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David Glazebrook

Bullant at guard

Nikon D800e
90mm · f/8 · ISO 100

A bullant protects the parasitic "Wattle Tick Scale" on a small tree. The waste product from the scale is a sugary like substance. The ants eat it and in return protect the scale from predators. A single shoot with off camera lighting.

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Jay Makor December 26, 2018 - 10:44 am

Perfect lighting and with details.... love it!

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Michael Chee January 29, 2019 - 11:06 pm

nice shot... may i know what setup you use for your lightning ? thank you in advance

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David Glazebrook January 30, 2019 - 6:03 pm
Michael Chee

Hi Michael, the ambient light was only about 1/25s so when I used one off camera speedlight with a small Westcott macro softbox syncing at 1/250s, this meant the I was able to make the background blackout as there was 3 stop difference. All the best David

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Scott Steinson February 5, 2019 - 5:43 pm

Excellent photo, and interesting info.

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Ravi Putcha February 16, 2019 - 4:58 am

I love how the hair on the ant glows...wonderful image

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