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Summer rain

I felt sorry for this ant...

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mustafa öztürk 3 months ago

wonderful work!

Tammy Bergström 3 months ago

John, John, John... :o) This is truly amazing!! Love it! Did you camera get wet? :o))

/Tammy

kamran shakiba 12 months ago

Poor ant. Thank you

Leszek Porwit 1 year ago

fajne zdj?cie. ktos tu mówi w j?zyku Reja ? :>

Peter Olexa 1 year ago

Great photo :) I like it
Carried in Cruzine: http://www.cruzine.com/2010/12/01/summer-photography/

Armand Niculescu 2 years ago

awesome shot! congrats!

NeGiN 777 2 years ago

wow!

Arief Kumai 2 years ago

poor ant.....!!
still work hard in the rain...excellent moment and excellent picture
so i put this picture to my wallpapers collection

Bayu Sahaja 2 years ago

Amazing...

Piet Flour 2 years ago

Amazing capture!
I see you are not only capturing above and under water, but also in between !
Piet

John Colbensen Living here on the northwestern coast of Norway, I don't really have a choice..;) Thanks Piet,your comment is most welcome :)

Faddoush 2 years ago

What a powerful image! outstanding work.

John Colbensen Thank you faddoush. Allthough not pinsharp on the ant I think I got its mood :)

Digitalistic 2 years ago

very nice!!

John Colbensen Thanx a bunch :)

Adam Malooly 2 years ago

I love this image. Very avid props from a fellow Nikonian

John Colbensen Adam,I'll never go to Canon...never!!!! ;) thanx

Fernand Hick 2 years ago

This one is simply fabulous...! Bravo John !

John Colbensen Sorry for the late "thank you" :) But thank you ...:)

John Colbensen 2 years ago

Hi everybody.I just wanted to thank you all for so kind comments on this little poor guy. I try to take macroshots with a story,not just a shot of the species. It is difficult and thus I don't get that many macro's that I'm pleased with during the year.
I'm very happy to be this weeks photographer here on 1x,it really boosted my confidence :) Thank you all!!!

Cako_SK 2 years ago

nice macro,rain is fantastic

Marta Baranowska 2 years ago

it's very nice!

Alexander Spernes 2 years ago

This is as close to perfect as possible..good job!

Daniel 2 years ago

That is a damn cool one.

Biliana 2 years ago

Superb!!!

tailerransom 2 years ago

WOW! without a doubt, the best macro shot i've ever seen! very, very, VERY well done :):)

Donato Buccella 2 years ago

incredible shot...congratulation!

macgruder 2 years ago

wow!

John Colbensen 2 years ago

Thank you Al :)

Al Seyedain 2 years ago

Very good editing (if it is) with the rain drops. It is beautiful.

Slavomir M. 2 years ago

!!!! great

John Colbensen Thank you :)

Alex Tremps 2 years ago

wow! seems imposible to catch that one!! amazing!!

John Colbensen Not impossible,but it was diffucult. I've been struggling for months to get a pinsharp picture of a butterfly in flight..now that seems impossible to me ;) thank you Alex :)

final toto 2 years ago

Congrat John, very strong picture!

John Colbensen Thank you so much Final :)

Dragan M. Babovic 2 years ago

Fantastic macro in specific conditions. Bravo.

John Colbensen I like shooting in the rain allthough my cameragear doesn't approve so much. thanks :)

Alex OBrien 2 years ago

Well this certainly is fairly incredible!

John Colbensen Thanks Alex...:)

SofiG 3 years ago

interesting

John Colbensen Can't help it..ants are fascinating :)

Demetrio Massimo Opinato 3 years ago

great shot..john...compliments!!!
i have nikon d80, too..
what kind of nikkor did you use to take this picture???

thank you

John Colbensen I have both D80 and D200 but I use the D80 about 70 % of the time.I love that camera. here I used a Sigma EX 105 mm 2.8..a superb lens.And the best part is that it's not so expensive :)

Demetrio Massimo Opinato thank you john...
you are very kind...

gerard sexton 3 years ago

Exceptional!

John Colbensen Thank you very much gerard :)

andrewng 3 years ago

Wow! What a shot! John - that's really stunning!

Andrew Ng

John Colbensen Andrew,you made my day :-)

Angela Bacon-Kidwell 3 years ago

Outstanding photograph!

John Colbensen Thank you so much Angela.I smile :-)

Marcel Clemens 3 years ago

The image certainly has a strong impact. It is very beautiful. However, a rain drop is roughly the same size as an ant. These droplets are from a plant spray or something that produces a fine mist right?

John Colbensen Let me just start by saying that raindrops come in various sizes. That is a fact. And if you know how big this ant is I guess you know the species. This ant is about 2 centimeters long. And I guess you know that different antspecies varies in size as well. So I'm sorry to say that you're wrong.But thank you for your comment :)

Alessandro Zocchi 3 years ago

It's a very nice picture but I cannot understand how the rain can be real. A curtain of drops so small, so vertical and regular in a macro environment ?!

John Colbensen Well,what can I say.if you want to tell me I'm not telling the truth, that's entirely up to tyou.I was there and took this picture.I know its real.It's a reason why I call it Summer Rain, the drops were pretty small and there was wind whatsoever. It's sad you think I'm not honest but I can't do anything about that.

