My Mom helped to drop a handful of ladybugs on the castle.
We bought the ladybugs from a plant nursery.
I used my Mom's craft paper for the background. She let me use her tripod so it would not be blurry.
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There isn't much I can say that hasn't been said by commenters already but I'll try...
Fit: It has bugs so it fits the challenge!
Composition: The "subject" is quite centered and low in the frame. The extra space around the castle doesn't seem to do anything to enhance the image. Getting in closer to fill the frame more may have helped make the bugs stand out more too. It also feel like a leaning castle, is it vertical?
Technical: The lighting is a bit flat. It can be hard to walk the fine line between flat lighting and nasty reflections but in this case we needed more light to pick out the bugs from the castle. You have to really look at the image to find all the bugs.
Feel: I love the idea, antyhing out of the norm is good in my book.
I really wish the ladybugs were brighter so they stood out more against the castle. It's a cute setup although I am not fond of the background. A blurred background might be better, you could achieve that with a shallower DOF.
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