Ladybird's Journey...

Paul Iddon

Here's a little ladybird - made it's way through the laurel leaves until it found a take off point, and then the damn thing flew between shutter presses! Jeez they are hard to capture at the moment of take off though!

I used a softbox on these attached to my Metz flashgun - a home made softbox from an old ice cream tub and sheet of A4 paper.

Exif on all was the same:

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 70D
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Image Date: 2013-08-26 16:58:56 +0000
Focal Length: 100mm
Aperture: f/10.0
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
ISO equiv: 160
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: Yes (Auto, return light detected)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Creator: Paul Iddon
Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK




Right, the big green arrow behind me says go along here to reach the runway....




Crikey, it's further than I thought, need to get my head down for a few seconds snooze...




Ok, Ok, nearly there now, but this bloody runway goes on for ever...




Aha! This is the take off point! At last! Start to get the wings ready... "Start Up Right Wing Case"







And then it was gone before I got another chance...


Paul.

Lord Vetinari

Lovely series paul. I still have not managed a ladybird takeoff shot
Brian v.

Paul Iddon

Thanks you Brian - good to know I'm not alone, lol...

Paul.