A wildlife photographer named Eugenijus Kavaliauskas recently made headlines worldwide when his close-up shot of an ant's face when viral. The meticulous imagery won the photographer a Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition award this year for his clever usage of microscope photography (an art form that enables photographers to capture images that the human eye cannot view on its own) and his inclination to magnify the ant's face five times.
Although the image taken by the Lithuanian photographer has earned acclaim, it has also terrified several viewers and critics who have deemed it "disturbing," "horrific," and "demonic." The real-life picture itself was captured so well that it almost looks like an animated characterization of a monster. The ant's face has red eyes and yellow fangs. According to the photographer, he first spotted the ant while he went out for a stroll in the forest near his home. Rather than taking a normal shot of the ant on a tree, Eugenijus decided to approach the shot differently, so he took the insect back to his lab and put it under a microscope.
"When I first started with microphotography, I, too, thought all beetles looked a little like monsters," Eugenijus said. "But now, I've gotten used to it and am surprised that there are so many interesting, beautiful, and unknown miracles under our feet."
Source: MSN
