红蚂蚁 (Photographing Weaver Ants)

在院子里，红蚂蚁无处不在，因此成为我饭后闲暇时练习微距摄影的好对象。

令我恨得咬牙切齿的是这些红蚂蚁活力十足，不停的在走动，鲜少停下来让我好好为他们拍摄。

幸好数码相机的最大好处就是不需要菲林，拍摄者可以尝试各种角度，快门，光圈等直到满意为止。

不断尝试下，我也成功为红蚂蚁拍了一辑专辑，让我能在摄影镜头下更深入的观察红蚂蚁的举动与它们社群间的互动。

蚂蚁的团队精神，独有的神力与干劲等特征也让我一览无遗。。。

Weaver ants are commonly found in our garden. They are always there for me to practice my macro photography whenever I am running out of subject to shoot.

However, the fact that the weaver ants seldom stay still make it difficult to shoot them at low ISO setting. I also found using a tripod very impractical when shooting the highly mobile ants.

As a result of this, I usually compromise on the ISO to get a fast enough shutter speed to freeze at least the movement of some ants. Alternatively when shooting a single ant, I may use the largest aperture possible to obtain a faster shutter speed but compromise on the depth of field.

To make the images less boring, I usually try out different angle of view and look for a group of ants interacting with each other that shows their society working together in an interesting way…