Category

Macro

Location

in my garden in St Nicholas at Wade, Kent.

Gear

Sony A7iii with a Sigma 105mm macro lens

Description

Soon after I took delivery of my new macro lens (Sigma 105mm Art Macro) I went into my garden looking for insects. When I spotted this Ladybird on a ranunculus flower I immediately knew that it had the potential to make a good 'single colour frame' and so I photographed it as it crawled over and under the flower - almost a hundred photos later I thought that I had one where the composition worked, with the ladybird looking into the frame. It was a bright, overcast day and I used no equipment other than the camera - the settings were ISO 200, f/10 and shutter 1/160. I only had to clean up the image a little in the edit (mainly specks of pollen) and then just some contrast and exposure lift.

Photographer

Molly Hollman

Social Media

Instagram: www.instagram.com/mollyhollman1

Twitter: www.twitter.com/HollmanMolly

Facebook: www.feacbook.com/stnicholasphotography

Website: molly hollman.myportfolio.com

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