Ant : macro

[Shafique]

Shot at the Botanic Gardens, at the exposed roots of one of the Singapore Heritage Trees.
This shot was an interesting experience, the subject walked upto the shutter, heard the shutter slam, raised its two hair like projections in anguish and walked back

http://www.pbase.com/image/5496077

Would like to hear if you have any comments.

Specs:
Camera Model Name: Canon PowerShot G2
Shooting Date/Time: 10/5/02 11:23:02 AM
Shooting Mode: Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ): 1/320
Av( Aperture Value ): 2.5
Metering Mode: Evaluative
Exposure Compensation: 0
ISO Speed: 50
Lens: 7.0 - 21.0mm, Vitacon Macro lens.
Focal Length: 21.0mm
Digital Zoom: None
Image Size: 1024x768
Image Quality: Superfine
Flash: Off
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: Single
Active AF Points: [ Center ]
Parameters: Contrast Normal
Sharpness High
Color saturation High
File Size: 245KB
Drive Mode: Single-frame shooting
Macro: On

[bigdave]

Cool shot! The environment around the ant makes for a awesome macro, because of all the moss and wood texture. I do think that it'd be even better if you increased the DOF. Details on the ant's head are great, but after that, it's all a blur. You could probably use a smaller aperture opening, (say 4-6) rather than the 2.5 that you used. That might give you sharp focus throughout the picture.

[henkbos]

Agree with Dave, but to take the shot again will be difficult. Guess you were in the right place at the right time!

[Shafique]

bigdave wrote:
Cool shot! The environment around the ant makes for a awesome macro, because of all the moss and wood texture. I do think that it'd be even better if you increased the DOF. Details on the ant's head are great, but after that, it's all a blur. You could probably use a smaller aperture opening, (say 4-6) rather than the 2.5 that you used. That might give you sharp focus throughout the picture.

Thanks for your kind comment and appreciation Dave, yea I use smaller aperture to increase the DOF when bringing the entire subject sharply,
Cheers,

[Shafique]

henkbos wrote:
Agree with Dave, but to take the shot again will be difficult. Guess you were in the right place at the right time!

Thanks for your comment Henk, but this is no lucky shot, I spent hours at this place waiting for the right composition. I actually wanted to shoot two ants communicating to each other with deeper DOF, but due to their high speed movements I couldn't, I gave up after a few hours, instead I turned to a single subject with shallow DOF.