HIGHLY COMMENDED CATEGORY OTHER ANIMALS
Paulien Bunskoek | Ant in strange landscape

Name: Paulien Bunskoek
Picture title: Ant in strange landscape
Category: Other animals
Nationality: Netherlands
Occupation: Veterinarian and part-time photographer

Technical information
Camera: Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 100 mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
EXIF: ISO 200, f/16, 1/13 sec at (+ 1,7 e/v)
Accessories: Tripod

Paulien says:

After spending the night in a mountain hut in the beautiful Fanes-Sennes-Prags Nature Park in the Italian Dolomites I hiked back down again. It was a very calm, overcast October morning. On my way I passed an area with dried-up mud and my eye was caught by red dots in the mud. I really liked the patterns it made in the mud and I started making photographs. To show all the details that were there I used my macrolens and lined it up perfectly to get everything in focus. To my surprise there was also an ant in this strange landscape, which fitted the scene quite well. It was running around but sometimes it stopped, which allowed me to take this photograph. To me it shows the resilience and adaptability of insects and you can find them in any landscape.