Winged guards ...

Posted by
Baldwin VW (Bejuma, Venezuela) on 6 May 2013 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

These winged ants are less than 1 cm in length including the wings and are very active at night ... and I can assure they bite very hard

Canon PowerShot G9 1/125 second F/3.5 ISO 100 15 mm

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Comments (23)

Devi from Chennai, India

Lovely macro Must be hurting like killing !!!

6 May 2013 6:15am

Nigel from Avening, United Kingdom

A predator at large

6 May 2013 7:21am

yo from Ile de France, France

Magnifique macro !

6 May 2013 7:31am

Jypyä Pop from Turku, Finland

Interesting guy

6 May 2013 7:39am

maximage from Mase, Switzerland

Lovely macro with an excellent lighting! Beautiful shot here!

6 May 2013 8:49am

David from Avranches, France

Excellent macro. Great lighting too.

6 May 2013 10:05am

Martine from bousval, Belgium

Une belle macro!!! j'aime cette composoition

6 May 2013 10:41am

Mariana Maoduš from Waterloo, Canada

Good macro in super light and tones

6 May 2013 12:04pm

aaanouel from Heredia, Costa Rica

Muy buen macro B.
8000ºK?
Txs4Sharing

6 May 2013 12:56pm

@aaanouel: Gracias, pero 8000ºK ? What is thaaaat ?

Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada

Beautiful light in this macro Baldwin! Bravo! ;-)

6 May 2013 1:08pm

Nicou from Sion, Switzerland

Quelle macro et cpatage quel insecte avec ces tons sueprbe effet.
amitié

6 May 2013 1:34pm

B. Thomas from Arlington, Texas, United States

Yikes! Don't want them near me. ;-)

6 May 2013 2:43pm

Irene from San Francisco, United States

Excellent shot ! I definitely wouldn't want these flying ants around me.

6 May 2013 3:13pm

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

WOnderful close up!

6 May 2013 5:42pm

franz from Baden, Austria

brilliant "night" capture, baldwin ... better not to mess with them then ... ;-)

6 May 2013 6:07pm

Helys from Paris, France

Amazing
Great colors, textures and shapes in a sunny day

6 May 2013 6:09pm

Lena from San Francisco, United States

Very nice close up, great light capture.

6 May 2013 6:43pm

Adela Fonts from Barcelona, Spain

Una imagen impresionante! Buena vista la tuya... ! Un abrazo Adela

6 May 2013 7:51pm

Carol from Leamington, Canada

Fantastic macro Baldwin, I really like how the light gives off a yellow tone... and that creature does look nasty!

6 May 2013 9:00pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

Nasty girls! Great shot of them though.

6 May 2013 9:08pm

Shar from Pilot Butte near Regina, SK, Canada

I like how they seem to be sunning themselves in the ray of light!
Wonderful capture - you should be proud!

6 May 2013 9:43pm

Francisco Romero from Carbajal de la Legua, Spain

La imagen es espléndida con ese viñeteado. Un excelente macro Baldwin.

6 May 2013 10:36pm

@Francisco Romero: Es un viñeteado natural por la iluminación ... Gracias Francisco !!!

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

wonderful macro. superb lighting

6 May 2013 10:51pm

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ISO 100
15 mm

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