2307_1131 Furrowed Ant
Here's another backyard shot - a Furrowed Ant on one of my zucchini flowers. They can be identified by their furrowed head and thorax and smooth, shiny abdomen. Highly adaptable, they are found in various habitats such as deserts, forests, and grasslands. There are about 200 known species of Furrowed Ant worldwide.
I lay flat on the ground for this shot, hand holding my camera with 105mm macro lens + 1.7x teleconverter at minimum focus. When I started going through the images, every one had some critical part out of focus - except for this shot. A tiny, moving subject at close range has to be among the most difficult subjects I've shot this year. I did some noise reduction with Topaz DeNoise and then used ON1 Resize to enlarge the image and allow for a tighter crop. The large flower did a nice job of bouncing warm light throughout the image area.
Photographed in Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2307_1131 Furrowed Ant
Here's another backyard shot - a Furrowed Ant on one of my zucchini flowers. They can be identified by their furrowed head and thorax and smooth, shiny abdomen. Highly adaptable, they are found in various habitats such as deserts, forests, and grasslands. There are about 200 known species of Furrowed Ant worldwide.
I lay flat on the ground for this shot, hand holding my camera with 105mm macro lens + 1.7x teleconverter at minimum focus. When I started going through the images, every one had some critical part out of focus - except for this shot. A tiny, moving subject at close range has to be among the most difficult subjects I've shot this year. I did some noise reduction with Topaz DeNoise and then used ON1 Resize to enlarge the image and allow for a tighter crop. The large flower did a nice job of bouncing warm light throughout the image area.
Photographed in Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.