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We'd left some birdseed outside a few days previous.. but I'm not sure how they got aligned how they did.
The seven spotted ladybird is just one of the many different types of Ladybird which all vary in their colour and markings. It's familiar bright colours are there to warm predators that it is unpleasant and dangerous to eat.It actually contains poisonous alkaloids and, to aid protection further, can also produce yellow blood from certain points on it's body. The adult ladybird hibernates during winter. Both ladybirds and their larvae prey on aphids. Eggs are laid on plants covered with aphids and blue larvae consume hundreds of them during their three-week developmental period. They then form pupae and attach themselves to leaves or stems.
This is a replication of the 2nd picture in the shallow depth pictures. I crouched low to the ground and angled the camera up to get a better view of the plants and the people in the background. the people are blurred and the plants are the main subject we are seeing. (they had flowers at one point, but it got cold and they died:)
Technical: f/4, shutter-speed 1/100, focus on birdhouse, overcast sky, low-normal light concentration coming from the South, 2:26 pm. I chose these specific technical settings because it brought out the position and details of the birdhouse in a Shallow Depth of Field.
Composition: Shot at close range, a little above eye level, and I let the background be blurred to emphasize the birdhouse and to create a Shallow Depth of Field.
Content/Audience: I am concentrating on the overall creation of a Shallow Depth of Field with the birdhouse.
I chose to photograph the birdhouse from a direct angle a little above eye level to emphasize the detail and position of the birdhouse as well as to create a Shallow Depth of Field. A big aperture was used because I wanted the background to be blurred.