As is always the case when I have a zillion things to do, the universe intervenes and presents me with an opportunity to just savour the moment..
Yesterday when I got home from visiting Veronica and Isaac in the hospital there was a ladybird hunting aphids in the garden. I pushed my camera to its absolute limit trying to get a good shot.
I spent ages trying to get a good shot of this ladybird and I was fascinated by her methodical hunting methods.. I managed to watch her catch and eat an aphid. I was also a bit frustrated that my camera isn’t quite good enough to give me the extreme macro that I wanted. I really wanted a clear shot of her chomping away but the camera just wasn’t up to it.. *sigh*
If you look closely at that top shot, she is nomming on an aphid but I just couldn’t get any detail.
If any manufacturers of a digital SLR want to give me a new camera, I will give you as much free publicity that I can..*hint hint* but I dont think the people from Canon read about ladybirds..
If anyone else is interested in Ladybirds I have found a really good website..
Veronican and Isaac will be coming home from the hospital today, I want to thank everyone for the gazillion emails I have received and all the lovely comments here and on Veronica’s blog . Thankyou..
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Those photos are pretty amazing. I understand though when you want detail and you just can’t get it.
ladybirds are lovely!
We found a frog in our vegie patch and I thought of you. He was very big.
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Not extreme macro…..still soooo cool though!
Aaah, homecomings are the best….hope they have a peaceful time with the little one :o)
Same goes for me, kind Canon people!!
I used to catch those and put them on our old record player….
Round and round, faster and faster.
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Wow, they’re coming home already?? It seems like just yesterday they went in!! I’ll take it that means lots more pics coming my way soon. :]
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Those are a couple of really cool shots. I always struggle with macro because I forget I have my zoom lens on, and macro works better for my camera with the wide angle lens.
Enjoy Isaac and Amy! And post some more photos!
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Hurray – so glad they’re coming home. Maybe you should have pinched her pretty new toy while she was in hospital?!!
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Still great pics hun! 🙂
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They are still great pics! 🙂
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Congratulations!!!!!
Lovely news
and your photos are amazing (loved the almost frog still a bit tadpole one!
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I keep thinking that I want a new GOOD camera, then I’d have to take a class to know how to use it.
SO glad Veronica and Isaac are coming home. (probably home now)
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I like the ladybird photos, I have them here in my yard too, but there’s not many and everytime I spot one the camera is inside. I’d like to one day get a shot of the dragonflies that hang around here, but darn it, they zip around at a bazillion miles per hour and never seem to land anywhere.
So Veronica and Isaac are coming home already? It will be nice to have your whole family together again. Lots of photo opportunities too.
what awesome shots you have there..:)
good to hear veronica and issac are home 🙂
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Trying to take a shot that your camera just can’t do is so terribly frustrating!! The more good pictures you see, the more you want to be able to do that as well. But sometimes the equipment is so different! A huge macro lens gives you different results than that camera of ours, no doubt about it. But I’m not sure I’m up to it to carry tons of heavy equipment around on a photo walk. Still I think you do a great job with that camera!
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That’s great news about Vonnie and Isaac 🙂
Love the ladybird photos, aphid-nomming and all 😛
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Meant to comment the other day, but was reading from my phone then forgot to log back on. 🙂 But congratulations to you and Veronica!!!!! :):) 🙂 So exciting!!! 🙂