I Say Ladybird, You Say Ladybug by myautofocuslife

I Say Ladybird, You Say Ladybug

Actually, it's neither a bird nor a bug. It's a beetle. (The things I learn from Google!)

The last time I made a similar shot was way back in January: http://365project.org/myautofocuslife/365/2012-01-01

I realized that, since getting addicted to macro shots, green has become the dominant color in my calendar view. But I like colors, so I think I need to stop every now and then and inject some color into my project. 8)
This is so cool! Love the colour injection!
July 25th, 2012  
I learned something new too! Beautiful and colorful!!!!
July 25th, 2012  
Haha! Cool shot, love the redness :)
July 25th, 2012  
Just over a month on 365, and I have become macro addicted as well. I used to carry my long lens in my camera bag, without good results. Now, I travel w/long lens on all the time. My christmas list includes a macro lens. Nice inspiration.
July 25th, 2012  
Love your dof on this one, Livia - lovely image.
July 25th, 2012  
wow love this! :D
July 25th, 2012  
lots of colour here! cool shot
July 25th, 2012  
Very colourful! I like 'Livia Green' too. :)
July 25th, 2012  
and it is yet another bug.. and I mean that is the best of ways. Love all your bug shots!! this one is truly cute cute cute!!
July 25th, 2012  
Very nice! A different type of bug, isn't it?
July 25th, 2012  
Fun! I like it, lady!
July 25th, 2012  
That's cool
July 25th, 2012  
Excellent.
July 25th, 2012  
Great Fun shot Livia
July 25th, 2012  
mag
looks like a ladybug tornado...hahaha
July 25th, 2012  
Cool, black hole with lady bird vortex lines.
July 25th, 2012  
Very cool shot, Livia! You do these so very well! Love the color and patterns!
July 25th, 2012  
Great effect Livia! very cool
July 25th, 2012  
you are so clever. great shot :)
July 25th, 2012  
cool shot
July 25th, 2012  
Oh you are so artistic with these type of shots. Great.
July 25th, 2012  
I`m very impressed the way you use your creativity to surprise us with every time such great photo`s .
Thank you very much for you very kind comment. Our weather is great and then I`ll have you nice comment to it , live is beautiful .
July 25th, 2012  
Im slowly being hypnotized by this picture .... very cool love it !
July 25th, 2012  
Wonderful presentation...It is, however, a tad hypnotic!
July 25th, 2012  
I say ladybird too; love the kaleidoscope effect, very cool
July 25th, 2012  
Very cool effect - they get both names here too - I love the variety of your captures and the little intro to each one - 365 is in every way a learning experience!
July 25th, 2012  
Cool effect.Green is one of my favourite colours.
July 25th, 2012  
Cool perspective and great colours!
July 25th, 2012  
Fun shot! A little dizzying!LOL Yesterday at a picnic, we looked down and there were THREE ladybeetles in my son's hair!
July 25th, 2012  
Love it
July 25th, 2012  
Cool stuff Livia, totally different but still a bug shot :)
Not tempted to use this as profile shot like the January one used to be? I think it would be so appropriate - not that I don't like your current one mind :)
July 25th, 2012  
Cool shot! I love the effect. Makes me feel Luke it's spinning almost.
July 25th, 2012  
looks like ladybug to me... lovely colour and interesting pov
July 25th, 2012  
So creative,....and thanks for the info!
July 25th, 2012  
Funny, as I was wondering why the name is different in different places. Love this photo, Livia. How did you do this? I would love to be able to shoot macro shots like you do. I never get tired of them.
July 25th, 2012  
beautifully creative!!
July 25th, 2012  
very nice effect! the colors are amazing
July 25th, 2012  
Ooh, more bug shots, haha! I was wondering when you were going to do another one of these. I loved the first one and I love this one, too. Very cute paper and super photo. I think of you everytime I go to "Paper Source" and see the amazing papers they sell.
