Ladybird

[JohnF]

Not the greatest macro ever, certainly nothing compared to the ones I see on here, but I like this one I took earlier today.

I like the background the colours together give an almost painting like feel to it imo.

 

[IanClark]

It's a lovely shot John.

The background creamyness is lovely and helps isolate the lady and the flower very nicely.

Light is a touch harsh on the flower but it's difficult to get lighting bang on perfect in Macro unless you have a specifically designed macro lighting set up (that is flash right at the front of the lens and diffused very well.

Ladybirds are quite tough to shoot well because of the very dark area on the head. This often ends up too dark or with a big nasty blown out hot spot.

I think you did very well and I love the colours.

 

[JohnF]

Thank you for your comments Ian. You are right with regards to lighting at the moment just have a flash gun, so maybe need to investigate that a bit more.