Macro Photo Competition 2019 No 5 : Entry Number 50

Superb shot of this ant, the focus is perfect and the light too ! Wonderful job !

I am honored to have my photo ranked among the best photos. Thank you very much. I'm Kis Szilveszter, amateur nature photographer from Romania. "The Scissor Sorcerer" I found a place in the Csíky Garden arboretum at Gyergyó, [Transylvania] where red wood ants traverse over beautiful moss carpets. I returned to this spot many times, waiting for the appropriate moment to successfully photograph them with their prey on their way to their anthill. On one occasion I saw a subject lugging an earwig. Heat does not make photographing any easier because the ants move even faster, I only had a few seconds for the shot. I took the photograph with a reverse lens. I fabricated a home-made flash diffuser for the internal flash, and used the tooth of a comb to manually control the aperture. The photo was taken with camera hand held. NIKON D5300 - Nikkor 18-55mm | 1/200 | ISO: 500