Strong little ant

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• mamabear (193)
• [2009-10-13 5:49]

Hi Anne,
Great composition, excellent details, good light and sharpness.
Congratulation!
Alina

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• Silvio2006 (41532)
• [2009-10-13 5:52]

Ciao Anne, again neighbour today:), fantastic actioon macro, I like a lot this little ant trasporting a great spider, superb details and splendid sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• matatur (4476)
• [2009-10-13 6:03]
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A beautifully managed capture of a natural phenomenon in fine focus and exposure Anne, and yes, the ants can readily devour such chitinuous "exuviums" after transporting them to their nests.
Cheers,
Mehmet

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• Argus (35107)
• [2009-10-13 6:07]

Hello Anne,
A very fine action macro that you kept too long in your archives!
The sharpness of the ant and its burden shows the scene with fine clarity and DOF in a pleasing composition.
I can only guess that as ants eat and feed insects to their larvae their chitinous exoskeleton is included as part of their diet, which means that they can digest chitin. Hence this spider's skin must form a part of their diet.
A fine contribution!
Thanks and my best wishes to you,
Ivan

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• Mana (18518)
• [2009-10-13 6:16]

Hi Anne,
wonderful shot of this interesting action moment. Very neat and sharp image with perfect light and DOF. The BG looks superb. Very nicely composed. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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• PeterZ (17640)
• [2009-10-13 6:23]

Hello Anne,
Ants are impressive animals and each time they can surprise you. Like in this photo. It is taken in great sharpness and details. Beautiful clear colours. Nice contrasting BG and DOF.
TFS and regards,
Peter

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• horias (3996)
• [2009-10-13 7:07]

Anne
What great capture!
The strong ant is great, like your capture!
Horia

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• ingridshaul (301)
• [2009-10-13 7:12]

Dear Anne,
This photo intrigues me, because the ant - being alone - pushes the spider bit in an upright position, which would require quite a balancing act.

I notice, you shot the animal at high speed, and still the details in your photo are pronounced, even the lose wood fibers!

The diagonal line of the direction the ant is taking indicates, it still has a long way to go...

I also like the natural colours of your photo i.e. all the work is done by your superior photographic technique.

Kind Regards
Ingrid

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• cobra112 (6578)
• [2009-10-13 7:25]

Ciao Anne. Good light and contrast in this dynamic macro shot. Good DOf an nice diagonal compo-.

Roberto

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• marianas (2252)
• [2009-10-13 7:38]

Anne
Lovely ant make great work whit this food.
Great capture1
Mariana

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• luciola (264)
• [2009-10-13 8:08]

Hi Anne,
David and Goliath in nature. Great shot.
Regards
Lucja

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• cirano (4950)
• [2009-10-13 8:44]

Slav Anne,
Very good composition with perfect sharpness,light and colors.Great macro.
TFS.
Regards,
Dûrzan

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• jcoowanitwong (12123)
• [2009-10-13 8:48]

Hi Anne,
Sharp focus and well contrasted image. Seem that you already got the answer. It must be a great find to worth the effort of bringing this prize to its nest.
JC

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• euroblinkie (10197)
• [2009-10-13 8:51]

hello Anne
very interesting ,great details and good sharpness
nice composition
great shot anne
greeting lou

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• joska (5522)
• [2009-10-13 9:20]

Very good macro with great sharpness and details!

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• goldyrs (9271)
• [2009-10-13 9:28]

Strong they are, my friend Anne!
And do they bite!!! A superb shot with amazing detail!
The BG looks superb!
Bravo!
Goldy

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• ferranjlloret (4742)
• [2009-10-13 11:00]

Hi Anne.
A natural scene like the same life.Good capture.
Ferran

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• roges (3180)
• [2009-10-13 11:27]

Guten Abend Anne,
was für ein Bild ! Sehr interessant mit wunderbaren Farben. Nicht oft kann man so was sehen.
Grüß,
Adrian

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• nglen (32250)
• [2009-10-13 12:22]

Hi Ann.As Ivan has said i am sure this would be for food. Ants are so strong. I am glad you found this picture in your archives. You took this wit hfine detail in both insects and the wood . All with natural colours. wel ltaken TFS.
Nick..

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• maurydv (16676)
• [2009-10-13 13:50]

Ciao Anne,
spesso le nuove fotografie "affondano" le vecchie nei nostri archivi e molte belle fotografie restano sommerse, si dovrebbe fare ogni tanto una "pulizia" generale per far emergere fra le tante cose da buttare queste piccole "gemme"; interessante notare che una sola formica sta svolgendo questo recupero, a dimostrazione della loro grande forza, quando lavorano in gruppo riescono a trasportare cose impensabili.
Grazie e complimenti
Buona notte
Con amicizia
Maurizio

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• meyerd (5384)
• [2009-10-14 10:20]

Hallo Anne,
also einmal was GANZ anderes! Toll, die Ameise (Camponotus ligniperda) mit der Haut eines Hunderfüsslers, z. B. Lithobius. Man erkennt gut das kaudale Ende (oben) mit den Endbeinen. Übrigens: die Unterlage muss Dein Gartentisch sein, dort durfte ich auch schon photographieren. Das Echo auf Dein Bild ist entsprechend stark. Gut gemacht!
Beste Grüsse
Dieter

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• jmirah (4665)
• [2009-10-15 5:21]

Hi Anne
Outstanding capture...Excellent color, detail and DOF...A fine composition...TFS
Jim

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• Solrac (210)
• [2009-10-16 9:35]

Fantastica foto con gran nitidez de esta hormiga que arrastra un peso muy superior al suyo demostrando que es uno de los animales mas fuertes para su tamaño
Buen trabajo
un saludo

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• jignasi (14807)
• [2009-10-20 11:28]

A pesar de tanta luz controlaste bien esta. La foto además se complicada aún más por las transparencias de la araña y el pequeño tamaño de la hormiga. Hay que ser hábil para captar esta escena, que vista a posteriori puede parecer normal y desde luego no lo es.
Un interesante trabajo.
Saludos: J. Ignasi.

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• pablominto (16124)
• [2009-11-15 8:33]

Hello Anne,

They have an amazing power, these little creatures!
And a strong will hehehe...
Interesting situation is documented here, something we have seen so often in real life but not so much in pictures...
Sharp fine details, subjects well framed!

Greetings,
Pablo -