6 Month Anniversary PT2- ANTS

GOLDENORFE

Today the 9th september is my 6 month anniversary of the first ever insect macro shot I shot.
i was relatively normal back then, now however, i am dressing in camo jackets to shoot dragonflys & lying on the floor in the zoo shooting escapee leaf cutter ants!,while people are walking over me!
is this normal?

Here are the shots from chester zoo leafcutter ants.

small worker ant



2 shot panorama


large soldier ants- very scruffy looking things!












thanks for looking & commenting everyone, much appreaciated.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Lord Vetinari

Wonderful series Phil- those ant sure are a lot more interesting than the ones I get .
Brian V.

Paul Iddon

Great detail.


Paul.

PUREVIL

WOW amazing detail on the head.... what lens are you using to get such great detail on such a small ant??? Also how do you get them to sit still? today I tired taking a picture of a wasp and I couldn't get it to focus cuz the guy kept moving around, and I couldn't get that much detail with my 100mm macro lens.

stevehapp

Happy anniversary, phil.

great shots, those ants are scary. *shudders*

Jack'll do

Wonderful series Phil. That critter sure does look mean. Thank goodness he's as small as he is. WOW only 6 month's? I would have thought you'd been at this a whole lot longer from the quality of your work.

GOLDENORFE

thanks for comments everyone,much appreciated.
jack - these soldier ants are fairly big, the first couple of shots are workers,these were about5mm long, the soldiers however are about 12-15mm.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

canon400d

GOLDENORFE wrote:

thanks for comments everyone,much appreciated.
jack - these soldier ants are fairly big, the first couple of shots are workers,these were about5mm long, the soldiers however are about 12-15mm.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Those are terrific shots Phil and a happy anniversary.
Regards
Bob

Skippy

GOLDENORFE wrote:

Today the 9th september is my 6 month anniversary of the first ever insect macro shot I shot.
i was relatively normal back then, now however, i am dressing in camo jackets to shoot dragonflys & lying on the floor in the zoo shooting escapee leaf cutter ants!,while people are walking over me!
is this normal?

Here are the shots from chester zoo leafcutter ants.
small worker ant
2 shot panorama
large soldier ants- very scruffy looking things!

thanks for looking & commenting everyone, much appreaciated.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Looks a mean little Ant close up doesn't it.
I know they cut leaves, but do they bite as well?

I noticed they have spikes on their backs too.

These are very sharp Phil, I enjoy your posts each and every time
Another Excellent post from you .... Skippy
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l2oBiN

I love the fourth one. He reminds me of the "predator" .. p*ss* face