Lucinda the Latrodectus in web

This piece really caught my attention; it mesmerizes me, and even though I'm not friend of arachnids, I find this photo beautiful and something I could stare for quite a while.

I like the mysterious, slightly dream-like atmosphere. The spider seems to be reaching to the light from the deep shadows, which gives nice symbolic supplement to the picture - this is something one could write a story of.

The composition of the picture is good, tough the spider's front body in the middle doesn't work that well. The contrast between the top left and bottom right corner works great here as the spider's legs balance the value differences just enough.

I wish the spider's silhouette would be sharper. Now the focus is more on the web, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, tough.

Overall the picture is wonderful.