Camponotus gigas. Not what I was after, but….

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Camponotus gigas. Not what I was after, but….

Post by Charles Krebs »

I had spent a considerable amount of time last night cleaning and “prepping” this ant for a full head shot. A good portion of that time was working with the antennae. This morning, while setting up the lighting I was about to place the ant in position, accidentally dropped it and lost both antennae. #-o ... ](*,)

So I decided to do just the mandibles, and light them to give a sort of ominous, metallic look. (It suited my mood at that point).

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Post by SONYNUT »

LOL...I dropped my ONE AND ONLY moth today too....took me a long time to find it.......WINTER STINKS

And nice pic..creeeeepy
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Post by ChrisR »

Sure that's not Camponotas darthvaderiensis?
Pretty impressive.

I usually lose whole heads, at 2 in the morning. Not much to be said when the wife asks, "Ok what kept you up so late?". :smt095

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Post by Barry »

The light in this picture makes it absolutely perfect. It gives real drama to the picture.
For my taste this must be one of your best pictures ever.

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Post by canonian »

What a great piece of glass the MP-E is !
And in the hand of mr. Krebs it is pushed to its limits.
An absolute stunning picture Charles. And so beautiful lit.

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Post by Tomatito »

This is amazing !
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Post by Barry »

(As a sidenote, triggered by the comment of ChrisR)
Some species names may sound funny but dont be surprised if they are actually used. We named a fossil hermit crab worfi (from Worf, Star Trek) in 2008, and as a reaction an extant crab species was named darthvaderi in 2009. Both names chosen based on some similarity with the science fiction image, btw.
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Post by Mitch640 »

My first thought was Goalie mask. :)

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Post by SONYNUT »

how long is your ant 1" or more
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Post by papilio »

I just caught this on Google images ... beyond belief!
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Post by DQE »

No wonder it hurts so much when an ant bites me! Add some formic acid spray, and it's surprising ant bites aren't fatal!

The photo is exceptionally enjoyable, especially the lighting and the resulting surface reflectance variations.
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Post by hayath »

The reflective surface works great here to bring those ominous mandibles/jaws to life!

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Post by Rikisub »

Wonderful, a perfect image. If this wasn't the shot intended, I wonder how would have been the one you had in mind . . . looking fordward you find another ant!

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