Macro and Flora IOTW 2/26/10 Vida van der Walt

[Alfred Forns]

Congratulations Vida van der Walt
Up, up and awayyy!


This shot took a lot of patience and many hours of trying. I created a path for the ladybird from a purple petunia flower and worked with a glass door behind me. As soon as I placed the ladybird on the flower it took off running to the edge of the petal and flew towards the light behind me. I then had to catch it again and repeat the process. Sometimes the ladybird stayed on the flower and cleaned it's legs and I just had to wait for it to start it's run-up.
The problem with this method was that I was never sure which area of the edge it would choose for take off and the short working distance and limited dof of my lens made it even worse. The ladybird was returned to my garden after all our hard work. One day when I'm ready for a lot of work I'll try it again and will hopefully get a full head on angle.
Canon 5D Mark11; MP E 65mm; MT 24Ex
apert f16; ss1/200; iso 200

[Myer Bornstein]

Vida did it again Excellent

[denise ippolito]

Vida, Outstanding!!!:)Congratulations

[Julie Brown]

Congrats, Vida, This one just makes me smile!:)

[Doug Brown]

Your dedication paid off with a cool image. Congrats on IOTW!

[Anita Bower]

How did I miss this one? Fantastic! It looks just like what it is--a running ladybug. Never have seen such a thing. The lavender/purple is a great contrast. Your patience was rewarded. :)

[Julie Kenward]

One of my all-time favorites! Congrats, Vida. :D

[Roman Kurywczak]

Congrats Vida on a very difficult and very well executed capture!!!

[Fabs Forns]

Unreal, Vida, it makes me think of one of the superheroes :)
Congratulations

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Congratulations, Vida! Very cool image!

[Nate Chappell]

Congrats Vida!

[Vida van der Walt]

Myer, Denise, Julie, Doug, Anita, Jules, Roman, Fabs, Axel and Nate, thank you all very much.:)

[Stu Bowie]

Big Congrats Vida. They just keep rolling in.

[Kobus Tollig]

And still you go on to present awesome work well done

[Kurt Bowman]

One of the single most amazing macro shots I think I have ever seen!

[Harshad Barve]

Congratulations Vida , you are just awesome

[Vida van der Walt]

Stu, Kobus, Kurt and Harshad, thank you all very much.:)