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Copyright: Sebnem Kanat (dew77) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05-17
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D200, Sigma 150mm F2.8 APO Macro DG HSM
Exposure: f/11, 1/125 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Ants, Hormigas, Ameisen, Miers, Fourmis, Formiches, 100 points or more (Chapter 1) [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-05-22 5:22
Viewed: 1702
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 120
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello,
This photo was taken 4 days ago at the garden.Here i used my new nikon R1C1 speedlight system and cropped nearly %60 of original image.
Have great week and hope you’ll like it.

Infos from www.bugguide.net

ANTS:
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Superclass Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Subclass Pterygota
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
Suborder Apocrita (Ants, Bees and Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Numbers
11 subfamilies, 297 gener and do nota, and about 8800 species worldwide (580 nearctic)
Size
1-25mm
Identification
Ants have slender pedicel ("waist"), which are typical in suborder Apocrita, but ants can be distinguished from wasps by their elbowed antennae. These small insects are usually black, brown, or reddish, and they live in colonies with well-defined castes that typically comprise a worker caste of sterile females and a reproductive caste of winged males and females.
Habitat
Ants generally live underground or in dead wood, but exact habitat may vary with genus and species.
Food
Food depends on particular genus and/or species. Many ants are predators or scavengers while others "milk" aphids and other insects for their sweet secretions or cultivate fungus on cut leaves.
Remarks
All living ant species are eusocial.
Family Formicidae – Ants

Technique:
Nikon D200
2006/05/17 19:31:37.2
JPEG (8-bit) Basic
Lens: 150mm F/2.8 G
Focal Length: 150mm
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Spot
1/125 sec - F/11
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 400
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: Manual
Flash Sync Mode: Front Curtain
Auto Flash Comp: 0 EV

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merhaba sebnem hanım,yine çok güzel bir çalışma.karınca sanıyorum larvaları topluyor.resmin kompozisyonu,renkleri,netliği,detayları mükemmel.tebrikler.selamlar.hilmi yıldırım.

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  • radz Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 603 W: 11 N: 616] (3404)
  • [2006-05-22 6:14]

Excellent details..Lovely shots!!

Hi Sebnem,
Looks like the fill flash exposure was perfect here. Nice soft colors and the detail is very sharp. Everything still looks excellent for cropping in so far. Very nice work!
Scott

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1740 W: 95 N: 2273] (8411)
  • [2006-05-22 7:29]

Hi Şebnem,
I see you have an smoll zoo at home! Details, color and compostion as good as the shots of big animals you use to post to our delight.
TFS José M.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2006-05-22 7:31]

Hello my friend!
I must say it loud and clear - I hate aphids :-) but I can understand ants - they loves aphids' sweet juice. Very good observation Sebnem, interesting piece of nature. Great details and nice green colours.

What a great capture Sebnem.
Superb colors and details Grzegorz.
Excellent composition and prespective.
Love the frame.
TFS!!!!
Regards
JC

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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 855 W: 23 N: 942] (5111)
  • [2006-05-22 8:19]

Bonjour Sebnem, la traite des pucerons est toujours un sujet de choix. Jolies couleurs et bon piqué. Peut être un peu trop d'espace vers la droite, une petite rotation du sujet vers la droite aurait pu apporter quelque chose à la mise en page dans l'utilisation de la diagonale. Mes felicitations, Didier.

Hi Sebnem,
Excellent capture, with great interest.
Very good color, light, sharpness, detail, and DOF.
I did a quick workshop, hope you don't mind :)
Very well done.

Hello Sebnem, Great work, perfcet colors, BG, POV, DOF, great details, Good work and have a nice week, TFS Kyle

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2233 W: 188 N: 1929] (8127)
  • [2006-05-22 9:55]

Hello Sebnem,
amazing macro. Very detailed and excellent sharpness even on the smallest of bugs.
Nice colors and well composed.
TFS..Sky

Bonjour Sebnem
Voilà une bien belle composition.! La couleur est superbe, ainsi que le contraste et les details
Merci pour le partage et au revoir...JP

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3068 W: 231 N: 6168] (21078)
  • [2006-05-22 11:04]

Hi Sebnem,
What a fantastic macro. I don't know if I have ever seen these little bugs with such clarity. Wow!
Super sharp details with perfect exposure in an interesting composition. TFS. : )

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  • valy67 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1880 W: 59 N: 2915] (8733)
  • [2006-05-22 11:27]

Great macro shot ! Sharpness, details and colors are perferct, good composition and very nice BG, the insects come out very nicely. Well done !!
Valérie.

