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Lincoln Park is a 1,208-acre park situated along Lake Michigan on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. Named after US President Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Park is the city's largest public park. At several points along the entire 7-mile stretch of the park, pedestrians can access Lincoln Park via underground tunnels passing under the 6- to 10-lane LSD (Lake Shore Drive). In late summer the orb weavers reach their largest sizes having spent the summer gorging on insects drawn to the lights in the tunnels.
Chicago, IL
Sept 2020
Chicago Orb Weavers (Sept 2020) by
Paul Sager, on Flickr
Fujicolor Pro is a line of professional color negative films from Japanese company Fujifilm introduced in 2004 for weddings, portraits, fashion and commercial photography. The main competitor for Fuji's Pro line is Kodak Portra.
Chicago Orb Weavers (Sept 2020)Fuji NPH 400 was a daylight balanced film, sold from 2002-2004, and since renamed Pro 400H. The film used for these images expired in July 2003 and has been stored frozen and purchased via the UHH For-Sale section.
Chicago Orb Weavers (Sept 2020) The camera was the EOS 1v, with the EF 180mm f/3.5L macro mounted to tripod with gimbal head. The Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Lite Flash was attached to the front of the lens. The film was processed and scanned by North Coast Photography Services of Carlsbad, CA. The resulting JPEG were edited in Adobe Lightroom.
Chicago Orb Weavers (Sept 2020) Renamed in 2004 to Pro 400H, with new packaging, no changes were made to the emulsion from Fuji Pro 400 NPH. I find the Kodak Portra 400 to have a much finer grain as compared to this Fuji film. Comments online consider the Fuji colors are generally 'cooler' than the equivalent Kodak Portra films.
Chicago Orb Weavers (Sept 2020) I used my EOS DSLR to determine the flash and exposure settings based on the film's ISO-200 setting. But, I forgot my extension tubes that September evening and couldn't get much closer to better fill the frame and still be able to focus. From the digital files, I can crop-in for 'cleaner' results than much the same crop from the scanned film. I'm already thinking of different film types and settings for next summer's crop of spiders.
Chicago Orb Weavers (Sept 2020) Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.
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