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AdMalamCrucem — Ladybug on a Plum Tree

Published: 2012-03-31 16:38:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 1930; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 41
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Description With Spring coming back, the first trees which blossom attract scores of insects, including bees, aphids, and consequently ladybirds.

In the part of the mountain where I live and shot this, those trees are the cherry tree and plum tree.
Wandering under the branches, the ladybird attracted my attention and for once I have been able to take a rather good picture of this insect...


I have cropped here the original file (4000*2248 pixels to 3400*2125 px), and tried a few other focus on the ladybug: 4000*1000 px, 2560*1600 px and 1680*1050px. If you want any of these files rather than the one here, just leave a comment or send me a note.
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Comments: 25

DebasishPhotos [2015-05-04 08:25:53 +0000 UTC]

Well done.

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XxXNadjaXxX [2012-06-04 14:19:58 +0000 UTC]

great shot!

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AdMalamCrucem In reply to XxXNadjaXxX [2012-06-04 14:21:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks !

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Dediggefedde [2012-06-04 14:07:30 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that's a nice shot!
You can even see its feet^^
And the whole image seem to shout "SPRING!"!
And thank you very much for uploading it in such high qualities and without watermark!

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AdMalamCrucem In reply to Dediggefedde [2012-06-04 14:21:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much !
Concerning the quality and watermarks, I always make available the highest size possible, and I hate watermarks.
Besides, maybe I am foolish to do so, but I trust people not to misuse it or sell it to their own benefit...

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amlyn11 [2012-06-04 14:00:44 +0000 UTC]

This is an awesome macro shot! I love it

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AdMalamCrucem In reply to amlyn11 [2012-06-04 14:19:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, I'm really glad you appreciate !

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Azzynator [2012-06-03 10:13:38 +0000 UTC]

That's so cute, I love lady bugs great shot

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AdMalamCrucem In reply to Azzynator [2012-06-03 17:46:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, I am really glad to know you enjoyed it; ladybugs pictures are so common... And some have been taken with much better equipment, I can hardly challenge it.

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Frank-Beer [2012-06-01 20:45:41 +0000 UTC]

Nice and colorful picture, I like focus and DOF

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AdMalamCrucem In reply to Frank-Beer [2012-06-02 10:07:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot, i'm really glad you apprecaite it ! :=

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telialus [2012-05-27 14:21:08 +0000 UTC]

That'a areally nice macro shot. Here you can see a really nice advantage of the high DOF of a camera with a small sensor. A macroshot with recognizable background is really seldom, i think. Keep it up

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AdMalamCrucem In reply to telialus [2012-05-27 21:13:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I'm really glad you appreciate !
Actually, I appreciate this DOF too because my goal for this shot was to get two more elements correctly visible, after the ladybug: the leaves and the white blossoms.
I surely would have appreciated a perfectly sharp bug, but I do not have the possibility to set the aperture on my compact camera.
And that's interesting to see someone who enjoys macros with recognizable background; it was the reason why a fancy nature group declined the submission. To their minds, the background was disturbing, and not enough focus was on the ladybug...

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telialus In reply to AdMalamCrucem [2012-05-27 21:26:05 +0000 UTC]

Ok, maybe there are macro enthusiast which don't like such a background, but i do. I think that it's adding something like a third dimension to the shot

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AdMalamCrucem In reply to telialus [2012-05-29 08:11:07 +0000 UTC]

I guess you're right !

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shine4evr [2012-05-05 02:12:28 +0000 UTC]

This is a great macro! <3

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AdMalamCrucem In reply to shine4evr [2012-05-08 17:40:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot, i'm really glad you appreciate it !

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shine4evr In reply to AdMalamCrucem [2012-05-08 20:56:46 +0000 UTC]

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TeaPhotography [2012-04-04 05:09:59 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful!
Thank you for submitting to #Unframed-Nature 's
BIRTHDAY THEME FOLDER!

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AdMalamCrucem In reply to TeaPhotography [2012-04-04 06:10:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much !
I'm really glad you appreciate...

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AdMalamCrucem [2012-04-02 12:25:06 +0000 UTC]

Happy Birthday to #Unframed-Nature [link] !

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RedSuzanne [2012-04-01 07:53:37 +0000 UTC]

Lovely shot!! Well done. I like that this is not a usual shot of one. Upside down is good! LOL

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AdMalamCrucem In reply to RedSuzanne [2012-04-01 09:01:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot, I'm glad you like it !

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RedSuzanne In reply to AdMalamCrucem [2012-04-01 09:11:14 +0000 UTC]

It is wonderful. Again, well done!

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AdMalamCrucem In reply to RedSuzanne [2012-04-01 10:31:37 +0000 UTC]

Then, thanks again for your kind comments !

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