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  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 1399 W: 3 N: 30] (520)
  • [2006-05-22 12:00]

selam sebnem
bravo. harika bir kompozisyon ve bu guzellige katkida bulunan sade bir arka plan. POV, renkler, detaylar ve uyumlu bir frame ile mukemmel bir sonuc. tebrikler
izler

Fantastic details were captured with I believe an excellent aperature setting to get all these insect in focus. I also see that you acquired an R1C1 flash system, the more you use it the more you'll like it. Well done Sebnem. :)

Hello Şebnem,
Ants are difficult subject to take photograph, but in here you even took the aphids perfectly also not only the ant! I like the aphids that all are different sized! Very interesting shot. The ant looks like Gunnary Sergeant Hartman and he is commanding the recruit aphid corps! Interesting and hard shot you managed great. I want to see more macros from you Şebnem! Thanks for sharing...
Ersin

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  • CTP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 647 W: 6 N: 1106] (3191)
  • [2006-05-22 13:46]

Merhaba Sebnem,
Excellent macro shot with so many details in it:)
Excellent pov,dof,sharpness,focus,details,frame,lighting,note and composition.TFS
Chris

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  • thor68 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 792 W: 138 N: 1312] (5642)
  • [2006-05-22 14:16]

excellent macro-shot of the little green suckers, sebnem! :-)
superb combination and composition with
the ant which provides a good comparison in size.
well done & take care, thor.

Hello Sebnem,
this is a very fine macro shot. Excellent details and good tones of colours. A great capture, very well done. Thank you for posting.
Gr.
Heinz

Hi Sebnem,
I tried it several times to make a sharp shot of an ant, but it's so difficult.
You made an excellent shot, as usual, it's realy perfect, thanks for sharing
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • Kaszek Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 246 W: 58 N: 390] (1451)
  • [2006-05-22 17:43]

Hi Sebnem!
I like aphids and I like ants too. Very nice POV. Excellent details. Good BG. Well done! TFS!

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 962 W: 0 N: 89] (7801)
  • [2006-05-22 20:11]

Hi Sebnem
Briliant colours and sharpnes. Great composition. Also great details, DOF, BG, note and POV.
Well done my friend

osse

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1381 W: 126 N: 5246] (23469)
  • [2006-05-22 21:26]

Very good macro Sebnem, very impressive sharpness and a great composition. Very well done, thanks.

Mario

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  • fiyo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 987 W: 5 N: 2764] (10622)
  • [2006-05-23 0:28]

Hello Şebnem,
Excellent macro shot!
Great composition with nice POV,
very good details and nice colours.
Well done!

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  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 1044 W: 156 N: 1218] (4046)
  • [2006-05-23 3:59]

Hi Sebnem,
Excellent shot, perfect framing and wonderful detail. Perfect natural colours, it really looks like a great flash unit. Good note too, great post.
Regards,
Adrian

Hi Sebnem,
Great macro shot. Perfect fill flash exposure. Crisp clear as never seen before. TFS
JC

Hi Sebnem,
Amazing photo,
Excellent composition, colors and details.
Well done and good job!
TFS Malgosia

Hi Şebnem,
What an amazing macro, superb colors and details.I like POV, sharpness and framing a lot. TFS.
Best Regards...
Ali Rıza

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2405 W: 63 N: 4227] (13822)
  • [2006-05-23 14:26]
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Şebnem,
Karınca yaprak bitlerinin arasında dev gibi kalmış. Bitler de yeşil üzüm taneleri gibi duruyor.:o) Netlik ve detaylar nefis. Acaba sağdan biraz daha croplasaydın nasıl olurdu?
Sevgiler,
Selen

Hello Sebnem,
Very good technically shot! The aphids are really well visible and picture has nice colours. I think the POV is great but the framing really isn't good here. The right part of the picture is simply empty and needless. It seems vertical framing would've been much better for this.
Anyway, it's an interesting shot!
WELL DONE!

Hello Sebnem,
Guuuuuuuuaaaaauuuu!!!. Beautiful capture with a perfect macro and details. Decentrated composition works well. Superb note.
Thanks friend!
Hernán

Hi Sebnem,

Very good close-up.
Fantastic details, sharp, colors, POV and composition.
Well done and great work!

TFS :-)
Norbert

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  • nofer Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1190 W: 367 N: 803] (2230)
  • [2006-05-26 0:11]

Muito boa foto. Boa macro. Um interessante momento. Boas cores. POV. O fundo ficou ótimo.
Muito bom!!
TFS
Reynaldo
Very good photo. Good macro. An interesting moment. Good colors. POV. The bottom was great.
Very good!!

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  • halki Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 249 W: 8 N: 105] (469)
  • [2006-05-26 11:12]

Hi Şebnem,
Very clear macro.Details are amazing,excellent scane.
Thanks for sharing.

