Another ant shot

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MikeBinOKlahoma
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Another ant shot

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I just discovered this site. Charles Chien's ant shot prompted me to dig out this one from last Summer.

This is a Pogo harvester ant from a park near my home.

I took the shot with a Canon 1Ds and the same MP-E-65 lens that Charles uses. As those who read this site will know, such a lens can't focus more than a few inches in front of the glass. I was at 5x, about an inch away from the entrance to the anthill, and had hundreds of ants crawling all over me! They crawled around, but never stung while I took several hundred photos (due to depth of field problems, only about three weren't obvious throw-aways).

When I stood up, I still had numerous ant passengers. I couldn't resist the temptation to brush them off. This generally worked without a problem, but when I failed to knock one off, he stung me, and over the next minute I picked up five more stings! Pheromones in action....

So I guess I can truly say that I suffered for my art in this case! It does look awesome printed large, though.

about 5x
65mm bellows lens on 35mm DSLR
1/250th second @ f/16 (set on camera--Actual f/stop much higher)
ISO 100
handheld (elbows on ground) macro flash
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Hmmm....I thought by cutting and pasting the address, the photo would be displayed in the message directly. Is there another step I need to do to save y'all clicking on the link?

(added later) I broke the code! Things work so much better when you read the instructions.....
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Nice ant. Now I am going to have to try for one, only without the sting part.

Not sure how it is done hosting on this server. I host my own images and all I have to do is hit the "Img" button above, type in the url, and hit the "img" button again and the image shows up.
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:shock: "Would ya jest look at them jaws!" Mike you must have been only a french fry away from being a happy meal. :lol: Excellent photograph though, good detail. 8)
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Well its there now Mike and its a beauty!!. Great perspective and somehow, I bet the shot was worth the agro with the ants huh. :D Fine sharp details and darn good DOF Mike. Impressive. Yes you and Charles will get on well.

All the best Mike and of course, a big welcome. Just post way.

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Yeah, I agree you did suffer for your art, Mike! :lol: Although it's well worth it. Nice work, Mike! Welcome here.
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Hello Mike. Nice that you have found the place.

Great photo. I definitely would not like to meet him given the same size.

Welcome aboard.

Lee. :)

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