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This week Mary challenged me to "Shoot from an ant's POV and upload SOOC" I was a bit worried about SOOC - it made me think harder about getting the lighting right, the exposure and getting everything spot on in camera. Once again, my thanks to Betty for being such a great model.

Better on black.

[Jocasta]

@mcsiegle Many thanks for the challenge - I had a lot of fun being an ant down on the floor with Betty. My lens got licked by her quite a lot but then she got bored and went to sleep. Once asleep I had the lens, ant like, just a few centimetres from her nose.

[Simply Amanda]

Aw, sweet. SOOC...what's that;-). Hard to do, eh? Love the textures and detail here.

[Jenn]

Love it!

[Pat Knowles]

Your lodger looks very happy & content....I think she might not want to go home!! Lovely close up of said nose with great detail!

[Paula W]

Great ants eye view with super detail.

[~~JT]

This is a fab capture from an ant's POV! LOVE it!

[KWind]

Fabulous POV and details captured!

[Penny Price]

Aw, this is fab. Well captured, was she asleep?

[Mary Siegle]

I LOVE IT! It's in my favorites now. This is as close to an ant's point of view as you possibly could get. Mission well accomplished!

[Margaret Obey]

Love it

[Debi 🐩]

That's a great nose, nice shot

[Loopy-Lou]

Fabulous! I like the challenge from an ants pov. Awesome shot!

[michael]

This is so cool, brilliant POV.

[Rachel Withey]

Hi. Great response to your challenge. I noticed you'd signed up as part of the mentoring scheme. I wondered if you'd be interested in doing some mutual critique - particularly on lensbaby shots but other ones as well? Nothing very time consuming but just offering critique as part of commenting on shots.

[GazBadger]

Great shot... you nailed the exposure... I am super lazy at times with getting it "close enough" knowing I can tweak in post but I guess this challenge would really make you think about getting it spot on. Love the composition too! Fav

[Jocasta]

@rachelwithey Yes, would really like that - especially on lensbaby - although I don't know how good I am at critiquing - but would be great to give it a go. Any suggestions about what we do?

[Rachel Withey]

From my point of view I was hoping you could maybe just include some brief critique when you comment on my shots but I'm open to other ideas. Maybe we could start by just offering a few thoughts and suggestions when we view each others shots and then if other ideas spring from that we could give them a go?

[ö Blair Howard]

Gotta love the high ISO (25K) on the a full frame. good job!

[Taffy]

This is really fantastic! I love how closeup you were -- definitely an ant's point of view. A fun shot that I spent some time turning my head this way and that to sort out what I was seeing.

[Rachel]

This is a great pov, and answered the challenge so well. Great clarity and detail.

[Rachel]

such a great close up, love it!

[Tracey]

Fabulous close up and challenge accomplished love the lighting fav

[Marloes]

Wonderful ant angle and great shot!

[Jennifer]

Great answer to your challenge. Love the pov and detail.

[Annie D]

fabulous!

[Jocasta]

@rachelwithey What you suggest sounds great - although I do wonder how good I am at critique - I know that I love your lensbaby photos and love some of them more than others but I'm not always sure why. There a couple of them that I don't like as much but wonder if I have the skill to tell you about that constructively.