July 25th, 2012  
Pink? Cool!! Love the crazy pov :)
July 25th, 2012  
Colour indeed. I love the DOF you've used here. It's a very bright and uplifting shot Livia.
July 25th, 2012  
Thats cool, nice effect.
July 25th, 2012  
Such a fun pic!
July 25th, 2012  
I love this.. so trippy and cool :)
July 25th, 2012  
=) made me smile, and lovely colours!
July 25th, 2012  
Beautiful injected!! Beautifully done ... and wonderful dof!
July 25th, 2012  
Did you use a sheet of paper with the ladybug design on it and roll it into a type of cone to get this effect? whatever or whichever way I love it. great effect.
July 25th, 2012  
So creative, Livia. Love it.
July 26th, 2012  
LoL
July 26th, 2012  
Very creative and colorful! I love it!
July 26th, 2012  
Cool shot Livia.
July 26th, 2012  
Such a great idea! Love the focus!
July 26th, 2012  
lol...I looked at your thumbnails, after reading your comments, and noticed that your two pink shots line up under each other today! Cool shot.
July 26th, 2012  
Love it!!! A cyclone of pink and red!!! :-)
July 26th, 2012  
Cool shot! Love the colors!
July 26th, 2012  
this is such a fun, colorful shot Livia! isn't that the truth about google?!?!
July 26th, 2012  
:-) Fun to look at!
July 26th, 2012  
You mean you are addicted to 'great' macro shots!!
July 26th, 2012  
What a fun shot!
July 26th, 2012  
Great idea for a pop of color in your calendar view! Really creative shot :)
July 26th, 2012  
Love the effect - I get dizzy and sucked down into the "Black Hole". Great shot - and keep up the macros!!
July 26th, 2012  
Dizzying! Fun shot Livia :)
July 26th, 2012  
okay, challenge for you: nothing green until end of july :-) i like this.
July 26th, 2012  
I don't even want to know how you achieved that. I'll just sit here with my chin on the desk. Gobsmacked !!
July 26th, 2012  
Very cool shot!!!
July 26th, 2012  
Love the colour swirl here.
July 26th, 2012  
wow this is great
July 26th, 2012  
Rob
Excellent effect! Makes me dizzy looking at it!
July 26th, 2012  
I love this one, such pretty paper and colors. I really need to try this =)
July 26th, 2012  
great perspective and colours!
July 26th, 2012  
Really cool shot, good job getting away from Green!
July 26th, 2012  
Great pov and overall color and compositon is wonderful Livia ! Love it! You are so unique! :)
July 26th, 2012  
Love, love, love this!!! FAV
July 26th, 2012  
@bruni @darsphotos Yes, I just rolled up a piece of paper with the ladybird print, made sure one end was wider than the other, stuck my camera lens in the wider end and hit the shutter button. It was fun! 8)
July 26th, 2012  
@summerfield Just 5 more shots then? Okay. 8)
July 26th, 2012  
Cool focus & injection of colour!
July 26th, 2012  
@myautofocuslife Thanks for the info on how you did this, Livia.
July 26th, 2012  
I love this!
July 26th, 2012  
Cool idea and perspective! Great colours too :)
July 26th, 2012  
I like how you mix things up when we least expect it!
July 26th, 2012  
@bluefirebucket I'm still in love with my Confuzzled Cat. 8)
July 26th, 2012  
you are drawing me into the black hole, but on the way I get to see all these cool colourful bugs!
July 26th, 2012  
Wow, this is different! I love the patterns and colors. Such a cool idea, Livia!
July 26th, 2012  
Fantastic DOF! Cool shot!
July 26th, 2012  
Very cool, love the colours.
July 26th, 2012  
Great dof, Livia. Beautiful.
July 26th, 2012  
Cool idea Livia!
July 26th, 2012  
Fun shot - very creative!
July 26th, 2012  
Very neat!
July 26th, 2012  
Mel
this sucked me in really fast!! maybe its a spiders nest cleverly disguised with the lady beatles sucking in yummy insecty delights :)
July 26th, 2012  
