Harlequin

I seem to have managed to catch what I think is probably just a cold, possibly when I was out socialising last Thursday night.  The sore throat came on yesterday afternoon and evening, and the thing has got me firmly in its grip now.  So I'm taking it easy and this shot of a ladybird is about the best that I could manage today. 

I'd have liked the feet to be in focus really, but I ran out of energy pretty quickly while trying to hold a diffuser over the plant to keep off the direct sunshine with one hand while trying to manage to keep the camera with lens mounted macro flash units from wobbling around  with the other.  The bug was moving around so there was no point trying to get a tripod set up.