A Ladies Lunch [Photography Contest Details & Macro Photos]
Uploaded: May 19, 2013 18:38:51
Throughout the Ages
FEMALES HAVE BEEN KNOWN FOR EATING SALADS.
It's No Different For The Lady Bugs!
It's Spring Time In Our Yard And
Lady Bugs By The Dozens
Hibernated Under Our Leaves.
THEY ARE AWAKE NOW AND HUNGRY!
(If you look closely you will see she is doing a great job eating off the tip of the leaf she has settled upon!)
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f 2.8, 1/500 MACRO SETTING
Exif: F Number: 2.8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/500 seconds, Flash: did not fire, auto mode, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 4.60 mm, Model: Canon PowerShot SD800 IS
Monnie Ryan May 19, 2013
Well, my dad used to say you can get fat eating lettuce if you eat enough of it! This little gal seems to have hit the mother lode. Very cool, Laura! #1528891Laura E. Swan May 19, 2013
Hi Monnie! HeeHee...Thanks! Your Dad was a smart guy. That must be what happened to me! (Or was it all the MAYO I plastered on them?!) HeeHee...HAPPY SPRINGTIME!
-Laura :D #10699794
Robert R. Goodman May 19, 2013
Hi Laura,Great capture my friend.Glad to see your having some spring.Very hot and dry here!!! #10699802Nancyj E. Hovey May 19, 2013
So pleased you posted this image, Laura. The water droplets on the ladybug stand out so wonderfully. Excellent presentation! 8o) #10699847Laura E. Swan May 19, 2013
Thanks Bobby Ray. It'a barely warming up now. We had 80* last week for a day. We all took pictures of it, I'm sure! Stay cool down there!!!*
Hi Mumj! Thanks for inspiring me to enter this one. She is rather cute with water pebbles on her, isn't she?! I love my Canon pocket camera. I did have it in my pocket for most of the day and was inspired to take several photos of which you have seen most of them! :D I feel I am in kick start mode now. The SKY is the limit! Literally! :D
Thanks so much! #10699864
Denny E. Barnes May 19, 2013
Wonderful capture of this lady eating her salad, Laura! My mom always said to wash the lettuce before eating it and I see this lady does too. Very well done! #10699943Wm Nosal May 21, 2013
beautiful macro capture laura!Wm Nosal May 21, 2013
beautiful macro capture laura!Patrick Rouzes May 21, 2013
Wonderful colors, detail & macro, Swanee. WTG, my friend!John Connolly May 23, 2013
Great work here Sister Swanee!!Kirsten Kiki Kjaer May 24, 2013
I'm so happy to see this lovely lady in your gallery, Sister.I have a question, though: What do you call a lady bug male?? #10704732
Nancy L. Green May 24, 2013
I LOVE this Laura, I love lady bugs and those water drops are such a bonus!!! <>< #10705297Kathy Salerni May 25, 2013
Oh my! Water droplets everywhere! Great shot of this lady bug on greenery, Laura! I love it! #10706516Amanda D. Austwick May 26, 2013
Love this lady bug in the greens. Great macro, especially with the water droplets! #10707147Laura E. Swan May 26, 2013
Denny, your mom was a smart gal! :) Thanks for the fun! :D*
WM!!!!!!!! I am so sorry to hear this! Are you okay? Are you getting better? JUST what you needed with your bad back and ribs! I am -SO- sorry to hear this. I also injured mine a few months ago and have had physio therapy a few times. Four times, I think? It has been a rough go because my shoulder froze up while I babied it too much without getting help. I guess a SLING was the wrong thing to do and over babying it was, too. Try and move it as much as you can as soon as you are able to lift it up. I didn't do that and I really am really regretting it now. Having a FROZEN shoulder is spooky. Not a bright future for it now. Have you seen your doctor for good advice? (Also something I did not do right away like I should have! I wasted a month.) It is my left. I hope you are getting better? KEEP US POSTED!
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Hi Paddy! Thanks dear NL Brother! :D You're so kind!
