I made two shots of this card; the Featured Image is second. For the first, I knelt on the cement and closed in with Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. Oh the careless mistakes we make. Almost immediately, a torrent of ants took to my left leg and knee.
What I missed: Massive number of the insects, swarming in multiple lines along the entire stretch of bridge on University Avenue, over SR-163, in San Diego neighborhood Hillcrest. Never have I seen so many ants, easily thousands, frantically—or perhaps fervently—on the move.
That’s explanation why I kept distance and used the smartphone’s 10x optical zoom for the second shot, which is composed as captured and otherwise untouched. Vitals: f/4.9, ISO 50, 1/160 sec, 230mm (film equivalent); 4:35 p.m. PDT, July 13, 2023.