366 Days of 2012, Day 330 - Ladybird Heralds Summer

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Sunday, November 25. 2012

366 Days of 2012, Day 330 - Ladybird Heralds Summer

Since forever in my memory the presence of ladybirds in the garden means Summer.

This Traverse Ladybird' is happily scouring the Morning Glory for its favorite food, aphids! So if you see these guys in your garden it's good news for the plants and bad new for the pests.

I captured this image handheld with an off camera strobe. In a shot like this a combination of daylight and flash I have gone full manual. Even the the auto-focus is off and I preset to minimum distance. In this case the 'live view' feature is indispensable with the preview zoomed in and the shutter ready to be pressed the moment that wobbly hand held camera just happens to fall into position.

Photo: Robert Rath, '366 Days of 2012, Day 330 - Ladybird Heralds Summer'. 1/160 f/11 ISO320 100mm off camera strobe

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