Ant Stuck On A Sticky Plant
2006-07-17
I shot a movie of an ant stuck on a sticky plant with my Canon S3 IS today (10MB 30fps H.264 Quicktime, 45s). Click to play in a new window:
To get the magnification I used an old 50 mm SLR lens mounted backwards. I used Quicktime to reduce the size and recode from AVI to H.264.
The plant that it is on has blue flowers and sticky parts that break off easily:
What type of plant is this? [Update: A reader tells me it is Cape Plumbago (Plumbago capensis)]
To get the magnification I used an old 50 mm SLR lens mounted backwards. I used Quicktime to reduce the size and recode from AVI to H.264.
The plant that it is on has blue flowers and sticky parts that break off easily:
What type of plant is this? [Update: A reader tells me it is Cape Plumbago (Plumbago capensis)]
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