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Published: 2009-05-03 15:12:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 1536; Favourites: 50; Downloads: 0
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I wanted to take some photos of ants for ages already, but they are fast little creatures.I caught some drinking today.
It was really great fun taking these photos.
Im not sure if this is four or five times magnification. One or the other anyway. Taken with canon Eos 400D and the Mp-e 65mm lens.
I used the standard camera flash and a white paper to reflect it.
I hope Ill get another chance, another day, to take more photos of ants. There is still loads that needs improving...
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A wonderfully thought-up piece - you can see such great detail upon the ant.
I was instantly drawn into the image simply by the smoothness and softness of the lighting. Using the in-built flash on any camera is a bad idea, but deciding to bounce it was a stroke of Genius! (Must've been quite hard to set up.)
However, I must penalise you for use of ISO 400 when you are getting a shutter speed of 125th of a second approx!
The full-size image ends up slightly grainy as such, which is a real shame.
The fold in the water and specs of dirt make the ant seem so incredibly small. Something which, I suppose it was.
A fully-in-focus any would have been nice to see too, as the depth of field is a little small. The aperture could have been changed by one or two stops without causing too much worry with 400 ISO. It's either grain or detail, unless you change the set-up to incorporate more flash or soft lighting.
Wonderful shot. I look forward to seeing more like this from you.
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Oh thank you really a lot for the critique. It is the first one I recieve, so I am even more happier
It is a little sad, that I dont have any other flash than the standard one of my camera, so I dont really have any choice there.
But your right, I could've set the ISO to 200 and a little longer shutter speed. As the ant didnt move to much while drinking that wouldnt have mattered at all.
I planed to do some more shots soon, probably tomorrow, and then I'll try and use your advice.
And of course I shall work on the foucs a little more
Thank you again!
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No problem~ I don't have a flash either as I hardly ever need such a thing!
There's almost always more than one way around things!
Keep working hard and be the best you can be!
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thank you a lot, much appreciated
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oh thank you really much 
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very interesting capture
i've never seen drinking ants!
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hehe thank you 
Sorry for answering this late.. I am so busy at the moment
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You are amazing! Ants actually arn't that bad. Hes kinda cute.
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oh thanks so much, it means a lot to me 
and thanks also for the 
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Your very welcome, this is amazing!
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it's really rare to see photos of ants which isn't so unusual when we consider what you already said - they're so fast
he's a real cutie
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oh thanks 
thank you also for the
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that would be awesome! i can't make macro photos because I don't have the needed equipment. to tell the truth - i have no normal equipment for photography at all lol. but i'd like to see your shots though
you're welcome
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Very outstanding.. and creepy
<3
yay bugs! there so interesting and just another world.
lol
((DC))
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hehe yeah they are a kind of different world
thanks a lot
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Just beautifull, Missed being here and looking at your awesome work man!
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oh thank you, thats so nice
again thanks also for the fav
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thank you
and thanks again for the
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Amazing masterpiece. Great magnification, I can't get so much zoom with my raynox converter
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Well I am a lucky owned of the Canon Mp-e 65mm lens, which is porbably the best macro lens at the moment. Without this I could never have made this shot.
However... for this shot I didnt use a tripod, actually I use a tripod very seldom. I am just much more flexible without. Especially with moving objects I find a tripod more in my way then helpful.
As this was my first shot with ants, I cant say too much, but for example with bees, I have learned that it helps a lot at the beginning to get them still. A good way to do this is to put some honey out (near a place where bees always fly around) and wait a while. Then you sometimes get up to 10 minutes where the bee isnt flying about
The other thing is the light. As I dont have a flash, other than my standard camera one, I usually dont have enough light for good macro shots. So I take white paper with me and try and put this behind, over or next (whatever direction I want to lighten up) to the object which I want to take a photo from.
I think that helps a great deal with macro shots.
I hope this helps a bit, if you ever have any more questions, just ask me
Now still thank you
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Thank you for your great advices! I'm sure that it will make my next photos better and I will have even more fun from it
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cool, Im glad I could help
Thank you
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