New Found - A cute weevil

An old picture or capture while I was at Kota Kinabalu Park (KK) , this beetle is ~5-8mm in size and look real cute ...

not really move alot may be due to cool weather ... but still floew off after ~3 shots, may be my diffuser is too close to it



more beetle/weevil collection
http://www.flickr.com/photos/liewwk/sets/72157605373755899/with/5245543500/

New Found - A Hairy Jumping Spider 2

previously I found a hairy jumping at Petaling Jaya, Selangor , Malaysia and discuss @ New Found - a Hairy Jumping Spider. But after I met this one from Kota Kinabalu park.. then the previous one become so hairless ....

I found a lantern bug but let it flew off.. then I was trying to find another one nearby ( ... :( )
... with my help of my wife and Jie Xi . Instead lantern bug , my wife found a real big and hairy jumping spider ... and I spent ~an hour on this jumping spider alone...


here are few angle to capture this beauty ...






shoot this @1:1 with MP-E65 .. I would say easily 20mm at long side


while look close

Other - Do not simply Give Up !

this is for those need some momentum to continue to their patient (for work, hobby, wish ....)

while I was shooting beautiful sunrise/sunset for pass, I experience while we had give up and almost leave the place .. and the sky just have dramatic change make the normal view become a WOW .......

and while me spend my time with my wife and Daughter @KK park in the evening (~6:30pm) the sky look just normal. while almost everyone give happy with the "ok" sunset shots ....... all a sudden the sky change dramatically ... it is like flaming red with blue ... purple .. and every is like WOW and taking picture of the beautiful view non-stop but it only appear within few minutes and get dark .....

~625pm


and we(me, my wife, Jie Xi and other visitors)  almost leaving ~640pm... the sky change dramatically


and everyone then busy again with the beautiful magic hour view (which only last few minutes)


these were from my 2010 Aug KK trip

Travel - Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Last week I make family trip (plan for long) to Kota Kinabalu (KK) and we spent 3 days at Kundasang which near Kota Kinabalu park enjoy the coldness, beauty of the Mount KK .....

and we stay in Puncak Borneo Resort which is locate ~5min drive to KK Park .. this is a highly recommend hotel , it is clean, not really expensive, the worker there friendly, food here have wide variety and not expensive....most important choose the room with Mount KK view... and this is what I see from bed while I wait up



we went
i. KK Park for enjoy the air, shoot some beautiful mountain view, macro ...
ii. Poring Hot Spring .. wow it is long drive but nothing special ....except many pretty girls around :D

after spent days @Kundasang, we went down to KK city to join a Island trip to enjoy the beautiful beaches, sea .... (Ohhhhh my phone jump into sea to dive so I end up with new phone now :D ).... We didn't spend much time in the city (only 2d1night)

but the sunset and sunrise just amazing



and my wife & Jie Xi 1st time join me to wait for beautiful sunset



the next day, I went to KK Mosque to wait for beautiful sunrise and the lake reflection is real gem for KK photographer .. it is amazing.. I end up burn 4GB memory ~1hour :D




more pictures will be uploaded to 2010 Aug KK Visit