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Killer ants

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted February 21, 20091,020 views14 comments

Weaver ants were feeding on a dead scorpion at Nagarhole national park in Karnataka, India.
Acting together in colonies, ants are among the most powerful forces of our world

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14 comments

Comment posted by Aristotle Georgiou on February 21, 2009 at 5:31 AM

Hi Kedar

This is one fine image of this ant on top of the world.

If you don't mind me asking what focal length was used to capture this wonderful image?

regards
Ari

Registered on August 24, 2008, 38 Posts, 293 Comments

Comment posted by Kedar Bhat on February 21, 2009 at 7:16 AM

Thanks Ari

I used a 105mm Macro Nikon lens on a Nikon D80 DSLR. Aperture was f14. Had i used f22 or more, i would have got more DOF.

Registered on April 7, 2008, 77 Posts, 357 Comments

Comment posted by Karon Welter on February 21, 2009 at 8:55 AM

This is great! Detail and colors are really good. Wonderful capture!

Registered on November 10, 2008, 67 Posts, 543 Comments

Comment posted by Rita Sarno-Hrabie on February 21, 2009 at 4:17 PM

A dramatic capture, and the technicals are spot on.

Registered on August 2, 2008, 34 Posts, 105 Comments

Comment posted by Rosemarie Arbur on February 22, 2009 at 12:35 AM

Fascinating capture, Kedar, with excellent composition and detail. (I think it'd be more dramatic, even, with the highlights on the ant muted a little.) Would these weaver ants have killed the scorpion? or could they?

Registered on March 19, 2008, 189 Posts, 1644 Comments

Comment posted by Bruce Palla on February 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM

Kedar, this is a really neat shot showing the texture of the scorpion tail and what looks like the ant pulling up after a bite of flesh. Very nice!

Registered on December 19, 2007, 25 Posts, 328 Comments

Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on February 22, 2009 at 9:10 PM

Superb macro image Kedar. Great colors, details and background, well done.

Ronnie G.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 810 Posts, 3495 Comments

Comment posted by Kedar Bhat on February 23, 2009 at 10:57 PM

Hi rosemarie

i have no idea wether the ants killed the scorpion. because when i spotted it, it was already full of ants. But i believe the scorpion may injured in the first place and later the ants had a chance on it.

Thanks all for the feedback

Registered on April 7, 2008, 77 Posts, 357 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Moats on February 24, 2009 at 9:08 AM

Hey Kedar, congrats on your image of the week, Great shot.

As the new moderator of the Macro/Close-Up gallerie I'd like to say thanks for posting here. I notice that the M/CU gallerie has less comments per image than the other galleriies. It would be great if every one take the time and post comments on other images and bring up our comment count. Thanks and keep em coming.

Registered on October 20, 2004, 892 Posts, 6324 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on February 24, 2009 at 11:00 AM

WOW! This is great truly work. Fantastic recording of cruel behaviour of these ants in an artistic way. I do wish the second ant were entirely in or outside the frame, but that is minor.

Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments

Comment posted by Kedar Bhat on February 24, 2009 at 1:20 PM

Thanks everybody.

yes Vincent, agree the second ant complete in/out would have been better.

Thanks Mike, will keep posting many more images.

the picture attached shows the complete view of the ants' attack. The yellow petals on the ground in this image gave the out of focus yellow patch behind the sting which worked well for me