Those of you who know me well are probably surprised that I have not yet posted an insect photo from Paris. I have chased after a few hornets and flies, but came up pretty much empty-handed. Yesterday, however, I came upon this cool little ladybug on top of a pole blocking off a pedestrian zone and finally captured an urban insect photo worth posting.
All things considered, the ladybug was quite cooperative. She—the ladybug might be a male, but the name causes me to assume it is a female—crawled around the spherical surface on the top of the pole, giving me a number of different views. I do not have a true macro lens with me, but I do have a 24mm lens that is sharp and lets me get pretty close.
I initially tried shooting downward at the ladybug, but the results were not very exciting. When I bent down so I was at eye-level or maybe slightly lower, I got a cool, out of focus street background that I really like.
I do not know enough about ladybugs in France to know if this is a domestic one or is a foreign visitor—there are certainly plenty of those in Paris, present company included.
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Mike Powell 
Nice find! BTW I hope you don’t mind I used your baguette and wine photo as reference in my copycat Sweet Simplicity post. It was just a fun thing that your post motivated me to do!
Absolutely no problem, Liz. I know from your comments that you are enjoying my weird and wonderful postings from Paris. I mean, who else posts a photo of a ladybug when they go on vacation to a historical city in November? 🙂
You’re very unique!
I knew you’d get one, Mike!