The importance of aperture, redux   Lasius claviger at f3.5
Lasius claviger at f/3.5  Lasius claviger at f/13  Lasius
claviger at f/13  I wouldn’t say that either image is better. 
The first is dreamier, more abstract, more interpretive.  The
second is crisp and illustrative.  Quite a difference for a
small tweaking of camera settings!  Most of my insect
photography falls in the small-aperture realm of the second
image, but on reflection I probably ought to play around more
with images like the first one.     1. #1 Roberto Keller
September 28, 2009      I agree. Both are great, different
intentions.      I really like the shallow depth of field of the
first one, and how it isolates the heads in the foreground. But
I didn’t realize the white mass in the middle were eggs until I
saw the second, all in focus, image. The latter probably better
for that illustrated textbook on ants you are writing (wink
wink).    2. #2 jason     September 28, 2009      I think both
images are beautiful for very different reas