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- Cancerkitty, on 07/08/2008, -5/+72It's funny, when you look at them that close up, they just don't look real. Amazing picture.
- zippe, on 07/08/2008, -3/+55that's one hell of a macro lens. superb.
- RyUxX, on 07/08/2008, -9/+35Cameraman: Ow he bit me
Ant: Harvest that! - inactive, on 07/08/2008, -0/+16And what kingdom would you put insects in, professor? Plantae? Fungi?
- Foenetik, on 07/08/2008, -3/+18it seems all insects have a very alien look once you view them close enough.
- dmbfan2007, on 07/08/2008, -3/+18Looks like a fingerprint on the head.
- archivist, on 07/09/2008, -0/+12Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT / Canon EOS 350D (wow... i own a 400D and i didn't think it was shot at an entry-level camera)
Lens: MP-E 65mm
More Properties: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8463947@N08/212306010 ... - McHoffa, on 07/08/2008, -0/+11or like a really small one...
- Carthagefield, on 07/08/2008, -2/+13Go for the eyes man...it's their only weak spot.
- ChileanGoD, on 07/08/2008, -0/+10...for massive damage?
- SLockhart, on 07/09/2008, -3/+13"Red harvester ants are often mistaken for fire ants, but are not related to any fire ant species."
Of course they're related, they're all ants. - gavinhudson, on 07/08/2008, -6/+15Great shot. Such a cool animal!
- chiefbandit2200, on 07/08/2008, -0/+9go outside and eat some ants if they look that delicious to you
- tones1, on 07/08/2008, -0/+8That's how my girlfriend found out.
- chispito, on 07/08/2008, -3/+10His other stuff is equally impressive. http://www.flickr.com/photos/8463947@N08/
I'm not familiar with Flickr (I know, I know) so I can't find any info on his equipment. Can anyone help me? - Dr00pieS, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6I for one welcome our new insect overlords.
- Petestreet, on 07/08/2008, -5/+10The world is full to overflowing with exquisite beauty.
- controchka, on 07/08/2008, -4/+9frighteningly beautiful
- trekie1701, on 07/08/2008, -0/+5okay.
- poidh, on 07/08/2008, -1/+6Dude, you should be a comedian.
- boomerang42, on 07/09/2008, -1/+5Get the ***** out of here and go back to 4chan.
- recruz, on 07/08/2008, -8/+12"I iz in ur plantz om nom nom-ing ur seedz"
- Griny, on 07/08/2008, -8/+11He's lost all his looks :)
- danesis, on 07/08/2008, -0/+3http://www.grisda.org/tstandish/images/animalia/ar ...
- DrywallThief, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3You forgot your /cheese tag.
- da_bradler, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3The Camera doesn't make a large difference when you are manually focusing and exposing.
The MP-E 65mm is a 5x lifesize lens. that means that whatever you point it at will appear 5 times larger then it actually is on the camera sensor. most macro lens are 1x, kinda like if you look a penny and rested it directly on top of the cameras sensor. so at 1x a penny would take up the entire picture. but at 5x a grain of rice or an ant would fill up most of the image.
Plus you can get even more magnification by putting it on a bellows or using extension tubes. PLUS you can get even MORE MORE magnification by using tele-converters. the closer you get the harder it is to get good image quality though.
You'll also notice that all bug shots like this have lots of white light reflections, that's because at this magnification things get really dark so you have to blast a flash right in the bugs face to get it exposed properly.
just google search mP-E 65mm and you'll find lots of super close up macro shots - muleskinner, on 07/08/2008, -3/+6Wow, I'd like to see what lens set up took such a detailed shot. very nice!
- oboredone, on 07/09/2008, -1/+3Related or not, I'd still squash it.
- carter1337, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2Ouch Charlie!
- Medika, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2I don't really see any dickery in his statement...
- LeeSoong, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2"Is your queen a thief ? Because she stole the stars from the sky and put them in your beautiful compound eyes."
- Ant pickup line. - radiantstorm, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2Mundo Poco's my new photographer superhero. Cheers!
- hartley, on 07/09/2008, -1/+3Agreed.
My first reaction to the photo was of how much my camera sucks. - pooty2, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2I think they're for feeling.
- aaronadms, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2I'd like to know what kind of camera took that....
- jr8529, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2WHOAAAAAAAAAAAA!
- bryceman111, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2http://www.flickr.com/photos/8463947@N08/212306010 ... -- The meta date for that photo. On any flickr photo page, scroll down, on the right side there should be "additional information" with the meta data... click more properties.
- killtrocity, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2No, no you can't.
- steveo77z, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2that info won't give you the lens used, only the focal length.
However the photo is tagged with mpe-65mm. Its a extreme macro lens that needs to be centimeters away from the subject and has two lights attached on the front of the lense. - recruz, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1i don't know how to use 4chan
- mcclaytonrolls, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1And to think, 65 million years ago, you might wake up to twenty foot versions of that thing eating you and the rest of you village....
- Kyan, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1AAAAAAAAAAAAAOHW!
- rentmitchum, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1I heard that NASA faked the red harvester ant extreme closeup.. Look at the shading!
- yahoofrom, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1like a celebrity close up
- n00bzilla, on 07/09/2008, -1/+2Staring contest
- inactive, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1capital letters + sarcasm = diggdownzzzzzzzz
- michaelpops, on 07/09/2008, -1/+2I just ***** myself.
- inactive, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1incredible. I gotta find this lens!
- idavidtang, on 07/08/2008, -1/+2needs more spikes.
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