Here's an old shot from the files:
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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All the better to steal your brood with, my little red riding ant...
Polyergus
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photo details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon D60
ISO 100, f/13, 1/200 sec, flash diffused through tracing paper
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?
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.