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    Vincent Grafhorst
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    Northern harvester termites (hodotermes mossambicus) pulling grass and leaves into their hole in the ground. I deliberately made this image with a slow shutterspeed and small aperture to blur the movements, whilst using the flash to freeze them as well. Thus I tried to emphasise the industrious nature of these amazing creatures. This was a try out, please let me know what you think. Thanks.

    Khutse Game Reserve, Central Kalahari, Botswana


    Camera Model Canon EOS 40D
    Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
    Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1.6
    Av( Aperture Value ) 32.0
    Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
    Exposure Compensation +1/3
    ISO Speed 400
    Lens EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
    Focal Length 100.0 mm
    Image Size 3888x2592
    Image Quality RAW
    Flash On
    Flash Exposure Compensation 0
    White Balance Mode Color Temperature(5200K)
    AF Mode Manual focusing
    Tripod, remote, live view (=MLU)

    Vincent Grafhorst
    www.khwaiphotography.com
    vincent@khwaiphotography.com

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    Robert O'Toole
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    It works for me I like the effect, they do look like they are scurrying about. I also like the cut stalks near the enterance. the framing and position of the subjects is just about prefect.

    Good work and good use of flash/blur techniques!

    Robert

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    A hive of activity Vincent - I just wish for more contrast between termites and BG but then, thats nature!!

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    Mike Moats
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    Hey Vincent, nice idea and I agree with John that the critters blend to well with the BG so you have to look care fully to spot them all, but hey thats mother natures work.

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