Ant Club

[astroturf]

Here's a couple of shots of some Jumping Ants that made their presence felt the other day at work (never mind the aggro!!)
Luckily I had my camera & kit with me
Canon 40D, Tamron 90mm Macro & canon ringflash

C&C welcome
Bryan

[renormalised]

Nasty little beggars...have a pretty fearsome bite!!!!.

[astroron]

Great shots :)Arn't I glad they are only little:D

[Ric]

Hi Ron we call them "Inchmen" down here because they are usually about an inch long.

When they bite you really know about it, nasty little beggars.

[Insane Climber]

Nice pics there Bryan, Your getting very natural colors which i seem to struggle with, well done.

[Quark]

Top shots Bryan,

Love the detail, if only my car had the same power to weight ratio.

Regards
Trevor

[astroturf]

Thanks Ron,Jason & Trevor

I love this Ringflash, makes all the difference in picking up natural colours

Cheers
Bryan

[RB]

Nice shots Bryan, well done.
The Canon Ring Flash is awesome isn't it?
I love using it and as you say it makes all the difference for macro.

:thumbsup:

[astroron]

Could you imagine if they where the size of humans:eyepop:

[acropolite]

Nicely captured, hope you didn't get bitten in the exercise.

We call them Jackjumpers down here, ours are about 15mm long; our inchman is a larger slower ant and doesn't jump. You can usually see them on the ground because their pincers are quite a light brown as you've captured. Don't know about your species but our jackjumpers will deliberately head for you from metres away to bite.

[h0ughy]

nice shots bryan

[leon]

Yep have to agree, top shots and the do look fierce little buggers alright.

Leon

[StephenM]

Great shots Bryan. I'll have to start saving up for a ring flash I think!

Cheers,
Stephen

[madwayne]

Bryan

As everyone else has said great capture, well done mate.

Just keep your new pets away from Waterfall and Bargo :lol:.

Regards
Wayne

[Tilt]

Great shots, macro work is so interesting.

Michael

[astroturf]

Thanks Again Guys



Aww C'mon Wayne !
These guys would look real cosy inside that Tak of yours

Cheers
Bryan

[ving]

nice work :) thinking of catching some myself and putingthem on an ant island :)

[madwayne]

David

Any room for kiwis on your ant island? If Bryan puts ants near my FSQ he'll be dported :rofl:.

Wayne