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just an ant


just an ant
Photo Information
Copyright: naki tez (naki) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 421 W: 27 N: 783] (2688)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-03-01
Categories: Insects
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ10
Exposure: f/8, 1/125 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Ants, Hormigas, Ameisen, Miers, Fourmis, Formiches [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-03-01 15:18
Viewed: 1457
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 34
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is an ant. I hope it is cause I'll give information about ants but before that let me say something about how I shoot it.
I used a 1:1.4 50mm pentax objective (reverse position)to shoot this ant. I taped it to the lens hood of my Panasonic and attached a home made flash reflector. Without flash its nearly impossible to shoot anything at f/8.
I made 3x zoom (140mm.) to get enough dof (It's not enough but this is the best I can get.) and a easy crop.
Digital ISO: 50
And here is ants:
Ants have been living on the Earth for more than 100 million years and can be found almost anywhere on the planet. It is estimated that there are about 20,000 different species of ants. For this reason ants have been called Earth's most successful species.
Ants build many different types of homes. Many ants build simple little mounds out of dirt or sand. Other ants use small sticks mixed with dirt and sand to make a stronger mound that offers protection from rain. Western Harvester ants make a small mound on top, but then tunnel up to 15 feet straight down to hibernate during winter. Ant mounds consist of many chambers connected by tunnels. Different chambers are used for nurseries, food storage, and resting places for the worker ants. Some ants live in wood like termites. Army ants don't make a home at all but travel in large groups searching for food.
Sociology: Ants are social insects, which means they live in large colonies or groups. Some colonies consist of millions of ants. There are three types of ants in each species, the queen, the sterile female workers, and males. The male ants only serve one purpose, to mate with future queen ants and do not live very long. The queen grows to adulthood, mates, and then spends the rest of her life laying eggs. A colony may have only one queen, or there may be many queens depending on the species. Ants go through four stages of development: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.

info: http://www.infowest.com/life/aants.htm
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Hey Naki, I see your experiment payed off. Excelent work and composition. Now you see the DOF is very limited and the focus is very tight eh?
Well done.

Mike

At F8, it's not impossible, just gota have the right lighting and shoot at the right time. :) :)

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1677 W: 5 N: 2144] (11860)
  • [2005-03-01 21:08]

Belle prise de vue et bonne composition. Félicitation et bonne journée.

Really like this photo. I like the colour, the detail and the point of view. The POV has added so much to this. We are looking straight on into the face of this monster, as it comes over a ledge. Well Done,

excellent shot!! you did a great job photographing a great photo of this very tiny creature. very well done. i like the colors too.. and the notes is very usefull too, especially the technicl explanations on ur steps and tools to do this shot. thanks for sharing!

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2792 W: 75 N: 7805] (26093)
  • [2005-03-02 4:15]

Great colours, composition and BG. Amazing level of details. Little ant but scary on close-up. Great work Naki!

Sorry, points later.

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2964 W: 366 N: 3848] (11749)
  • [2005-03-02 4:47]
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Pretty good result from you set up. The details in what are in the DOF are excellent. The colours are good too. I take it this ant is dead?

Very good work.

Great shot!
Amazing POV and details. Great colours and composition.
I like it very much.
Well done!

Nice shot, but it would have been better to get more of the ant.
Well done.
TFS.

Ham ve işlenmiş hanini birlikte sunmanız çok güzel.Daha öncede çok beğendiğimi
belirtmiştim.Elinize sağlık.Tebrikler..

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2005-03-03 4:32]

Etkileyici bir makro.Workshopdaki ham hali de çok güzel.Kullandığın teknik,elde ettiğin netice emeğine değmiş.
Başarılar,eline sağlık.

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  • puciu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 523 W: 0 N: 16] (2599)
  • [2005-03-03 11:36]

SUPER MACRO!!!!!!!!
¦wietne zdjêcie.
Wielkie BRAWO!

Wonderful macro! I love it very much. Great colours and superb idea!

Great shot I like this ant
Great macro

Hi Naki
An excellent picture, great colours and superbe detail on the pincher, and a novel way of shooting it too. TFS

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2306 W: 324 N: 4306] (16850)
  • [2005-03-11 11:25]

Naki, this is a great macro. Vivid colors, great pov and composition. Sharpness is very good too.

Great lighting on the ant and a very nice washed out background. I think the shallow DOF enhances the shot although it's a shame the left "antennae" isn't sharper.

Excellent! This is a macro.
As you say the DOF is impossible, but everything else is perfect. To my FAV´s as one on the most small and precise macros of an ant. Congrats.

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