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02-MAY-2008 Collin Baxter

Ants
by Collin Baxter

Ants collecting nectar.

Olympus Evolt E-510
1/400s f/8.0 at 300.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Collin Baxter12-May-2008 20:08
Thanks for the comments folks, These are ants collecting nectar inside a morning glory flower. The back tube was lite from behind. I used the 70-300 a f/8 from about 2-3m which give you nice DOF control. I have found that with 4/S shoot long and close for nice DOF.
Guest 12-May-2008 17:48
Very nice like being at work in the tunnel or something, tack sharp on the ant and nice use of DOF.
Olympus DSLR Challenge10-May-2008 18:00
Fantastic!
These ants looks like astronauts floating inside their futuristic ship. Great handling of focus and OOF with such a focal length! endika
Stefan 10-May-2008 01:01
This is very appealing, Collin, and I very much enjoy looking at it. But what I don't understand is the apparently shallow DOF at f8. I guess the yellow pollen cake is either sticking way up or sunk way down? Anyway, excellent image!
jd davis 09-May-2008 17:32
I really like the colors and the abstact nature of it. This challenge is going to be another hard one to judge. (I'm a newbie anyway to this challenge business.)
ArtP08-May-2008 14:40
Excelent DOF control! (and quite a pleasing image as well)
David Williams07-May-2008 02:00
Very cool shot. They are tending to their own little world.
Miroslav Kral 06-May-2008 22:01
Collin, I like this picture very much as a macro, but as an art piece too.
Shirley Haden06-May-2008 17:29
Into the after life! I get such a feeling of Sci-fi in this shot. The colors are great too! The one ant looks like he is trapped. The other ant looks like he is next! Great shot to let the imagination go wild. :o)