Some situations, as we all know, are easier to get into than out of. This ant evidently found out too late. If you’ve seen those pictures of insects encased in amber (or even the real thing) then you can imagine how such things occurred, a very long time ago.
I found this scene on the side of a pine tree in my garden. The resin is seeping from a small side branch that was recently cut off. There were, in fact, many more ants running about, and they seemed to keep well clear of the resin!
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My Sunday Photo: 12 June 2016
Alphabet Photography Project: I is for Insect
As I’ve already mentioned, I recently had a terrific opportunity to photograph some amazing insects, many of them possessing the most marvellous camouflage. Here is another example – I’m afraid I can’t give you its exact name, right now. A most useful characteristic of many of these insects (from a photographer’s point of view) is that they don’t move around all that fast; their camouflage, rather than their speed, is their main defence.
For this photo, I used a separate flashgun, fitted with a home-made light diffuser, to simulate a sunlit day.
My Sunday Photo: 8 November 2015
Last Monday, thanks to my local photographic society, I had the chance to photograph some amazing insects. This is one of them – a type of stick insect. For the most part, they only moved slowly; it was in some cases quite hard to tell which bit of what I saw, as I viewed each arrangement that had been set up for us, was, in fact, the insect!
It's kind to share!Silent Sunday: 19 August 2012
Silent Sunday: 6 May 2012
Silent Sunday: 27 November 2011
The one that got away…
The Gallery: Week 72 – Animals
As this is a late entry, it seems fitting to have something at the other end of the scale, size-wise, from Tara’s lovely opener. So here it is: an example of the ‘small’ in ‘All creatures great and small.’
This shot was taken not long ago, near to where I happened to be working on a Saturday after noon.
It's kind to share!