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Sunday, February 21, 2010

I have a visitor


So I'm at work last Thursday afternoon, sitting at my desk and out of the corner of my eye, I see a lady bug crawling all over the place.  Now mind you, it's February and we have two feet of snow on the ground and I can't imagine where a lady bug could have come from.  It was constantly on the move, so getting a shot was tough. I finally had to resort to using the flash.  I was about to have an afternoon snack, so I shared my banana with it and it seemed to enjoy it a lot. 

Canon EF 100mm f2.8 USM Macro lens
Exposure 1/60 sec @ f4.0
ISO 400
Curves adjusted for contrast

8 comments:

James said...

Cool. It looks so big and I can even see the reflection from the flash.

MikesHandsSay said...

I have NO idea what is up with lady bugs and the winter. I live in an finished attic style place and the ladybugs are EVERYWHERE. At least 1 a day.

I don't mind them tho, same with the spiders :)

Sometimes I just trap them in a glass and they become my subjects for my macro experiments.

cieldequimper said...

Nice of you to share with it. Cool shot, I've never seen a ladybug (we call it a ladybird over here! ;-)) that colour before.

Suburban Girl said...

This is the second post I've seen on ladybugs this week. Maybe something is up??

Brian said...

Hello Wayne!

Very cool ladybug!

Check out MY ladybug..

http://brianmurphy-images.blogspot.com/2009/08/lady-bug-on-glass.html

Brian said...

Hello Wayne!

Very cool ladybug!

Check out MY ladybug..

http://brianmurphy-images.blogspot.com/2009/08/lady-bug-on-glass.html

Cezar and Léia said...

ohmigod, your picture is perfect, wonderful capture.By the way, this is also such a good sign!Good luck for sure!
hugs
Léia

Anonymous said...

Great photo, but yuckkkk!