Ladybug and Grapes

AndaG

[FONT=&quot]Hello everyone! This is my first post here in Digital Grin, so I hope I did it correctly and in the right forum Below is a wide-angle shot I took just this past weekend. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Background-I was with friends and family on a cellar tour at one of the wineries here in Texas and they were in the middle of harvesting. While taking pictures of the grapes sitting in the large vats waiting to be processed, I noticed this little guy on a grape leaf. He was near the dead center of the vat, where I could not take a picture by looking into the viewfinder to set up the shot, so I ended up holding the camera out almost at arm’s length, taking a shot, and checking the image real quick. I took a few pictures like this [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated!
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AndaG

Second Shot
Found my other shot which was straight down

-Anda

starcluster

well the lady bug is so small and i was Drawn by the fruits Color.

so i suggest that you take the Shot a little bit closer to make the lady bug more visible, if it was your first intention to make the lady bug as your main composition element

but nice Shot! well done

Richard

Welcome to Dgrin . I like the composition of the second shot better than the first. But if the bug is to be the subject, it needs to fill more of the frame. So you either need to get closer or use a longer lens. Or if you have enough pixels, try a radical crop. Nice colors.

AndaG

Thanks for the imput! My focus at the time was the grape leaf in the middle of the vat, I just happend to notice the little bug when I got closer, but still wanted the grapes and leaves in the shot. I think I will try and see if I can't get closer to the ladybug with cropping.

-Anda