Lady of the night - with intro video!

[Paul]

 

There's no reason as to why a ladybird should have appeared in the darkness of my garden this late in September - but none the less, there she was, as I was out looking for spiders...

Just to set the scene - after finding her and taking the first photos where I spotted her - the resulting images against a deep dark black background from using flash at night was not overly appealing to me, so I decided to create a quick outdoor studio by plucking the leaf where she was standing, relocating it, and adding a printed background to match her colours.

By moving the card and changing the light position, aperture, and ISO, creates small differences to the various image results.

I'm no David Attenborough, but enjoy it if you can (and excuse my Lancashire accent!)

 

These are the edits:

Paul.

 

[Clicker]

Brilliant Paul .... you should do an explanatory video more often ... I'm sure others will appreciate it too ... A super set resulting from your  patience and skill ....well done ....

[Paul]

3 minutes ago, Clicker said:

Brilliant Paul .... you should do an explanatory video more often ... I'm sure others will appreciate it too ... A super set resulting from your  patience and skill ....well done ....

Thank you Polly 

Paul.

[CMunzel]

I love the introductory video and your accent. It’s interesting to see your set up too. 

[Paul]

16 minutes ago, CMunzel said:

 your accent.

Hehehe, to me I sound trashy, common as muck, and proper Lancashire lad, lol... but thank you ever so much - that's a really nice thing to say x

[CMunzel]

Im glad. I don’t know much about the different English accents and their origins. 

[Ryewolf]

Excellent shots Paul and great to see the video of how you took the shots.

On 23/09/2021 at 23:02, Paul said:

Hehehe, to me I sound trashy, common as muck, and proper Lancashire lad, lol...

I don't think anyone likes hearing their own voice, I know I don't like the sound of mine. I was born in Southport which is now in Merseyside but I have lived in different parts of the UK, so I've got a mongrel accent.