Odd Man Out

**Barefoot** · 06-15-2009, 10:32 PM

After about an hour and a half, I lost patience with them. This is the best I could do with the little buggers.

**JAS_Photo** · 06-15-2009, 10:55 PM

Ha! Ha! That is cool!

**Gem** · 06-16-2009, 01:09 AM

o.O That's kinda creepy, lol. But, poor little ant =( What's the red liquid-y thing?

**Mad Aussie** · 06-16-2009, 01:50 AM

You spent an hour and a half getting ants to standing uniformly around a dollop of something sweet?

Weird ... but it's a cool shot.

**Barefoot** · 06-16-2009, 06:19 AM

Originally Posted by Mad Aussie

You spent an hour and a half getting ants to standing uniformly around a dollop of something sweet?

Weird ... but it's a cool shot.

Well…not entirely. Some of that time was set-up and I was doing other things as well while the tupelo honey drew a crowd. I really need another macro for wildlife and insects. In manual focus mode, each time I knelt to make an adjustment, the ants would scatter and then another 5 or 10 minutes later I would try again.

It ain't easy to get 45 ants to say "cheese" with a D90 and a 60mm lens hovering less than 6 inches above them. I haven’t given up, though. I will nail it on the next attempt.

**Iguanasan** · 06-16-2009, 07:29 AM

I think it's very cool. I can't believe you spent an hour and half doing that but I like the result. Having one of them off to himself makes it more interesting to me.

**Barefoot** · 06-20-2009, 10:05 PM

Came pretty darn close to getting the eyes to "sing" in this one.

**Iguanasan** · 06-20-2009, 10:28 PM

Nice capture, Barefoot! If you are going monotone you are certainly awfully close! Very sharp too.

**Barefoot** · 06-20-2009, 11:46 PM

Thanks, Iggy. I learned a few thing on the first one, so the set-up was smoother the second time around. The speedlight and a device I fashioned for macro work helped, too.