Of course I knew...

[Bend The Light]

...that ladybirds were not always in the shape we usually see them. but until today i had never seen either the larvae or the pupating stage. I didn't get any decent shots of the larvae, but I did get this pupa...


Ladybird pupating by http://bendthelight.me.uk, on Flickr

 

[shootermcgavin]

Is a lady bird and a lady bug the same thing? I think you missed the focus a little, the image is sharp infront of the thing but the whole thing is not sharp. It's pretty weird and cool looking though.

 

[Bend The Light]

Is a lady bird and a lady bug the same thing? I think you missed the focus a little, the image is sharp infront of the thing but the whole thing is not sharp. It's pretty weird and cool looking though.

Probably the same thing, yes.

I was having an issue with focus all day yesterday, and struggling with the 50mm on 10cm of macro tube. The depth of field was miniscule. This is actually a stack of 7 (I think) images, so there are quite a lot of in focus parts on the main body. it looks like it is out of focus more due to bright spots on the hard shell. It was only about 5mm long, too, so was tricky to capture.

Cheers

 

[tevo]

Would have upped the aperture one or two stops, still a nice shot though!

 

[Bend The Light]

Would have upped the aperture one or two stops, still a nice shot though!

Was already f11....was difficult enough to see the focus (manual focus, tiny dark focussing screen on the 400d).

Cheers

 

[tevo]

Would have upped the aperture one or two stops, still a nice shot though!

Was already f11....was difficult enough to see the focus (manual focus, tiny dark focussing screen on the 400d).

Cheers

oh wow

 

[Robin Usagani]

I am starting to learn to just go farther away and just crop it closer. It is too hard to fill the frame and still get the DOF you want.

 

[jake337]

Is a lady bird and a lady bug the same thing? I think you missed the focus a little, the image is sharp infront of the thing but the whole thing is not sharp. It's pretty weird and cool looking though.

He didn't miss focus. It was his shooting angle that gives the illusion of missed focus.

 

[Bend The Light]

I am starting to learn to just go farther away and just crop it closer. It is too hard to fill the frame and still get the DOF you want.

That is true...that said, you need a steady hand to get a decent image after cropping. In hindsight I should have used my 90mm macro lens and done as you suggested...I would be happier resting the old vivitar 90mm on the concrete to steady it and could have got a better image to crop. I just had the 50mm with me and so used that on tubes.

cheers

 

[Bend The Light]

Is a lady bird and a lady bug the same thing? I think you missed the focus a little, the image is sharp infront of the thing but the whole thing is not sharp. It's pretty weird and cool looking though.

He didn't miss focus. It was his shooting angle that gives the illusion of missed focus.

Yes, that is true. The "plane of focus" starts in front of the pupa on the fence, then tilts back through the pupa.