I took my daughter to the Orthodontist today to have her braces tightened so that they can yank her teeth back onto place and make them even. As we were heading there, I noticed a ladybug on a leaf. After attempting to take a shot with my iPhone, I took out my Nikon D3000 and had a look, but then had to add a macro lens to take a semi decent shot. I would have preferred a clearer shot, but the wind is still pretty strong today and the leaf was blowing, so I am happy with the result.
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Well I think it’s pretty amazing, Alastair.
Hope the dentistry went ok.
Corinne
Thanks Corinne 🙂
Yeah her brace was tightened, but she’s not so well today unfortunately.
Love your ladybug – I’ve never seen a yellow one with lots of spots!
Thank you. No, I haven’t
a nice shot:)
Thanks Nightlake 🙂
I love ladybugs and you did an excellent job of capturing it. It appears to be spiraling down into the depths of the plant. Great shot! 🙂
Thank you LuAnn. It did seem like was trying to burrow it’s way in when I saw it 🙂 Probably trying to hide from the wind
this one is great! you captured the shiny shell perfectly
Thanks 🙂 I’m very happy with it
I like the effect actually: parts of the leaf are out of focus, but the bug is totally clear.
Thank you David 🙂 It was the only way I could get it clearly, plus I was in a hurry lol
Must be your lucky day! 😉
I think it must have been 🙂
I noticed a ladybird on one of my daylillies yesterday. But already had an awesome shot from earlier lol. Alas no macro yet, I cheated and cropped. They are spectacular with the colour contrasts 🙂
I didn’t know they were still out at this time of year, so I had to snap it. Plus the amount of spots on it. My daughter doesn’t like them so she was pressed as far up against a nearby wall as was possible lol.
Cropping works 🙂 That’s what I did with my seagull a couple of days ago 😉 Macros are wonderful though. I managed to buy a pack of 28 lenses for about £30 that includes a +1+2+4 Macro plus many other (never to be used) lenses
Will have to do some research on macros
They are certainly worth it
Awesome!
Thank you 😀