Otherworldly Ants (part 2)

versicolor34bs.jpg

Acromyrmex versicolor - the desert leafcutter

Here's the original:

versicolor34s.jpg

photo details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon 20D

f/13, 1/250 sec, ISO 100

MT24-EX twin flash diffused through tracing paper

Photoshop modification (top photo): desaturated yellows

increased contrast, burned edges, and added noise

More like this

Cool. I played around with doing this on the white background shots, and generally I find that it doesn't look as nice as when there is some backdrop texture...