Personally I don't like zoos that much. So I decided to go out to the real wildlife. But taking a photo of ants was everything else than easy. They are small, very agile and not a single one stopped for a moment in front of the camera on my tripod. Neither sugar nor delicious fruits helped here. So I had to try shooting without a tripod. I know, this shot is not perfect, but it is the best one I've got after 3 hours of drilling ants. Most of the others are even more out of focus because of camera shaking, movement of the ants and due to the little DOF in super macro mode. It was a hard work, to get this result. You should try this yourself sometimes :-)
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[Comment only] I've been staring at this picture for a few minutes and I can't quite figure out if the ants are carting away a piece of plant or if that's some kind of worm/grub. Maybe it's a grub. It doesn't look like any plant I can think. The shadows detract from the image but there's not much you could have done for that. Flash wouldn't work at such a close range. Maybe if you had a macro light... Great spur of the moment capture.
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