Ant Attacks

Lord Vetinari

Black ants first attcking a large caterpillar. They were still at it an hour later, but an hour after that the caterpillar had disappeared. Last 2 shots were taken very close to the caterpillar where a red ant made the mistake of getting too close. All 5Dmk2/MPE-65. Could just fit the caterpillar in the viewfinder at 1:1.

Brian V.

Chrissiebeez_NL

wow! impressive serie! life can be a struggle in the wild!

At what f-value did you shot the last one? I shot some ants the other day but had great dificulty getting them in the DOF (and you cant stack these.. ants are too quick)

Lord Vetinari

Chrissiebeez_NL wrote:

wow! impressive serie! life can be a struggle in the wild!

At what f-value did you shot the last one? I shot some ants the other day but had great dificulty getting them in the DOF (and you cant stack these.. ants are too quick)

Thanks Chris for the comments

Last shot was around 3:1 at F9 but I did do some sneaky hand stacking from 3 shots in that photo. The main problem with these is all the antennae waving that goes on.
Brian v.

GOLDENORFE

great series, very interesting to watch ants

did you save the cat ?
phil

Lord Vetinari

GOLDENORFE wrote:

great series, very interesting to watch ants

did you save the cat ?
phil

Thanks Phil,

I didn't interfere with the caterpillar but found another one yesterday a couple of feet away from where this was going on- not sure if it is the same one though. This time I put a fallen camelia flower over the top of it.

Brian v.

alexf

Wonderful set! Very well done sir!

Lord Vetinari

alexf wrote:

Wonderful set! Very well done sir!

Thanks Alex

Brian V.

RebeccaHelm

I really feel for the ant in the last shot. That's something that took me off guard in this Macro-verse. I think this is actually one of the first macro shots that's stirred up emotions in me. That's saying something!

Lord Vetinari

RebeccaHelm wrote:

I really feel for the ant in the last shot. That's something that took me off guard in this Macro-verse. I think this is actually one of the first macro shots that's stirred up emotions in me. That's saying something!

Thanks for the comment Rebecca
Yes know what you mean - I was a bit shocked the first time I saw this going on.
Brian V.