Carpenter Ant

Posted by Eric Fry (Houston, TX, United States) on 8 June 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

How do I know this is a Carpenter Ant? It was humming "Close to You."

Taken at East End Park, Kingwood, TX.

The series from last week has made me re-evaluate the things I want to do with my photography. The beauty of nature, especially in the small things, will continue to capture my attention. But, I think that want to do more work depicting the emotional breadth of the human experience. Yet to do that means to reconnect with my own humanity. Yesterday's image will stay with me the rest of my life.

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you all have a great day,
Eric

Check out the photography of a friend of mine outside of Aminus3:
Brian Dykes' Blue Echoes Photography - Beautiful nature and city images from the guy that turned me on to Adobe Lightroom

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Comments (16)

saeed from ahwaz, Iran

Amazing! great macro! very nice!

8 Jun 2008 5:30am

@saeed: Thank you very much, Saeed.

Saeed from Tehran, Iran

very nice , good macro , interesting lighting & shadow :)

8 Jun 2008 5:57am

@Saeed: Thank you, Saeed. I appreciate your time and comments.

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

fantastic close up, really good detail

8 Jun 2008 6:59am

@Alun Lambert: Thanks a lot, Alun!

shahab from Qazvin, Iran

Wonderful macro shot!Very well done!

8 Jun 2008 7:52am

@shahab: Thank you so much, Shahab.

Veronelle from Lens, France

Merci a toi, j'ai a plusieurs reprises essayé de prendre une fourmi, mais pas moyen elles bougent de trop, bel exploit et belle bête

8 Jun 2008 10:00am

@Veronelle: Merci beaucoup, Veronelle. Les fourmis peuvent être difficiles à photographier, car ils ont tendance à se déplacer aussi rapidement. Mais les plus importants semblent être plus lente.

Helma from Tehran, Iran

wow .. Great macro .. nice detail and colors too ! excellent

8 Jun 2008 10:03am

@Helma: Thank you very much, Helma.

Marie Le Corre from Dauphiné, France

I have too Nikon P5100 but I don't take macro as beautiful as you (excuse my bad english)

8 Jun 2008 11:32am

@Marie Le Corre: Merci beaucoup, Marie!

Votre anglais est meilleur que mon français! ;)

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

A superb take on the little one . . every detail. Ants are incredible creatures.

8 Jun 2008 1:19pm

@Ronnie 2¢: Yes, they are, Ronnie. The thing that excited me most about this shot is that it was the first ant that had stood still long enough for me to get an un-blurred photo!

Thanks again, my friend,
E

Khorshid.~ from tehran, Iran

Great...

8 Jun 2008 1:39pm

@Khorshid.~: Thank you so much, Khorshid!

Ras from Plano, United States

Great detail.

8 Jun 2008 6:33pm

@Ras: Thank you, Ras

Sammi from New Jersey, United States

Beautiful ant! Crisp image, and great detail!

8 Jun 2008 7:43pm

@Sammi: Thanks for stopping by and commenting, Sammi!

Scott Rippee from Fresno, United States

So beautiful. I really want to get a macro lens and start learning how to use it.

8 Jun 2008 9:38pm

@Scott Rippee: Thanks, Scott. I don't have a DSLR and macro lens, but the camera fund is rapidly growing. I love seeing details on my screen that I couldn't see with my naked eye.