I am so full...Burrrrrp

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:12 am

I am so glad you`re here

...I need to get some of this HoneyDew out of my Abdomen before I

Explode!!

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:55 pm

You know I can't say that we see many shots of ants interacting Doug and you got an excellent shot of these two. I guess this is what happens when you go to an aphid buffet.

Excellent photograph!

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 11:47 am

Thanks Ken

This is my first ant photo that I don`t mind showing on the forum.

Mike B in OKlahoma · Post by **Mike B in OKlahoma** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:10 pm

Great behavior shot, and DOF is put right where it needs to be.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:49 pm

I have a question...My camera only goes down to f8, I am probably not going to get too much DOF out of that right?

paul · Post by **paul** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:15 am

I like this a lot, Doug. Fantastic capture of behaviour, and great detail on the ants. Also like the lineup of the aphids, fading away into the distance.

I don't think you have to worry about DoF, especially as demonstrated in this example.

salden · Post by **salden** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:20 am

Excellent image Doug. Ants are interesting little critters and they seem to be so organized.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:38 am

beetleman wrote:I have a question...My camera only goes down to f8, I am probably not going to get too much DOF out of that right?

Doug,

Your f/8 is fine. That's because your camera has a small sensor.

It turns out that what really matters for DOF is not F-number by itself, but rather F-number divided by sensor size.

So for DOF, f/8 on your camera is like f/34 on my Canon Digital Rebel, or f/55 on traditional 35mm film.*

If you could stop down much farther, you wouldn't like the results because they would start getting fuzzy from diffraction.

--Rik

[*] Gory details: Your camera has sensor width 5.27 mm, my Digital Rebel has sensor width 22.7mm, film has frame width 36mm. The calculation is 8/5.27 = 34/22.7 = 55/36.[/size]

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:26 am

Thanks for the Info Rik.....I like the gory details, they`re not that gory