I reckon it's a red beetle with spots
July 26th, 2012  
I remember your previous shot and thinking, "I could do that!" Still haven't tried it, but now, maybe I will - we're due for lots of showers over the next few days - will probably be doing an inside shot - love the colors!
July 26th, 2012  
Very cool shot Livia, i like it!
July 26th, 2012  
Fun shot! I remember the other one you did, very cool effect! I love lady whatsits...I am constantly getting corrected by the kids for calling them the wrong name!
July 26th, 2012  
I like your beetle paper! Nice focus.
July 26th, 2012  
This is so cool. Love it. Very imaginative.
July 26th, 2012  
Artful! Nicely done.
July 26th, 2012  
Love the tunnel effect!
July 26th, 2012  
Very cool shot!
July 26th, 2012  
Tia
Great shot! love the colour and the dof!
July 26th, 2012  
I loved this the first time you did it, and I love this one too. Now, I'm not going to copy you, but you've given me an idea. Well done for taking the no green challenge!! I love your work Livia, and your narrative makes me smile, laugh, go grrr when you are self deprecating, but most of all makes me say, "that's bloody good, she did it again!" For me, Singapore means Gin Sling at Raffles. They're not green if you need an idea!!
July 26th, 2012  
You have got amazing creativity Livia! Nice shot!
July 26th, 2012  
Very cool perspective. Hypnotic. I can almost hear the beetles whispering "Looooook into our eyes. You're getting sleeeeeepy."
July 26th, 2012  
Whoa, feel like I am spirling out of control
July 26th, 2012  
Well, your Ladybeetle funnel is a great start! Very colorful!!
July 26th, 2012  
Love this effect. I need to try this sometime xx
July 26th, 2012  
Your colorful tunnel is really cool.
July 27th, 2012  
Lovely shot again! I still remember your first wrapping paper photo! I have been meaning to give it a try, but it never comes out a nice as yours!
July 27th, 2012  
cuteness!!!
July 27th, 2012  
great colourful shot....although it makes me a bit giddy!!
July 27th, 2012  
A great, big, ladybird-red, ladybug-cute, swirly and bright "THANK YOU!" to all! I'm glad to know that some of you remember the first time I did this. It's a lot of fun to make a shot like this, so I hope you all try it. Thank you very much for your visits and comments. Please know that I am grateful for your constant, kind support. It keeps me going. Thank you!
July 27th, 2012  
Love the color combination and the pattern - a very happy image :-).
July 27th, 2012  
Very interesting! So creative!
July 27th, 2012  
I think of beetles as bugs -

This is so fantastic - love the bright nongreen color and yet you some how still snuck in the bugs (I mean beetles).
I LOVE seeing your shots!
July 27th, 2012  
I LOVE this... so creative and effective!! I just might have to copy you at some point!! Fav for me!!
July 27th, 2012  
This is a great way to do so!
July 27th, 2012  
I love this shot!!! Fav.
July 28th, 2012  
This is lovely, all pink white and black! popping at you!
July 29th, 2012  
This is so creative. I remember when you did your other one and I thought then I must have a go at it. Will have to now ;-)
July 29th, 2012  
Pam
You have succeeded. Fantastic bright colors. Such a cool shot!
July 29th, 2012  
Fun shot. Love the focus.
July 29th, 2012  
Oh I very much love this......and I'm in need of inspiration.....think I might try something similar tomorrow.....
July 30th, 2012  
cool shot great focus
July 30th, 2012  
Really like this. So simple yet so creative!
July 30th, 2012  
Very cool shot. I sometimes struggle to come up with ideas and then I see this an it's so simple but I never think of it.
July 31st, 2012  
Love it - fav
July 31st, 2012  
awesoooooome. what a great idea. I am going to do this sometime :D
August 1st, 2012  
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