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Thomas Jefferson: "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."

So, what if you're bad at tying knots? 8D

[Nicole]

beautiful!

[👑 AnaZad]

Instant FAV for me. I love your amazing findings and your great quotes.

[April Milani]

A fav for sure!!!!! So cool!!!

[Leana Niemand]

Fantastic close up, I love the sharp focus and soft background!

[Danette Thompson]

Fabulous detail!

[Caryn]

The clarity is just amazing. Fav!

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Simply Amanda]

Your shot and title are perfect. A fav!

[KWind]

Wow... such sharp focus!! Great DOF!

[Meredith Jones]

Fantastic! So tack sharp!

[Bob]

Great focus and infinite patience to capture this.

[Carole Imes]

Instant fav for me. Amazing focus and fun find....love the quote by TJ, fits perfectly.

[Louhi]

Great quote!

[tony gig]

Fabulous Macro Livia, instant Fav.

[Antonio Vigil]

awesome

[Jon Guzman]

nice one!

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Fantastico!!!!!!

[Sally Ings]

Amazing focus! Guess if your knot tying ability is lacking you will have nothing to hang on to!

[Pam]

I couldn't tie a knot to save my life lol. Another amazing macro. Looks like he wants to jump:)

[MonicaE]

You learn really fast :) Excellent shot. Fav!

[Alison]

wow

[JulieCo]

That's an amazing shot, but what really confuses me is seeing that it's 3rd November with you, when it's still only afternoon of 2nd November with me!???

[Janet]

The ant looks as though it has screeched to a sudden stop! He needs to learn to do a bowline.

[Livia]

@julieco I'm on the other side of the planet. 8)

[william wooderson]

Did you help it reach the ground safely?

[scooter]

Excellent macro!!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

This is an amazing shot Livia!! Beautifully done an worth a Fav!

[Kd Wallis]

brilliant capture! awesome!

[Claire]

Brilliantly composed! Guess you could always wrap the rope around your wrist?

[Yvonne]

Fabulous!!! A fav for sure. Wonderful composition. Love the quote.

[Johanna]

Spot on! :)

[Humphrey Hippo]

Amazing detail.
I'm awful with knots...

[Krista]

Amazing macro!

[Colleen]

Too true~~~ awesome quote

[Ian]

Another amazing shot!

[Andreas]

Fabulous

[Pyrrhula]

Complains , complains.it will be a challenge to invent something new. ( kidding )
A wonderful find , composition and capture

[Vesna]

Beautiful!

[Not So Random Pics]

Perfection in every way!

[JimUmbaugh]

Echo Perfection comment above! and a Fav, You're giving me an inferiority complex with these macros.

[Sweet Calliope]

Just plain awesome!

[Leonie Mogridge]

Great macro.....he does look ready to jump!!

[aurorajane]

Amazing

[mr square head]

brilliant

[Shirley Chetwynd]

Fabulous shot Livia

[Ian Fisher]

Another brilliant close-up, and a great quote!

[Danny G.]

Fabulous capture and quote, a fav.

[ladyjane]

Excellent shot and a perfect quote to go with it. Fav.

[Rosie White-Hlouveraki]

Fantastic shot Livia, FAV!

[bardejov]

Brilliant capture. What did the ant do when he reached the end?

[Wendy]

This is absolutely amazing. Not only are your macros brilliant, your bugs always have such awesome personality!

[Monika]

Terrific shot!
A jumping spider shot is doing the rounds on facebook.... yours are way better :)

[Pam Hawkes]

Wonderful macro capture! You rock!

[Karen bable]

Wow awesome shot.

[Vicki Dixon]

fav...love the way you got him right at the end...excellent shot

[Maggiemae]

My insect still doesn't look as good as this! Your ant has a rounded and 3D body! So good!

[Lisa]

fave! LOVE THIS!

[Nikki]

Fantastic detail

[Brian Baptie]

Wow!! Another fav!!

[Tracy]

WOW! Livia this is perfection, amazing detail, dof and composition :D fav!

[Frida]

Hihihi your ant is pear shaped :)))))) LOvely shot with astounding clarity!

[Bobbyj]

another great macro Livia!

[📸 Bulldog 📷]

What a brilliant shot.

[alia_801]

Looks like he's trying the hanging on part! :) Great shot!

[Geertje K.]

He looks ready for the big jump! Very cool capture!

[Jennifer C]

totally wonderful image

[Sean O'Neill]

I love this Livia. It is one thing to capture a shot of something very small and have technically good macro shot, but you have such a talent for giving us theatre too. I just adore this, it is possibly my favourite shot from your project and one of my fave faves ever. So, +F!

[Stephane]

Fantastic Livia, as usual....
Can you tell me the focal used for yhis please ?

