A female Neoscona crucifera, named for the cross-like shape on its back. This is full-frame with extra black added to the bottom for a 4:3 ratio. The dark background is a combination of an ultra-high f-stop, and nothing behind except trees in the distance illuminated only by the fading light of dusk. I noticed her double strand of between two trees, the beginnings of an web, as I was heading toward the sounds of a large, pre-migratory flock of blackbirds in the tall grasses in a marshy area at the point the golf course runoff drains into the lake. I never made it to the birds. Because this was full-frame at 100mm+Raynox 2.5X closeup snapon, I also experimented with the 2.5X on my 50mm 1.8, but it is a much shorter lens, and the flash was too far foward in relation, so the shadowing was much greater. I tried to use my camera-manual's back cover for a little fill, beneath, but the large, light shape made her scurry toward the other end of her web. I need to find a flash bracket that will allow my flash to work in a macro situation such as this. I would like a dual-flash bracket so I can put my 550EX on a cord on one side and my Sigma Super slaved wirelessly, on the other side. It needs to have the flexibility of allowing the flashes to tilt down more toward the subject, instead of only 7-degrees. Here's a composite showing the As Shot and ACR Auto settings versions: http://www.pbase.com/cdrebel/image/49797175