Pixel Darkroom Photography

As I look at this image now I realize I should have rendered the sense of scale a bit better. This is an “ant city” found under a garden pot. I lit it sideways with a flash (read below for details) to create the sunset feel. It is about 10 inches across and the first time we lifted the pot it was full of ants. They might have migrated now, not having realized that their dwellings and all their hard work and investments were not made in “real” soil.

Lighting info: 580 EX II with 3/4 CTO gel at 105 mm at 1/23 power via ST-E2 transmitter CL. Small tweaks in Lr.