its all downhill from here by clintnewsham
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well as you can guess by now im a great fan of ladybirds, they can produce some great images and are wonderful little posers.
its surprising the difference in colour of some of these little creatures as you can see from these two.
seven black spots on the elytra identify this familiar garden insect.
they tend to exude a strong smelling fluid if handheld.
this is its defence against birds and other predators.
adults and larvae are both voracious aphid hunters.
the steely blue, yellow spotted larvae of this and the smaller two spotted ladybird are often abundant in gardens.
size 5-9mm
habitat almost anywhere, sometimes migrates in swarms.
range all europe.
season all year but dormant in winter.
another shot from the back garden.
its surprising how many insects and creatures you can find in your back yard and for me its a passion to hunt them down.
Camera: minolta 5d
Lens: sigma 105mm iso 400 1/160sec f9
Comments (18)
pennykay
Lovely capture!!! Such clarity!
pspworkshop
Fantastic work!!!
mdilorenzo
Fantastic Macro!
kimariehere
WOW WHAT A brilliant CAPTURE !! Stunning lady bug macro work here!! BRAVO!!!
blinkings
PORN PORN! Hehe just kidding. Great shot indeed. Actually I have just finished watching a documentary on these little guys, and although they look really cute they are actually viscous little killing machines to their prey.
zoren
nice and sharp opportunity..... well done!
BibbyBear
Ya just gotta love that title!! With the foreboding onset of little ones (at least after this act!!) it's all downhill LOL!!! Only joking - don't all go getting on at me about how wonderful kids really are!! This is amazing photography Clint and I spent half an hour at lunchtime trying to capture some of them with quite a good success rate, but they can be really quick.... when they want to avoid the lens!! I love the composition with the leaf diagonally across the image and the DOF is stunning to make this almost appear 3D. Colours, lighting and focus are top notch too. Great capture. xx
viper
I have said it before I will say it again timeing is everything, well captured.
Dianthus
Brilliant macro again. I agree about how photogenic they are. You can be king of the lady beetles.:)
kuerbote
Well, they seem to be having a great time if you ask me, lol!
Leeco
Crsip , Clean, Composed, Colorful. Another sharp as a pin image. Thanks for sharing. lee
Littlejock
Superb capture, I still not have the change of some scene like this. Great detail and colours. Perfect
kjpweb
Excellent works so well on that background. Flawless detail! Bravo!
jared99
Such an excellent shot!
mark.spooner
Excellent macro!
beyondMyth
wonderful and i love the title as well!! :D
MaydaMason
so many details as always! wonderful colours and dof
Gabrielsdream
Excellent capture here! Love the title too!