Common black ant - lasius niger

[CReid]

My cunning plan is to give all the ants in my garden tooth decay by feeding them golden syrup, seems to be working

 

[leftcurl]

aha a cunning plan indeed!! i suppose you do need something to entice the blighters to stay still for a split second or 2! i tried a nice jammy doughnut once... but ended up with a mass brawl! great captures!

 

[Dogfish_magnet]

Great set - they look so different through a macro lens...

 

[CReid]

aha a cunning plan indeed!! i suppose you do need something to entice the blighters to stay still for a split second or 2! i tried a nice jammy doughnut once... but ended up with a mass brawl! great captures!

It's 3 deep in ants now, they'll either get diabetes or tooth rot...

Great set - they look so different through a macro lens...

Cheers Paul, I love how even the mundane can look so amazing

 

[photopainter]

nice set - great detail

 

[Maggiore]

Quality photos. I love macro stuff.

 

[RacingSnake]

superb macro shot, it's not something I really do, but images like that are certainly incentive to make some effort.
What lens/setup did you use?
I've never seen ant-eyes before, stunning images

 

[DC2Z]

stunning detail. If you don't mind me asking what was your set-up?

 

[CReid]

Nice photos. I love macro stuff.

Cheers Martin, stick around as there are some great macro togs kicking around in here

superb macro shot, it's not something I really do, but images like that are certainly incentive to make some effort.
What lens/setup did you use?
I've never seen ant-eyes before, stunning images

stunning detail. If you don't mind me asking what was your set-up?

I'm using the Canon mpe-65 on my 5dmkii with a 430exii flash on a "C" bracket... The mpe-65 is the sole reason I moved over to Canon