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Did this Ant Die with it'€™s Boots On
May 29, 2017 07:14:10   #
PaulBa Loc: Cardiff, Wales
 
I found this on the back of a hole splattered leaf. I thought it was the culprit although the lack of movement and willingness to stay still while I took a 64 picture stack left me a little doubtful.
To my inexperienced eye it looks like a long dead ant caught in a spider€'s web. However, it also looks like it died with it'€™s boots on. To my ageing eyes this was just a shapeless black spec. the wonder of macro.


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May 29, 2017 08:44:52   #
Photog8 Loc: Morriston, FL
 
Good shot...good ant (the only good ant is a dead ant). ;-)

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May 29, 2017 09:43:17   #
tinusbum Loc: east texas
 
i think whatever killed it took its boots off,how cruel,suck your blood out and take your boots off :) good shot

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May 29, 2017 11:21:40   #
rwilson1942 Loc: Houston, TX
 

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May 29, 2017 11:36:05   #
Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI
 
Probably died boozing and carousing.

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May 30, 2017 04:18:47   #
Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA
 

Which focus-stacking program are you using? On enlargement, I see scores of duplicated lines (web silk, leaf hairs, etc.).

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May 30, 2017 04:33:37   #
EnglishBrenda Loc: Kent, England
 
Ha ha, funny. Just call him Custer.

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May 30, 2017 06:00:25   #
PaulBa Loc: Cardiff, Wales
 
Thanks for taking the time to look and comment everyone.

Douglass: I agree it’s not the best of stacks but I thought the subject was worth sharing. I think the issue can be put down to movement during the shoot greater that Zerene Stacker was able to correct during processing.

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May 30, 2017 06:39:05   #
gym Loc: Athens, Georgia
 
Yep. It died with its boots on and they're going to bury him on Ant Hill.

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May 30, 2017 08:57:44   #
tinusbum Loc: east texas
 
gym wrote:
Yep. It died with its boots on and they're going to bury him on Ant Hill.
good one jim

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