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Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetles - Psyllobora vigintimaculata - male - female
Copyright © 2009 Dan Leeder

Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetles - Psyllobora vigintimaculata - Male Female
Camden County, New Jersey, USA
July 10, 2009
Size: ~3mm (each)

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Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetles - Psyllobora vigintimaculata - male - female Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetle - Psyllobora vigintimaculata - male - female Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetle - Psyllobora vigintimaculata - male - female
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Contributed by Dan Leeder on 10 July, 2009 - 4:08pm
Last updated 11 July, 2009 - 2:06am

Hi Dan,
(neighbor:) Your bio states you shoot with a 100mm macro. Is that what produced these? Very impressive! I didn't realize that lens could shoot so small. Nice and sharp too. MT-26 macroflash setup too?

Maybe someday -sigh,
Tim
… Tim Moyer, 11 July, 2009 - 9:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Tim
I'm right over in Voorhees, so we pretty much are neighbors!

All of the "bugs" that I photograph are taken with the 100mm macro, these included. It can be difficult to get decent shots of such small creatures, especially since I don't ever capture them but rather shoot them as I find them, but I'm getting better every time I go out (at least in my opinion anyway, haha). As for flash, I'm using the 430ex with a Sto-Fen Omni-Bounce diffuser right now. Hopefully one of these days I'll win the lottery so I can upgrade to a better camera, a MP-E 65mm Macro lens and a MT-24EX flash setup, haha!
… Dan Leeder, 11 July, 2009 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

you're correct
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… v belov, 10 July, 2009 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

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