Ant Club

[astroturf (Bryan)]

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 (Carl)]

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

[astroron (Ron)]

Great shots Arn't I glad they are only little

[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 (Jason)]

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

[Quark (Trevor)]

Top shots Bryan,

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

Regards
Trevor

[astroturf (Bryan)]

Thanks Ron,Jason & Trevor

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

Cheers
Bryan

[RB (Andrew)]

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.

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by 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.

Could you imagine if they where the size of humans

[acropolite (Phil)]

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 (David)]

nice shots bryan

[leon]

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

Leon

[StephenM (Stephen)]

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

Cheers,
Stephen

[madwayne (Wayne)]

Bryan

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

Just keep your new pets away from Waterfall and Bargo .

Regards
Wayne

[Tilt (Michael)]

Great shots, macro work is so interesting.

Michael

[astroturf (Bryan)]

Thanks Again Guys

Originally Posted by madwayne

Bryan

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

Just keep your new pets away from Waterfall and Bargo .

Regards
Wayne

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

Cheers
Bryan

[ving (David)]

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

[madwayne (Wayne)]

David

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

Wayne