Posted by Stunner (Kingston, Jamaica) on 20 November 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
It took a bit of time and quite a few shots to get this shot. I am extremely proud of this as focusing on such small insects with an auto focus camera is no easy feat! One more reminder for me to continue saving for my $US700 plus Nikon D40X.
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I understand your focus issues with a small camera. You did an EXCELLENT job with this! They look like they are working hard.
20 Nov 2007 12:50am
Wow Stunner this is awesome....I can totally relate to the dozens of shots needed to get this one......I'm yet to get the "one" of such tiny little ants....but I will persevere - this is really awesome and I know that once you get that new D40x you'll be wowingus with even more brilliant shots like this
20 Nov 2007 1:31am
Truly an awesome close up!
20 Nov 2007 2:15am
Cool macro shot, love the way you composed this one.. great work !!
20 Nov 2007 2:43am
Good close up and detail with this one. Its hard enough with an SLR, but as this was with a compact, its amazing. Good work, and hope you get that D40X soon.
20 Nov 2007 3:39am
I love the texture, I can almost feel it :)
20 Nov 2007 4:55am
They are so tiny! Good catch!
20 Nov 2007 8:05am
Love it - and good luck saving for the new one!
20 Nov 2007 8:08am
Am impressed wid how U bring out character in inanimate subjects (like de hydrant yesterday wid that bit of b&w magic U did), but also how U personify subjects like this ant wid detail so it seems as large as a bee.
20 Nov 2007 8:24am
In the end you were rewarded for your patience and persistence...the "soldiers" look just great on that difficult climbing to the top :)
20 Nov 2007 8:48am
You have every right to be proud of this capture Stunner it's excellent!
20 Nov 2007 10:31am
Nice job indeed!Well done!
20 Nov 2007 10:50am
Good catch, well done!
20 Nov 2007 11:10am
Wow! This is absolutely wonderful shot. I wish you had a macro lens to catch more details of this little army.
20 Nov 2007 11:28am
Well done Stunner, lovely shot!
20 Nov 2007 11:45am
Excellent job Stunner!! We've all been there.. Keep saving those pennies, eh!
20 Nov 2007 1:18pm
These are busy little ants; but your autofocus camera came through, and your creative eye envisioned a very wonderful photo!
20 Nov 2007 2:55pm
Hello Stunner, again a picture proving we have so much in common with the ants if you look at our bridges from a plane, beautiful!! You are also comforting me by your remark of saving, that's also what I do, at first I thought aminus3 members are all rich people with 1000 - 2000 dollar cameras with collections of lenses, but you show I'm not the only one :). I have a 2nd hand camera which costed me 90 euros (100 dollars) from 2001. Some features won't work, but I can choose from 4 ISO's and it has also manually changeable focus, but oh, that's so painstaking, millimeter work! Those nice red berries or little flowers, moving in the wind, and waiting for a sunray or 0.5 seconds of windstillness, and monitoring the exactly 10 centimeters! Don'talk about it:). Anyway, this picture is very succesfull!
20 Nov 2007 3:40pm
@Illuci: I too thought everyone on Aminus had a decent SLR, so it is comforting that other's are getting amazing photos from auto focus cameras! Keep practicing with what you have, you are still getting marvelous shots...can you imagine how good they will look when you get a brand new SLR!
WOW. Many salutations to you, dear friend, on this AMAZING capture! I wish I’d been able to get a shot like this with my point and shoot! A truly marvellous sight. Love it. :)
20 Nov 2007 6:31pm
The result certainly justifies your efforts, congrats!
20 Nov 2007 7:09pm
keep saving bro! Speaking as an owner of a nikon i'd say, the Nikon D40X is so worth your money!
20 Nov 2007 9:27pm
Attack!!
21 Nov 2007 12:05am
Well Stunner, this is stunning. Your hard work paid off with a great macro.
21 Nov 2007 12:14am
patience is a virtue! and you've been well rewarded with this photo, congrats! Nikons are fun!!! i'm excited for you!
21 Nov 2007 11:45am
A fine capture!
21 Nov 2007 4:34pm
Superb!
21 Nov 2007 5:44pm
Nicely done stunner!!
21 Nov 2007 6:01pm
You did a great job with the focus on this tiny parade.
21 Nov 2007 7:39pm
Amazing shot. The texture and the subject are great.
21 Nov 2007 11:04pm
Thank you all for your wonderful comments, they are really encouraging both to continue taking photos and continue saving for my D40X!
22 Nov 2007 12:50am
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