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  • Dando Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 637 W: 32 N: 792] (3084)
  • [2006-05-26 17:00]

Hi Sebnem, great shot of these little fellows. Good sharp details and excellent colours. Well done and TFS.
Dean.

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  • zeca Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 373 W: 14 N: 538] (2881)
  • [2006-05-27 3:07]

Very interesting shot, Sebnem! So many little creatures showed perfectly! Well done different capture with amazind details!
abraços,
Zeca

Hello Şebnem,
Very interesting and clear macro.Details are wonderful.
Thanks for posting.

Hi, Sebnem.
Interesting shot. A lot of action and actors. Good details. Sharp.

Excellent Macro Sebnem,
Good detail and colours. Sharpness is excellent considering the 60% crop. exposure and lighting are good. Good POV and composition.

Thanks for posting, have a great week.

Well done Sebnem,the colours and detail looks awesome...
And the framework looks great as well...Have a nice day...

Hi Sebnem,
very well detailed super macro with excellent depth of foeld and pleasant soft colours. An unusually apppealing shot showing a scenery that most gardeners would consider just another ugly congregation of aphids on a rose. The ant seems to be the careful and tender steward of that crew.
Thank you! Best regards,
Peter

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  • AndyB Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1391 W: 32 N: 1350] (3982)
  • [2006-05-31 17:57]

Hello Sebnem,
This is an excellent macro.
Impressive detail on these tiny subjects and excellent dof.
Great shot,superb!
TFS

What a wonderful moment Sebnem!
the green insects are very interesting. The photo is very good. A very defined macro, with a rare "decisive moment".
Go ahead with your new speedlight and have a wonderful weekend.
Wagner.

That is so fantastic, clear, beautiful colors, just wonderful!

woooooooow
The colours are so vibrant... the ant and bugs so great!
Superb DOF and the composition around the subject is very well done...
thanks Ana:)

Una oportuna toma de hormiga ordeñando afidos con valor documental y todos los atributos de una magnifica macro!!!!
saludos
CARLOS

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
  • [2006-06-09 0:43]

Superb shot Sebnum! They are so tiny and you show them up so large! Excellent macro, TFS.
Janice

Hi Sebnem,
Excellent! Your work is of a professional quality, as always...
Very well composed, with wonderful macro details and great definition!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • mishe Gold Star Critiquer [C: 105 W: 0 N: 3] (924)
  • [2006-06-10 12:14]

Merhaba Sebnem!
Excellent picture.TFS.
All the best,
Mishe.

I guess you do not post images [unlike many of us compulsive TN addicts :-)] until you have a great image in hand, like this one here, Sebnem.
This is the finest macro of an ant I have seen on the TN.
TFS.

Tryed this picture a lot of times, even posted some long time ago, and I know it is difficult to get a godd result as this one. Very clearly seen. TFS.

Teknik kalitesi yüksek, iyi bir belge doğa fotoğrafı olmuş.
Kullandığınız bu lensi ben de almak istiyorum, önerirmisiniz, olumsuz yönleri var mı ya da 150 mm başka alternatif lens var mı? sizin beğendiğiniz. Yanıtlayabilirseniz çok memnun olurum. Saygılarımla
R Yuksel

Merhaba Şebnem Hanım,
Diğer gibi bu çalışmanızda muhteşem.Tebrikler.

hAyAti

Hello Sebnem,
This is a very nice and so interesting macro! I like this compo and great details. I don't know why but I like aphids very much :-) I think that they are really cute, strange isn't it? This is a great and everything is good about it. TFS,
Claudine

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3604 W: 143 N: 5699] (18633)
  • [2007-01-21 14:11]

Hi Sebnem.
I Like your brilliant macro shot so much. Details and sharpness of the plant and numerous smallest insects are great as well as the impressive soft lighting and perfect colours. My best regards and TFS.
Alexei.

Hi Sebnem, amazing macro, great scene with wonderful details and splendid colors, perfect exposure and focus, very well done, have a nice week end, ciao Silvio

Hello again! ;)
Another nice picture with ants! :) And this time very interesting also because of documentary reason. Great presentation of this "farmer" ant among aphids.
TFS and have a nice weekend!
Radomir

What a FABULOUS shot!!
My congratulations to you for your patience and skill in capturing such a wonderful photo of these interesting insects!

Clarity, color and detail make the photo very unique!

Merhaba Sebnem hanim,

"while others "milk" aphids"...

Fantastic depiction of this "habit"! Makes one wonder if the ants will fight off the lady bug larvae! Also surprising is the variety in the sizes of the aphids. I never noticed that before!

Thanx for sharing this super macro! Selamlar, ;j.

Merb Sebnem super olmus mukemmel detailar cok guzel calisma tebrikler iyi geceler selamlar Necip.

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