PENTAX Optio WP
ƒ/3.3
6.3 mm
1/160
50

the strongest of the ants…

she was ready to rumble with the camera

43 responses to “Face off”

  1. oh my god… hahaha CRAZY macro here Steve!!!! Nice one….

  2. whoa thats crazy! check out hose fangs! she wasnt too happy with you!!

  3. Incredible macro shot-I really like the colors too.

  4. wonderful! very impressive

  5. But not strong enough for you… Is that why she rumbled with her uhm, colleague?

  6. Enormous macro,
    well done 🙂

  7. So close! What lens do you have?

  8. a bit too close for comfort. great macro-moment!

  9. she actually looks tasty 🙂

  10. My badass ladylove. 🙂

  11. maesk: She is perched atop her conquered colleague… Notice that there are more than 6 legs here…

    Iris: this was with a cool pocket camera, the Pentax Optio WP. It takes a 1cm macro, and goes underwater.

    Sol1 & Ant…. you have a special moment going

  12. :D! Lovely! Instant favourite.

  13. "Ready to rumble with the camera," and it looks like she’s got a decent chance!

    (1-2-3)

  14. Excellent macro shot! Did you use a flash? (1-2-3)

  15. Gulps! Such a detail!

  16. Wonderful composition and colors! Great shot! (And I’m intrigued to see that you took this with the Pentax Optio — I’d wanted to take some test shots with it when I was camera-shopping myself, but couldn’t find one in any store 😉 (Pool:Macro 1-2-3)

  17. WOW, very nice. I love the depth of field.
    (1-2-3)

  18. nice shot, was she alive?
    (1-2-3 macro)

  19. "I’m not dead.
    ‘Ere, he says he’s not dead.
    Yes he is.
    I’m not.
    He isn’t.
    Well, he will be soon, he’s very ill.
    I’m getting better.
    No you’re not, you’ll be stone dead in a moment."

    Yes, she’s very much alive and full of spunk. All of my insect macros are alive, including
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    vorion: no flash; it was outdoors in daytime. The Optio has good light sensitivity, very much unlike the Ricoh Caplio R2 (the other camera I tried with a 1cm macro)

  20. Kinda creepy, but I love it. Great macro.

  21. AmaZING macro. Fantastic on most aspects.

    TWTME

  22. Very cool! I just don’t think that I want to wake up with this view…

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  23. WOW! What a face! Excellent ant macro!

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  24. Awesome Close up!!!
    Amazing!
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  25. WOW!!!! Superb Shot!!!

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  26. That is extreme macro at it’s finest. Fantastic work.

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  27. Extraordinary Capture! You deserve another Buzz and Bug Award as seen in our pool

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  28. nice shot!

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  29. wow! 1kk megapixels?
    amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing!!!!!!!!

    never saw a better macro

  30. The detail in this picture is simply priceless

  31. stunning portrait; great work

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