[Ellen Young]

fav!! you are a fantastic photographer!! I love it and your narrative!

[Julia]

fantastic details!

[Dione Giorgio]

Great close-up capture, Livia.

[Peter de Graaff]

What if you are a frayed knot

[Rachel Mackenzie]

Stunning! Love the details and composition as always LOL. His hanging on for dear life!

[Cindy Rez]

Super Ant!! Great Macro!!!

[Livia]

@stefun EXIF information for this shot: Aperture f/6.3 Focal length 30mm ISO speed 800 Exposure 1/800 sec. Is that what you wanted to know? 8)

[michelle mcintyre]

Pretty amazing capture!!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Love the saying and this is an excellent macro. I wonder if he will jump. Probably not. :)

[Vickie Posey]

Excellent! Then take a leap of faith :-)

[Chris]

Fav - no idea about the knot thing but this is a great shot.

[❀ Lynn]

Amazing....looks like he's thinking about taking the big one! Olympic diver maybe! :)

[Muse]

Oops, yes it's the end! Great capture!

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Okay, I officially GIVE UP taking bug macros. I can never get anything this good! Wow. And you are not even doing it with a DSLR or dedicated macro lens, right? Wow. Fav!

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

Damn.... great shot, Livia!!!

[Sharon]

Fun comment made me laugh :-). Great shot and title.

[jerry plume]

Your macros are so amazing! Love the details!

[Trina P Holub]

Great capture! He is so cute!

[Livia]

@espyetta I use a Sony 30mm macro lens with my mirrorless camera. The lens is more suited to macro shots of inanimate subjects due to its ridiculously short working distance. I'm not letting that stop me though. Don't give up macro! It's hard, but so much fun!

[Stephane]

@myautofocuslife Thanks a lot for this information Livia... So you were very close to the ant ? Actually, I'm searching for a macro lense ;)

[Livia]

@stefun I was too close to the ant! Haha. My macro lens isn't really suited for shooting live subjects like spiders and ants. If you're getting a macro lens, get one that's at least 100mm so that you have a greater working distance (than what I have). That way, you don't have to get so close to a bug to get a good picture. 8)

[Livia]

A great, big, up-close-and-personal "THANK YOU!" to everyone! I love shooting red weaver ants because I find them very photogenic. They do bite something fierce, so I only look for those that are alone; I avoid them when I see lots of them together on the same plant. Thank you so much for your supportive comments. I am grateful!

[trude]

f..'ant'..astic shot Livia.....the detail in your shots blows me away....faved:)

[Glendq]

is he falling off?
so great

[Allison Williams]

Fabulous close up!

[Lisa Pouncy]

She's done it again! Another superb macro and another fav xx

[Stephanie Dc]

Amazing macro !

[Mel]

another fabulous ant shot!! im stunned, the ants move so fast here i can never catch one taking a breath!

[Linda Lorraine]

FAV for me too - love how he's at the end of the leaf. Such a great moment

[Cristina]

This is so awesome - another fav from me.

[Oleta Clouse]

Fantastic! Love the composition

[Tanja Carda]

Love this...fav....perfect composition and focus. I can imaging you sitting there all day waiting for that perfect moment to take your shot =)

[Stephane]

@myautofocuslife Thanks Livia, Actually I planned to get the Tamrom 90mm. And as I wante to shoot living subjetcs, I want a medium range macro lense.... You deserve a FAV because you have succeeded this photo with a short focal length lens ;)

[MaryBeth Dailey]

On the pp! Congrats

[Beau]

LOL. If your bad at tying knots, make sure you have a parachute. Incredible capture. Amazing dof, color, lighting, detail, and most of all, composition. Fav

[Chris]

Amazing details!!!

[Anatoly]

Wonderful! Fav!

[Tara]

Great capture Livia. Again, nicely composed shot.

[Therese]

This is Pretty incredible!

[Carolyn White]

Fav!!! Amazing! I love it! :0)

[Gina]

amazing! again great macro such detail.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Another great macro!

[Kathy A]

Awesome shot!

[Kitti Nelson]

I think it's all been said but a definite Fav from me!

[Aaron]

Congrats on T20 Livia!

[Vicki Dixon]

TWO on top 20!!!! great job!

[👑 AnaZad]

Congrats on T20. I loved this shot since I saw it.

[Lisabell]

Now this is one amazing shot! Congrats on the Top 20!!

[Bobbyj]

congrats on your top 20 Livia!

[Danny G.]

Congrats on making top 10 with this spectacular macro!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Congratulations on placing two in the Top 20 Livia!

[Victoria Stowe]

Congrats on the top 20. Well deserved.

[Teresa (pocketmouse)]

Gorgeous!! Love the delicate details and perfect timing of this capture!

[Tricia O'Donnell]

Instant FAV for me. amazing close up