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Deep Inside A Hibiscus
Deep Inside A Hibiscus
RHoldenSr


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Challenge: Macro II (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Deck Backyard
Date: Sep 17, 2003
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60s
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Sep 21, 2003

 105mm F2.8 1:1 Macro lens
F5.6 ISO/400 1/60s
Natural sun light only
9/17/03

These ants were not your average sized ants. They were very small, small as or smaller than a pin head. The only way I saw them was the line on ants moving together.

I was setting on the deck when I noticed these very small ants going inside the Hibiscus blossom. So I grabbed my camera with the 105mm macro lens and tripod. I Inserted the lens into the blossom then began to investigate the activity inside.

Statistics
Place: 71 out of 200
Avg (all users): 5.5882
Avg (commenters): 7.3750
Avg (participants): 5.5377
Avg (non-participants): 5.7021
Views since voting: 1289
Votes: 153
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/26/2003 11:43:36 PM
Fairly interesting shot of the ants hard at work inside a plant. Beautiful colors in the flower itself. I can't help but want more focus in on the ants themselves.
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 09/25/2003 11:23:41 PM
So many great photos this challenge, I've given out the most 10s in any challenge I think, and THIS is my favourite :-)
Great colours, composition, textures, light, etc.
What makes this stand out to me is the ability of a macro to take us to another universe within our own, and this photo certainly does that by bringing us down to an ant's level. At this stage, we can almost empathise with them in this cosy environment. There's something strangely alien about them, as if they were about to step out of Spielberg's spaceship in Close Encounters. Great shot! 10
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 09/25/2003 07:30:20 PM
Coolly abstract! Nice shot. I can't see this scoring well, but I like it. 9 Rob the Swash
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 09/24/2003 04:03:46 PM
Nice colours.
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 09/23/2003 03:18:57 PM
Nice, effective shot - good use of colour, light and shape. Shame the middle ant isn't a tad sharper, but this is nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/22/2003 02:57:51 PM
Wonderful capture....they are posing for their shot. Neat colors also.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/22/2003 01:50:35 PM
AWSOME SHOT!!! WAY TO GO!!
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 09/22/2003 12:07:01 PM
I like this shot. But I would have given it a higher score if you had cropped approx. 1/3 higher where the ants are more subject matter.
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 09/22/2003 12:34:14 AM
I like the colors in this shot, I also like the border, it draws attention to the ants.
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 09/22/2003 12:27:35 AM
I'm glad you titled this... was wondering what the heck they are crawling around on....nice color...the ants show up well...
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