Formica aerata

Here's an old shot from the files:

Formica aerata- the grey field ant- California

Formica aerata- the grey field ant- California

photo details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon EOS D60

ISO 100, 1/200 sec, f/13, flash diffused through tracing paper

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You might have guessed I'd like this one, Alex, with my inordinate fondness for Formica. But, just wondering -- Was this the original orientation of the image, or did you rotate it to put the ants on flat ground, so to speak?

By James C. Trager (not verified) on 11 May 2009 #permalink

Ha! You're quite the detective, James. I bent the branch to be close enough to the ground so that I'd get a decent (=non-black) backdrop, and that changed the orientation of the scene. The image itself is straight off the camera, so this is the orientation I saw in the viewfinder.