Lady Bug

SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
edited April 23, 2007 in Holy Macro
Finally I found a Lady Bug, well she was in the Apple Tree so we went on a field trip to the Geranium Bush we did :rolleyes
She is covered in orange pollen from the centre of the flower.

The bush only had 3 flowers that are a deep yet brilliant multi tones of deep purple's and mauve's.

I am not going to improve on sharpness till I get my flash bracket, as I don't have hands big enough, or strong enough to hold the Canon 580 flash in one hand as well as the Canon 20 and all that I stack on it in the other.

These shots were taken with a Canon 20D, Canon 100mm Lesn + Canon Ext 1.4 + all Three Kenko Tubes + Canon 580 Flash all hand held (stuggled :D )

Enjoy :D ...... Skippy
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  • couriermancourierman Registered Users Posts: 402 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2007
    great shot skippy
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2007
    Skippy found a bug?! :D

    That first image deserves to be printed large and framed! Love the composition and the color -well done!!! bowdown.gif

    As for the sharpness: What Fstop were you shooting at? Diffraction should kick in at about F11 with the setup you used, and that's going to actually hurt you more than camera shake (the flash is probably firing fast enough to freeze the scene).
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2007
    courierman wrote:
    great shot skippy

    Thank you courierman :D ... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2007
    Dalantech wrote:
    Skippy found a bug?! :D

    That first image deserves to be printed large and framed! Love the composition and the color -well done!!! bowdown.gif

    As for the sharpness: What Fstop were you shooting at? Diffraction should kick in at about F11 with the setup you used, and that's going to actually hurt you more than camera shake (the flash is probably firing fast enough to freeze the scene).

    Hi there :D I was shooting at F8, my big problem is trying to balance all that in a most awkward manner that I truly stuggle to do, I am unable to brace the camera firmly with two hands because I hold the Flash off the camera beside the lens ....... when I get my flash bracket I wont have to worry about that :D

    Thanks for looking thumb.gif ... Skippy
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2007
    Great colours skip thumb.gif
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2007
    gus wrote:
    Great colours skip thumb.gif

    Yeah and I didnt even add any, those geraniums are so pretty.
    Thanks Gus :D .... Skippy
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2007
    Skippy wrote:
    ....... when I get my flash bracket I wont have to worry about that :D
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    You did an excellent job on the lighting -most peeps don't know how reflective lady bugs are... thumb.gif

    Don't rely on that flash bracket 100% of the time -experiment with different angles. One thing that bit me in the back side early on was getting locked into a set way of shooting every shot...
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2007
    Dalantech wrote:
    You did an excellent job on the lighting -most peeps don't know how reflective lady bugs are... thumb.gif

    Don't rely on that flash bracket 100% of the time -experiment with different angles. One thing that bit me in the back side early on was getting locked into a set way of shooting every shot...

    Psssssssssst I edited most of the reflection out of the image shhhhhhh,
    dont tell anyone rolleyes1.gif .... Skippy rolleyes1.gif
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2007
    Skippy wrote:
    Psssssssssst I edited most of the reflection out of the image shhhhhhh,
    dont tell anyone rolleyes1.gif .... Skippy rolleyes1.gif
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    You did well!! :cool

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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2007
    Holly MACRO!!! You go Skippy!! What a great great shot!!! You really need to post more of those! clap.gifclapclap.gifbow
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2007
    ShepsMom wrote:
    Holly MACRO!!! You go Skippy!! What a great great shot!!! You really need to post more of those! clap.gifclapclap.gifbow

    I agree -me thinks Skippy has quite a bit of talent. I'm starting to understand why she's the moderator here... bowdown.gif
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2007
    Excellent shots Skippy - love the colours :)
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2007
    Very beautiful loved them great colors iloveyou.gif
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  • SerratorSerrator Registered Users Posts: 227 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2007
    Beautiful colors and ladybug! Never seen a yellow and black one. Very well done shots at such a high magnification too.
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  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2007
    Great shots, skippy -beautiful bug. Love the direct pose in number 1!
    I think the sharpness is quite good - can't wait to see your set up for macros
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  • ShasocShasoc Registered Users Posts: 691 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2007
    Great job with these Skippy. The focus looks very good for being hand held shots. Color and detail are super.clap.gif
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  • RogersDARogersDA Registered Users Posts: 3,502 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2007
    Good on ya' Skippy! I prefer the second one to the first, but they are both fabulous!
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    ShepsMom wrote:
    Holly MACRO!!! You go Skippy!! What a great great shot!!! You really need to post more of those! clap.gifclapclap.gifbow

    Ahahahaha trust me I would, but there isn't anything around, this drought is sucking bigtime, I was rapt to the eyeballs to just find this little one :D
    Thanks for looking :D ... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    Dalantech wrote:
    I agree -me thinks Skippy has quite a bit of talent. I'm starting to understand why she's the moderator here... bowdown.gif

    Awwwwww stop crawling .....
    I have much to learn, and most of what I know I learnt from Brian :D
    He's a good teacher :D ... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Excellent shots Skippy - love the colours :)
    Brian V.

    Thanks you Brian, I didn't have to do much post processing, usually I will hit the image with some extra colour, but not these ones.
    I just did Levels, Curves and Sharpening, and cropped the sides a bit.

    Your a great teach Brian clap.gif ..... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    Very beautiful loved them great colors iloveyou.gif

    Thank you Awais, this Gernanium has the prettiest colours, my mother grew it, and then broke off a piece and put it in a pot for me, it's slowly growing.

    Thanks for looking Awais :D ... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    Serrator wrote:
    Beautiful colors and ladybug! Never seen a yellow and black one. Very well done shots at such a high magnification too.

    Hey there Serrator...... I was lucky to find this one.

    This is an exceptionally big one too, compaired to the normal Red and Black ones we have.

    I took it out of the Apple tree because it was on a leaf that I had no hope of photographing it on, and placed it in the pretty geranium flower.

    Thanks for looking :D .... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    Ann McRae wrote:
    Great shots, skippy -beautiful bug. Love the direct pose in number 1!
    I think the sharpness is quite good - can't wait to see your set up for macros
    ann

    Hi there Ann :D we shall go bug hunting together :D
    Thanks for the looking, finding the Lady Bug really made my day :D

    .... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    Shasoc wrote:
    Great job with these Skippy. The focus looks very good for being hand held shots. Color and detail are super.clap.gif

    Thank you, bugs are not easy come by these days, we are in severe drought mode in Australia, only thing I have seen around are Ants ne_nau.gif

    Glad you liked the shots :D ... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    RogersDA wrote:
    Good on ya' Skippy! I prefer the second one to the first, but they are both fabulous!

    Thank you, barely stopped walking the little tacker, they almost walk around in circles, then back track to where they just came from.

    I was very pleased to find this little one, thanks for the comment thumb.gif .
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  • tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    I really like the second one--the pollen on it's back is very cool!
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    tlee wrote:
    I really like the second one--the pollen on it's back is very cool!

    Thanks tlee :D now if only I could find more bugs.
    We've had a bit of rain, not much, but maybe enough to draw something out....hopefully we will get more rain, as we desperately need it.
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