Caught
A large soldier ant with a much smaller species between the mandibles. Specimens from DR Congo (50km outside Lubumbashi), collected in a miombo forest area (pitfall trap, January 2012, preserved in ethanol).
Studio stack based on 125 images (ISO100, f/5.0, 1/200sec, paper cylinder diffused flash), taken with a microscope objective on a tube lens + bellows (see tags). Assembled in ZereneStacker (Pmax & Dmap), LR for color adjustments and GIMP for cleaning. Uncropped image, 6.5mm high, i.e 5.5x magnification (FF).
Caught
A large soldier ant with a much smaller species between the mandibles. Specimens from DR Congo (50km outside Lubumbashi), collected in a miombo forest area (pitfall trap, January 2012, preserved in ethanol).
Studio stack based on 125 images (ISO100, f/5.0, 1/200sec, paper cylinder diffused flash), taken with a microscope objective on a tube lens + bellows (see tags). Assembled in ZereneStacker (Pmax & Dmap), LR for color adjustments and GIMP for cleaning. Uncropped image, 6.5mm high, i.e 5.5x magnification (FF).