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Busy, busy, busy
Busy, busy, busy
willem


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Macro IV (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Sony DSC-F707
Location: My garden
Date: Aug 1, 2004
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125 s
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: Aug 1, 2004

An ant walking amongst aphids. Ants feed on the honeydew produced by the aphids. More on the live of aphids here at this link.
Taken with an old 50mm lens of my old Praktica SLR reversed against my Sony lens, held in place by the lenshood and some tape.

I know the light is harsh and only a small portion is sharp, but I really like the movement emphasising the busy life of ants.

Editing : rotate 45', clone in corner color, crop, curves, sharpen, save for web

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08/08/2004 09:04:59 PM
Very good - like the use of slow shutter.
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08/06/2004 04:26:03 AM
Wow, this is really up close and personal with an ant! The colors are great and the composition is pretty good, too. There is a lot of motion in the picture and not much is in focus. A faster shutter speed might have helped.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/04/2004 11:37:17 PM
needs more d/f but i like the pose
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08/03/2004 12:38:11 PM
I'm getting pretty tired of bugs but this restores my confidence inthe genre. Great image due to colors, focus, and DOF. For me the diagonal comp really works. Nicely done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/02/2004 07:47:10 PM
Good title, it seems he's moving around a bit, fixing up his home, maybe. :)


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