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p.1 #1 · Harlequin ladybird


Series of shots of an interestingly marked and dented harlequin ladybird. Focus stacked using zerene stacker. I purposely focus stacked the foreground in some of the shots.
After taking two shot sequences the ladybird got fed up and started wandering around so I gave it a drop of honey which it promptly buried it's nose in.

Brian V.

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Nov 16, 2009 at 08:47 AM
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p.1 #2 · Harlequin ladybird


lovely shots!!!
honey always attracts them!


Nov 16, 2009 at 11:01 AM
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p.1 #3 · Harlequin ladybird


Man, I wish I could get my specular highlights to look like yours, Brian. Excellent light control!

Kenny


Nov 16, 2009 at 12:04 PM
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p.1 #4 · Harlequin ladybird


Wonderful sequence Brian

I thought they were carnivores -good to know that they can be baited with sugar!


Nov 16, 2009 at 12:06 PM
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Hi Brian,
Did you say that these pics are only two images stacked together in Zerene?
I thought that 'stacking' involved multiple ( a lot more than two) images that were taken focused very closely together? Is there a difference in the focus distance for your two-shot images?
Sorry mate, you seem to cop nearly all my questions. . . .
Bruce


Nov 16, 2009 at 12:24 PM
 



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p.1 #6 · Harlequin ladybird


Thanks for the comments everyone

John - I'd seen ladybirds licking the honey/sugar spray i use so thought honey might work - I guess aphids are a bit like bags of dilute honey

Bruce - didn't mention how many pics but think these are between 3 and 7 shots. I do quite often only stack 2 shots though just to get a bit more DOF. Re the focus - I use fixed focus and move the camera a little in between shots judging the movement in the viewfinder so the next slightly oof part is in clean focus.

Brian V.


Nov 16, 2009 at 03:27 PM
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p.1 #7 · Harlequin ladybird


v.nice esp nos 1 and 2

Nov 17, 2009 at 03:35 PM
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p.1 #8 · Harlequin ladybird


Gotta watch those "dents"... plant stem traffic can be brutal!

Wonderful images Brian.

Regards,

Chad


Nov 17, 2009 at 04:29 PM
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p.1 #9 · Harlequin ladybird


studio37 wrote:
Gotta watch those "dents"... plant stem traffic can be brutal!

Wonderful images Brian.

Regards,

Chad


Thanks Chad - must admit it's difficult to imagine how they do get dented bodywork but it's not uncommon.
Brian v.


Nov 18, 2009 at 07:52 AM
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