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Brother John, we all should. I have been on a bit of a salad kick this past year and I use (eat) a thing called KALE. Soon I shall turn into a RABBIT so be watching for SP's of me with very long ears and front teeth! HeeHee!
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Hi SSSKiki! Thanks for all that you said! :) I love your visits. Everyone is so kind to me and my work. :))) Sister, I think they would be called MAN BUGS. At least I always have called them this! They are the green or yellow ones and Denny says they bite! Don't try and pet them! They are grumpy. :F
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Hi Nancy! So glad you guys are loving the droplets. I had actually just planted this plant (and several others) and was misting them all and saw her there and grabbed the camera! Now we have had rain all week. Poor lady bug has seen lots of water since she came out of hibernation! No thanks to me or mother nature!
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Hi Kathy! Long time no see!!! :D Thanks so much! :) !!! Drop in anytime! Makes me happy to know I have made you happy!
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Hi Amanda! I love shooting macros. I need a macro lens next and that is all there is to it.
Sorry for any type-o's folks. I never see them until I press SUBMIT. My life story!
-Laura :D
HAPPY SPRING TIME!
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Stephen Zacker May 27, 2013
Like the dew drops. Terrific macro #10708867Mary K. Robison June 02, 2013
Broken shoulder? UGH! How do you shrug without both shoulders?? Or hold a heavy camera?!?Emile Abbott June 03, 2013
Nice Lady Bug Lunch.. Get well quick Wm. #10720812Laura E. Swan June 29, 2013
Hi Steve! I did, too! Thanks!*
Hi Mare! My shoulder is getting better each week. Sort of. Lol...Let's hope Wm is getting better each week, too! :D Thanks for always coming to spread cheer on all of our images. You're tops! xoxo
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Hi Emile! My lady bugs are as happy as my new little squirrel who is eating the buds off of my flowers! Lol...
THANKS ALL! We were all so happy to see spring finally arriving in Calgary!
-Laura Pomma-Dora :) #10748490
Tammy Espino June 29, 2013
Congratulations!!!!!! :) #10748546Laura E. Swan June 29, 2013
VERY MUCH, Tammers!! #10748578
Robert R. Goodman June 29, 2013
Hi Laura,Congratulations on your beautiful finalist my friend!!!! #10748587Stan Kwasniowski June 29, 2013
Laura, congratulations #10748699Nancyj E. Hovey June 29, 2013
HEY, C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S8o) #10748709
Nancyj E. Hovey June 29, 2013
HEY, C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S8o) #10748710
Stefania Barbier June 29, 2013
congratulations on your beautiful finalist!!! #10748974Ann Coates June 30, 2013
Ladybugs are such cool little insects. Who doesn't love ladybugs. Well, she's done you proud, congratulations on your gorgeous finalist Laura. #10749267Bojan Bencic June 30, 2013
Well done, Laura. Congratulations on your finalist! #10749278Mary K. Robison June 30, 2013
CONGRATULATIONS on your sweet lady making Finalist, Pom!! Well deserved, when you see such superb selective focus and those refreshing drops.Kirsten Kiki Kjaer June 30, 2013
I am so happy for both of you, MSSSLala.Monnie Ryan June 30, 2013
Congratulations, Laura! #10749405Denny E. Barnes June 30, 2013
Beautiful. Congratulations on your finalist, Laura! Excellent! #10749895Amanda D. Austwick June 30, 2013
Congratulations on your Finalist Laura! #10750071Emile Abbott June 30, 2013
congratulations on your finalist, Laura. #10750150Terry Cervi June 30, 2013
Congrats on your wonderful finalist of this pretty little lady, Lala!! Well done!!! #10750558Ellen Hodges July 01, 2013
Huge congrats on a fantastic finalist, Laura!! #10751244Theresa Marie Jones July 01, 2013
Let us all say CONGRATULATIONS Laura!Wm Nosal August 02, 2013
Congratulations Laura! #10793784Laura E. Swan August 02, 2013
VERY MUCH EVERYONE! :D You're the BEST!
ALL OF YOU! xoxoxo
-Laura :) #10793789
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