Large Ant - 5-06-09 by Leeco

Photography • Insects • posted on May 06, 2009

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I took the day off from everything except playing with a new DSLR camera system I bought this past Christmas. I got a Nikon D40X with 2 Nikkor AF-VR lenses - (18-55mm and 55-200mm). I recently posted a thread in the forum about my decision to upgrade and my opinion about having done that, if anyone cares to read it. I have been so occupied with other stuff for the past 5 months or so, I have only spent a few minutes with it till now and I have not had much success with it including today. This image of a rather large ant was taken with my old Nikon 7900 pocket camera. I took it with me on today's outing and alternated between the two. I took 10 times more pics with the new one but had a much much lower success rate than with the old one. They are to completely different cameras with completely different skills needed. Tomorrow, I will post an image of this ant taken with the new camera. I took maybe 50 pics of this ant with it and only got one or two that were even close to being usable. I only took 3 with the old camera and got 2 usable ones, lol. So much for newer is better, at least until I overcome the learning curve. Thanks to those who take the time to comment. Lee

Comments (13)

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zoren

9:08PM | Wed, 06 May 2009

nice shot..!

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Shoot2ThrillPhoto

9:10PM | Wed, 06 May 2009

Don't give up on the Nikon D40, definitely a different camera than the 7900. The more you use it, the more accustomed you'll get with it.

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angelafair

10:06PM | Wed, 06 May 2009

Great shot! Woooweee, hate for that one to bite me! bTxJmxPTEyNDE2NjUzMjI4MzkmcHQ9MTI*MTY2

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MrsLubner

12:36AM | Thu, 07 May 2009

I hear ya. I got an upgrade (not as upgraded as you) and found I was pretty dumb. So many more settings to use, combinations that work and don't work, and I can't just whip out my camera and shoot. I have to set it up and THINK. LOL This is one heck of a great shot. The details and color are tremendous.

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flora-crassella

1:53AM | Thu, 07 May 2009

very cute ant! Fantastic macro!

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durleybeachbum

1:58AM | Thu, 07 May 2009

Superb! You already know how I feel about heavy, expensive and complicated equipment! But I wish you the very best with it!

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praep

6:24AM | Thu, 07 May 2009

Great macro - congrats for the new cam and lenses. The Nikkor 18-55mm is a great lens I think. Mine was broken in January but the insurance paid the repair.

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