Ants, An Experiment in Macro Photography
Some folk get all bent out of shape whenever they see ants crawling about. Me, I think they are real helpful, cleaning up crumbs and such.
I had some crackers the other day, and left a crumb or two down there on the floor. If you look carefully, you can see it near the center of the picture, between the chair leg and table leg.
A bit closer and you can at least see the black spot. That’s a cluster of ants.
Even closer, you might be able to make out an ant or two. They are very small, some may say “tiny”, scientifically .33 mm long and .2 mm wide.
Now we are beginning to see something.
The ants will continue to chow down until this whole crumb is gone. I won’t bother them, and by nightfall, there will be nothing there. Ants are our friends.
3 comments:
That's incredible! I take it those shots were not taken with your iPhone. Is that a Ritz cracker wrapper? The video was pretty amazing as well. Such clarity and shine.
The camera was a Panasonic FZ7 for the stills and a USB microscope for the video.
The world is full of wonder if you stop to look.
Still a fan!
Nancy
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