweaks and strip/resize in Photoshop

Click for original size




Also saw this ugly thing, don't know what it is.
Handheld, natural light, 50D + 24-70L, 70mm, f8, ISO3200, 1/250sec
Some tweaks in DPP, then a few tweaks and strip/resize/high pass in Photoshop

Click for original size

 

[paintedlady]

At a wild guess, I'd say the last photo is a withered and ruptured rose hip - you can make out the hairy seeds inside the hip, and the tiny thorns on the flower stem

Great looking photos