[Leica] [OM] IMG: Ants on a Leaf

[Jim Nichols]

Apparently, the Black Fire Ants are only in Mississippi, Alabama and a 
part of Tennessee.

http://www.orkin.com/ants/black-fire-ants/

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 1/16/2017 12:50 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
> I always thought that they are red.
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> I agree, these appear to be  black ants,
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>> On Jan 16, 2017, at 10:46 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> Why what, Steve?  My comment about the color reliability?
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>> My only reliable color in the image was the brown leaf.  As I worked through Lightroom Developer, I could easily portray the ant as dark red or black, depending on how I adjusted the slider.  I used the leaf as a guide, and, doing so, the ants look black, which is what my eye tells me.  But, in truth, they could also be very dark red.
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>> That's how I see it. :-)
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>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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>> On 1/16/2017 12:38 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>>>> On Jan 16, 2017, at 10:11 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrotExamining the feedback from my ant posting, I decided I needed better
>>>> ant photos, but did not want to get too up close and personal with
>>>> them.  I first tried a closeup AF lens, but didn't like the results.  I
>>>> then pulled out my Pentax 135 MF lens and got results that I could
>>>> enlarge.  While colors are unreliable in the sun, and the objects are
>>>> small, the shapes and sizes convince me that these are, indeed, fire ants.
>>> why?
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>>>> There is a U-Tube video online that shows what happens when one sticks a
>>>> shovel into a fire ant mound.  These behave exactly the same to much
>>>> smaller intrusions.
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>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Ants+on+a+Leaf.jpg.html
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>>>> I appreciate all comments.
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>>>> -- 
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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