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A queen in monochrome

April 12, 2010 by myrmecos


A few days ago I posted a photo of a Prenolepis ant queen. It’s a decent photo, in focus and properly exposed. But probably not anything I’d print out and hang on the wall.

Check out the monochrome version above, though (click on it to enlarge). I don’t often put my images through such severe levels adjustments, but this one works rather well. I prefer it to the original.


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  1. on April 12, 2010 at 7:57 am Joshua King

    Prenolepis imparis queen channels her inner Darth Vader. Nice.


  2. on April 12, 2010 at 8:01 am Mikey Bustos, AntsCanada

    The monochrome truly brings out the texture of her exoskeleton well! Great photos, as always!


  3. on April 12, 2010 at 8:57 am Deaf Indian Muslim Anarchist

    what a sexy queen!!


  4. on April 12, 2010 at 12:57 pm JasonC.

    WOW I didn’t know they made ants out of platinum! Hehe.

    Great, stunning work.


  5. on April 12, 2010 at 2:46 pm allthingsbiological

    Did you do any additional sharpening on your black and white image?

    If not, it’s really interesting how the color image draws you initially to the area where the thorax and abdomen join, whereas the black and white image draws you immediately to the mouthparts and then to the rest of the head.

    I find it fascinating that the camera allows us to see so many things frozen in the moment. The black and white looks almost like an electron micrograph. Pretty neat…

    When I put up some firefly images on my own blog yesterday I was impressed with how pink the larvae and the adults appear when captured digitally.

    I’ll have to spend some time playing with black and white versions of some of my recent images… I suspect it will be more fun than dealing with the papers next to me that await my grading!


  6. on April 12, 2010 at 4:31 pm Ani

    I like the monochrome one to the original too. The textures have come out really well. I also like the grainy texture. Great idea!


  7. on April 13, 2010 at 4:24 am jason

    Though I like the original, the monochrome version has a much better feel to it. Great work as always!


  8. on July 2, 2010 at 1:08 am Kimberly

    Oh my gosh!

    This pictures are awesome!
    Seems to be the same?
    Are they edited with photoshop?

    LG
    Kimberly



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