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[ConcordAntman]

I manage my photos in Adobe Lightroom. The watermark is an option of the editing software.

[ConcordAntman]

Forager


Tending the brood




Growing the sisterhood (The last is my least productive colony)

[CoolColJ]

Double queen feeding time

Camponotus suffusus bendigensis top, C.nigriceps bottom

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Edited by CoolColJ, April 9 2019 - 4:38 AM.

[Rstheant]

lol, they look as if they are mirror representations (the queen and the workers performing trophallaxis).

[CoolColJ]

Dual Pheidole antipodum queen, triple ride

 

That newly eclosed worker is so small and cute....

 

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[Ospreyy2020]

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Edited by Ospreyy2020, April 20 2019 - 12:43 PM.

[VoidElecent]

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

 

 

Camponotus nearcticus

 

 

 

 

Temnothorax curvispinosus

 

 

 

[VoidElecent]

Finally got around to renting a 105mm. Let me know what you think.

 

Formica fusca

 

 

Formica pallidefulva

 

 

Myrmica sp.

 

 

Temnothorax curvispinosus

 

 

[WanderAnts]

A Camponotus conspicuus inaequalis major

[Acutus]

Finally got around to renting a 105mm. Let me know what you think.

 

 

Temnothorax curvispinosus

 

 

This shot is Amazing!!!

[VoidElecent]

Took some more. I really want to try to get it down before we make a trip out to New Jersey on Sunday to photograph some species we don't have in abundance over here, like Pheidole and Monomorium.

 

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

 

 

 

 

 

 

Camponotus nearcticus

 

 

Colobopsis mississippiensis

 

 

 

 

Crematogaster cerasi

 

[Barristan]

Lasius cf. niger eating a piece of a shrimp:

 

 

[Barristan]

The Lasius cf. niger queen finally moved into the Ytong nest. She also laid a huge pile of eggs...

 

 

Edited by Barristan, May 26 2019 - 12:55 PM.

[ConcordAntman]

By lucky happenstance I captured a shot of a newly eclosed C. pennsylvanicus worker (right).

[ConcordAntman]

Camponotus americanus with a Tetramorium or Formica (can’t tell which)

[ConcordAntman]

Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen helping her colony grow

[Barristan]

This tiny Tetramorium sp. worker has a hard time dragging the cricket nymph into the nest. She doesn't want to recruit more workers though...

 

[dominatus]

Wow. So many quality pictures in here!

 

Here are my first attempts at macro photos. I am missing the resolution most of y'all have. I think I can increase the quality, just starting to mess around with this kind of stuff without buying a new camera. :-P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Barristan]

Not bad for your first tries, do you use a close-up lens?

[dominatus]

Not bad for your first tries, do you use a close-up lens?

 

Yeah. So here is my embarrassing secret. I have a GoPro Hero 6 that I use in another hobby. I stumbled upon a video of someone using adapters and macro filters to use their GoPro for nature videos and pictures. Apparantly using them for this is very popular in the diving hobby.  I've rigged up a 34x macro filter and that is what those pics came from. There is a limit of course when bending the light into a camera not meant for things so close and tiny but I think I squeeze a bit better pictures and videos out of it with another $10 filter. :-P

Edited by dominatus, June 16 2019 - 3:39 PM.