Ant's World

Gallery: FloraPosted January 30, 2012336 views24 comments

I have no idea whether ants see in color. But pretend for a second they only see in monochrome. This may then be what they see when looking up. The idea here is to give the viewer the perspective of being very small. Just playing with some Shasta daisys taken in my yard last summer. D700, 17-35 @ 19.

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24 comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on January 30, 2012 at 10:54 PM

Scott:
A very fresh and interesting perspective! I like the processing here as well good tonal range and some degree of translucency to the petals.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on January 30, 2012 at 11:05 PM

How cool it this !!! Nice POV Scott, I love the uniqueness of of this shot , nicely seen !

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Comment posted by Rebecka on January 30, 2012 at 11:18 PM

Love the shot and the title!

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Comment posted by Shrinivas Sharma on January 31, 2012 at 12:05 AM

Fantastic POV Scott. Loved this.

Srini

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on January 31, 2012 at 6:18 AM

Superb POV Scott & the PP is spot on for my tastes

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on January 31, 2012 at 7:38 AM

Yup. Look up...look way up....Great processing and POV Scott.

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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on January 31, 2012 at 7:46 AM

Scott, this is great. I always tell my friends to look up, look down and look behind when you're out there as you just never know what you'll see. And I "see" a great composition in this image from an unusual vantage point. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on January 31, 2012 at 7:57 AM

Wonderful shot, love this point of view.

Ray

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on January 31, 2012 at 8:21 AM

Great idea, very well executed- Like the perspective, the placement of the daisys within the frame and your BW conversion- I'm quite curious to know if you used autofocus on this one (or the aid of a well trained critter)- Very well done, Fabio

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Comment posted by Jaymes Dempsey on January 31, 2012 at 9:53 AM

Wow Scott, this is really original! I love the tones, and the way the flowers stand out against the sky...
Beautiful!
Jaymes

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 31, 2012 at 10:32 AM

Hi scott

An inspired and creative composition

The tones and lines are mesmerizing, the only nit is ....... it's not mine

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Comment posted by scott lanz on January 31, 2012 at 10:38 AM

Thanks for the comments.

Fabio, this was hand held and manually focused at f22; taken mid-day laying on my back with my body in the yard and my head in the flower bed. The wide angle lens, of course, helped the convey the impression that the flowers are way high (helped by the fact that this variety of Shasta grows about 2 feet tall). This particularly flower bed is next to the street. I was actually laying there for a while trying different comps and hoping to catch a bee in the photo as well. Some neighbors walked by and got a pretty good laugh.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on January 31, 2012 at 1:50 PM

Love the perspective Scott. Very fresh and very appealing. Wonderful conversion to B&W too. Excellent!

Nathan

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on January 31, 2012 at 3:22 PM

interesting perspective, great work and title

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Chris Grabski on February 1, 2012 at 4:00 PM

Fantastic composition and the perspective of this shot.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on February 1, 2012 at 8:55 PM

I like this creative photo, Scott. Unique perspective and interesting coloring choice. Makes an eye-catching image!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 2, 2012 at 1:15 PM

Scott: What a great POV! I also like the BG a bunch. Superbly crafted shot.>=))>

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Comment posted by Philip Schwarz on February 2, 2012 at 4:36 PM

Nicely done. I wouldn't have thought to convert it to monochrome but it really makes for a great photo.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on February 3, 2012 at 11:01 AM

Quite unique. Terrific conversion, very graphic and dramatic. It's kinda hard to look away from this one. Great job

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on February 3, 2012 at 2:25 PM

Quite an eye catcher, Scott ! I'm imagining this also as the view of a little seedling thinking it'll never make it. Great idea and beautifully executed.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on February 5, 2012 at 12:42 PM

Late to the party on this one but I had to chime in on this most excellent shot. Great POV and the entire treatment of the image makes it very unique. Good choiice on the BW. I'm going to have to plagerize the idea.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on February 5, 2012 at 2:39 PM

Beautifully conceived and presented. A terrific piece of work.

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on February 6, 2012 at 10:54 AM

Creative pov and dof. Excellent result and very imaginative.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 27, 2012 at 8:34 AM

It's a great theme..But I already feel small enough in this dog eat dog world Scott

Easy to see why everyone likes this..I will have to remember to get on my back more often

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