ants in my pants

This post is not for the squeamish… You have been warned…

Was out playing in the yard with the kiddos yesterday, when Alyza shouted, “MOMMY COME CHECK OUT THESE ANTS!!”

So she and I sat and watched them for a while…  They were working hard on shoveling dirt out of the ant hill, and they were SO FAST.   I could barely barely get a shot of them as they quickly came out through the hole, tossed their piece of dirt, and went back in for more…  These may have been my most challenging macro subjects to date.  Getting focus up close with a shallow depth of field on something moving that fast??  I’m adding that to the impossible category.  At least for now.  Still though, I managed a few shots that I thought were pretty cool…

It was actually quite fascinating to watch them, and Alyza agreed.  I had to giggle when she commented, “I guess no one told them it’s Saturday?”

Watching bugs with my little bug…  Doesn’t get better than that.