Alessandro Zocchi Well, I did not say you are not honest. The rain in your picture looks very unrealistic to me and seeing how good you are in creative editing I figured it was a nice digital creation as well. I can even see a similar rain effect in other pictures of yours that are clearly fantasy creations.
Raindrops can range in size from 0.2 mm in diameter, to around 6 mm. If the ant is about 2 cm long the drops look like being well below 0.1 mm (that is about the ant's eye diameter). All this is just for me to understand...the picture is very nice anyway. Thanks.

John Colbensen Hi Alessandro.Firstly I want to say I'm sorry about my tone in my last answer. I was pretty harsh and That's not like me. And yes,I have created rain-effects in many of my Ce's but those were done with a Plug-in called Alien Skin 5,textures. i haven't used any plug-ins here and after I read your answer I looked up raindrops on the internet.I agree with you now,but still I maintain the fact that it's for real. :)

Alessandro Zocchi Many thanks indeed.

Ben Goossens 3 years ago

The rain background make it exceptional:-)))

John Colbensen Thank you so much Ben,it's most appreciated :)

Nanang Jamil 3 years ago

good moment..so nice capture...

John Colbensen Nanang,I thank you :-)

Jan Zajc 3 years ago

Very good capture you managed to pull off here, with the rain and the little guy, excellent!!

John Colbensen Thank you Jan.Appreciated :-)

Jeremy Russell 3 years ago

Poor little critter.

Wonderfull shot.

John Colbensen I felt sorry for him,I really did :-) Thanks Jeremy:-)

Tim Corbeel 3 years ago

Congratulations! Great macro :)

John Colbensen Thanks a lot Tim :-)

Fredrik Ekren 3 years ago

Heisann :)
Amazing JC,i`ve glansed at this many times at the sight..a pic to remember!

John Colbensen Hallo Fredrik :-) It's a kind of a project I'm working on....A series called : "Bugmoods" . But the buildup take ages..so I have to be patience.Thank you :-)

Luc Helie 3 years ago

Fantastic shot !!!!

John Colbensen Thank you Luc :-)

Willy Marthinussen 3 years ago

Poor guy...and excellent shot..i hate the rain :) well, most of the time anyway..not bad for a guy living in Bergen huh..? ;)
all the best John --willy--

John Colbensen I had a saying for myself some years ago:" water isn't dangerous before it's in your lungs " .I enjoyed rain then. With all this new camera equipment (based on electricity) I'm not so fond of rain anymore,but living in Aalesund I'm pretty close to your standards regarding rainy days ;-) Thank you Willy

Stephan Pechstein 3 years ago

walking in the rain...I am speechless. Congrats Stephan

John Colbensen ...and soon singing in the rain ;-) Thanks a billion Stephan

Marcus Bjorkman 3 years ago

That is amazing! It´s not very good working conditions on that job. He´s got to demand an umbrella at leat from his boss!

John Colbensen I'll tell his boss a few words of truth next time I see him ;-) Thank you Marcus :-)

Cupcake 3 years ago

Wonderful idea John.

John Colbensen Thank you cupcake.Much appreciated :-)

Emily Bem 3 years ago

Unique... and the feel is wonderful!

John Colbensen Thank you so much Emily :-)

Ralf Stelander 3 years ago

Poor guy he forgot his umbrella! Very cool and special shot!

John Colbensen I think I'll call him Frank...seconds after the shots he started singing like mr.Sinatra :-) Thank you :-)

Jacob Jovelou 3 years ago

Wow, this is something else! Good job, John.

John Colbensen It's funny but now and then I feel like these buggies have emotions....Thank you Jacob :-)

Jacob Jovelou Yeah, your shot makes me believe that too!

Daria Endresen 3 years ago

Congrats on another published shot, John! very well deserved :)
It's truly amazing how you managed to capture this wonderful scene. I love the greens and the compo, and the rain of course!
Great image, by all means :)

John Colbensen It's very inspiring to get published and it warms me to the bones to get this response.Thank you Daria,you know I appreciate it :-)

Wulff 3 years ago

Glad to see this published, just love the effect of the rain :-) Well Done!!
/Wulff

John Colbensen If I've had a hat on I'd bow and said thank you..I don't have a hat so I just say thank you so much Wulff :-)

Carola Lundmark 3 years ago

Very good! The unsharpness does´nt bother me at all. Beautiful colours
Best regards Carola

John Colbensen Glad you felt the same about the sharpness as I do. Very happy for your comment Carola:-)

Fulvio Pellegrini 3 years ago

superb!
F.

John Colbensen Thanks to you Fulvio.Much appreciated :-)

Ursula I Abresch 3 years ago

This is really beautiful! Such a surprise in a way, when you open it up. It does make you feel sorry for that poor little ant.

John Colbensen I work mainly outside and this fellow conveys my mood when the rain is pouring down and I really want to go inside :-) Thank you

hippolyte 3 years ago

a little lack of sharpness for me but still amazing ! congrats ;)

John Colbensen You know,I agree with you there and wasn't 100 % sure if I should post it.But I think that the pic has so much more about it that the sharpness came second here.I shot several pics of this ant but this one was the only one with the antennas like this..I felt sorry for the old chap ... thanks for your comment :-)