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19-FEB-2004 Ron Lutz 2nd

02-19-2004

Carnegie Museum of Natural History

After months of ice & snow the weather finally broke and it reached a balmy 50° F (10°C)!! At the end of Fall the northern US was swarmed by little orange beetles that many thought were Ladybugs but were in fact a plague of invasive Asian Lady Beetles. I never thought I would be happy to actually see another one but being the very FIRST insect I’ve seen outside in a while…

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
1/180s f/6.7 at 135.0mm iso100 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time19-Feb-2004 15:31:34
MakeCanon
ModelEOS 10D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length135 mm
Exposure Time1/180 sec
Aperturef/6.7
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Mode
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program
Focus Distance

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Angel Gonzalez Molero19-Jul-2005 08:00
great
Pall Gudjonsson01-Mar-2004 15:10
Excellent !
brother_mark23-Feb-2004 04:16
"Wild!" is the first word out of my mouth when i saw this. Very cool shot!!
Linda Alstead20-Feb-2004 18:19
This is completely wonderful!
mikiruaq20-Feb-2004 05:16
Great!! Looks like he's begun his journey :)
Ron Lutz II20-Feb-2004 02:06
It was crawling down our outerwall.
Guest 20-Feb-2004 01:56
Very nice shot! I love it! Did you lie on the ground to take this photo?? :)
Sam
Steven Osmanski19-Feb-2004 23:33
Very nice. The focus is perfect.
Guest 19-Feb-2004 23:31
Very good control of DOF. I like colors and vertical lines. Avito
Ray :)19-Feb-2004 23:27
The DoF gives an amazing result. Just tremendous Ron!
We call them ladybirds over here.
Scott Hopkins19-Feb-2004 23:10
This is such a great shot. I DOF and positioning of this shot.
Guest 19-Feb-2004 23:08
Brilliant use of DOF to create false 3D. Love the lines! -- angela :)
Guest 19-Feb-2004 23:07
Ron - WOW you've capture this little lady really well. Any chance we can see some shower, or some leg shots with this lady? lol!
Jill19-Feb-2004 23:00
LOL @ Virginia!

Is there nothing that you cannot photograph Ron!

Appears to be coming toward you hope they dont bite
Jeff Gegner19-Feb-2004 22:59
now that is a wonderful shot!
virginiacoastline19-Feb-2004 22:57
I LUV lady bugs! But this looks like her evil half-sister . . sort of Roseanne Barr to Meg Ryan LOL! (hoo boy I crack me up!)
Guest 19-Feb-2004 22:49
What a FANTASTIC shot! LOVE this ANGLE!!
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