Reflective
This picture gave me the name "Reflective" when the ant is reflected in the water and that one can imagine that the ant sits and "reflect" about something. The ...
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This picture gave me the name "Reflective" when the ant is reflected in the water and that one can imagine that the ant sits and "reflect" about something. The stone with moss, it sits on, I have found in the woods and the background is a piece of paper that I painted in watercolor. I used an external flash and a white paper as a reflector.
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snowdon
October 25, 2012
Well done, this is a superb creation and I concur about your thoughts on reflection, my immediate thought when viewing for the first time was that the ant looked thoughtful. Congratulations on your feature.
Flykt
October 25, 2012
Thank you so much for the fine comment. I´m flattered and happy that you like it!
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LoreenSwann
October 25, 2012
Beautifully composed, wonderful colors, love the subject placement, and the title fits perfectly!
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sabinefalk
November 01, 2012
Congrats!!! Very, very well deserved! You make me see the beauty in this little creatures and that means I'm starting to like them a lot ;) If you ever make underwater-shots of sharks, please, please let me know!!!
Flykt
November 02, 2012
Thank you for the fine comment! I´m flattered! And I promise that I will let you know when I´m going to take underwater shots of sharks ;-) I adore sharks!
kennethphotography
November 08, 2012
WOW! Do you have any tips on how to pose ants? I would love to try!
Flykt
November 09, 2012
Thank you so much for comment! The only tip I can give you is to have an extremely great patience ... Let yhe ants out and let them run around one quarter before starting to shoot. But despite that, you will be allowed to count two, three hours before shooting a good picture, it's my own experience anyway. You'll have to wait them out quite easily.
Wish you al the best!
Wish you al the best!
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Location
I lived in Västerås/Sweden until the summer of 2012, it was there I took this picture.Time
In the evening, around 17:00-18:00 hrs.Lighting
I used an external flash and a white sheet of paper as a reflector. The reflector paper stood upright, on the opposite side of the flash. (The ant was sitting on a piece of moss-coverd stone that I had previously found in the forest. The stone now lay in a bowl of water)Equipment
Camera: Sony Alpha 300 (A300) Lens: Sigma 105mm f2.8 DG EX Macro Flash: Sony Speedlight Reflector: A4 paper Tripod Backgound: a A4 page, hand-painted with water colors.Inspiration
My fascination with insects/macro and especially some of the great photographers from this site like:http://irsen.35photo.ru/photo_752369/Editing
I cropped the image in Lr and then corrected the colors, light and tones. In Ps I amplified the light in some areas, made a blur vignetting and finally sharpened the image.In my camera bag
Camera, my macro lens, speedlights, tripod, a small reflector, batteries and memory cards.Feedback
I'm no pro… But in my opinion, You got to have a lot of time and patience! When I was more active, photographing ants, it took between 1000-1500 (for me) exposures to get between 1-10 usable images to work with! Ants are not exactly exemplary models! They don't pose the way You want them to!!! They run around, most hysterical and seemingly without aim or purpose But I surely have witnessed some great moments too! I've gotten to see how the little creatures, completely calm and still, preening each other, feeding each other and "talk" with each other. I assure You it is worth the wait! My best regards // Helena Flykt
