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Wood Ant

Photography Macro posted on Aug 16, 2006
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I found this birch where a colony of Wood ants were scurrying up and down like... um... like scurrying ants...:) For their sake I hope there was some source of food up there that made it all worthwhile. I had a hard time getting one in sharp focus and at the same time sensibly placed in the frame - they consistently refused to stop and pose for me - but in the end I was quite satisfied with this one.

Comments (12)


workablesilver

6:23PM | Wed, 16 August 2006

Have tried ant's also. Still havn't got one. The little bugger's just won't stand still long enough to find them in the viewer! Not a bad shot at all for that close, and a moving target.

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Cosme..D..Churruca

6:44PM | Wed, 16 August 2006

Very fine capture, like a lot the tonal colour.

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YARDOBE

6:50PM | Wed, 16 August 2006

Cool...Photoshop could enhance this nicely{I know..I know}..I'm thinking the tree bark ...detail is there,though,little buggers are hard to capture!

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Richardphotos

7:45PM | Wed, 16 August 2006

so you just walk in here like you have not been gone!!just joking!! glad that you are back posting. you should of had some honey, they would take notice.outstanding macro

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striving

7:46PM | Wed, 16 August 2006

Very cool pic. They are hard to get. Well done, thanks for the close up look at one.

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Biffowitz

9:07PM | Wed, 16 August 2006

hahaha....they are always on the move huh? great shot!

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short_ribs

1:13AM | Thu, 17 August 2006

Excellent macro photography!!! You've got everything just right! Congrats! Thanks for sharing! This is awesome! ^_^

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Zacko

1:40AM | Thu, 17 August 2006

It can be quite tricky composing macros. Because of the shallow depth you dont need much movement on your camera to lose focus. Thats why i always compose the shot before i manually move in with the focus rather than use the autofocus for instance. Bla bla. This shot is perfectly focus and its also perfectly composed. Amazing how crisp that ant is. Just impressive!!!! Have a great day. #:O)

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oscilis

3:53AM | Thu, 17 August 2006

It's quite amazing that ants don't fall to bits more often. They are so thin in places. Excellent macro.

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marybelgium

3:55AM | Thu, 17 August 2006

gial ! superbly done ... beautiful tones !

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PeeWee05

2:09AM | Fri, 18 August 2006

How in the heck did you get this in focus!!! Excellent work!!! 5 Stars!

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Margana

7:53AM | Sun, 20 August 2006

I can understand why you were satisfied with this.The compo,lighting,and clarity are all dead-on.I tried the same thing once with an ant on a peony blossom...but all the ones that came out with the ant in focus were unsatisfactory in all other aspects.So you have my sincerest congrats on this.Your efforts certainly paid off....Excellent.-M :^)


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