What’s Your Preference?

velvet4269 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 11:45 PM

While I was out being fly-by buzzed by several bees, I happened to notice this little lady bug hiding in the crevice of one leaf on this mini-sunflower plant.

The photo was taken using my circular polarizer. Photoshop was used to crop & resize the image, but no adjustments to color were made.

(most of the other photos from today can be seen here (I'm trying to keep flickr mostly for threesixtyfive pictures). I took 140 pictures, kept 25, and uploaded 16 of them).

Jamesc359 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 11:56 PM

Only nitpick I'd have is that it's to bad he's not lit up a little (very little) better. Good eye.

jpendley77 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-05-2007, 03:06 AM

Great shot! I love the colors.

velvet4269 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-05-2007, 03:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamesc359

Only nitpick I'd have is that it's to bad he's not lit up a little (very little) better. Good eye.

Yeah, I think if I'd a) been paying more attention and b) not been trying to take photos almost virtually into the sun, I might have eased up on the polarizer a bit, to lighten the colors. I was having a really rough time of it by the time I saw him: I was at the end of my walk, heading back to my car, and my eyes were killing me. I'm surprised I saw him at all

kelly · #5 (**permalink**) 10-05-2007, 04:00 AM

Velvet,
Because I am no where near qualified to be critical of anyones shots I have never said anything. But now I have to say i LOVE this shot. I know it is an opinion but I really love it! I was not focusing on the ladybug, it was the flower! and the DOF. the colors, to me were wonderful. I really enjoy your posts but this was my faovrite.

invu69 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-05-2007, 04:27 AM

Hmm..this is a nice pic, but if the title is about the bug, maybe you could have zoomed in a lil to where the bug is, or cropped the pic some just to emphasize the bug. Or, you can just have it titled as "Nature buddies". Hehehehe

xxpinballxx · #7 (**permalink**) 10-05-2007, 04:33 AM

I love the colors and the shot! Its a different angle than most would take.....even though focus for you was capturing the lady bug, I think the backside of the flower and the background is amazing! Nice shot, great DOF!

WooD · #8 (**permalink**) 10-05-2007, 06:49 AM

Great shot. Shame the flower couldn't have been facing you.

velvet4269 · #9 (**permalink**) 10-05-2007, 12:49 PM

Nature just so loves to co-operate, doesn't it?

To give you an idea of where I was at, this was the first picture snapped where I noticed the lady bug. Right on the other side of this flower, it dropped off into the creek, a wee bit deeper than I'd have been able to do, and very much out of my reach.

(which was the other issue I had yesterday: 5'2" photographer takes photo of 7' flower. Whee!)

Bit of a tough spot to get!