Saturday, July 10, 2010

Other - something on my body

after years shooting macro, I had saw many mites on insect body and first time I saw a "apple" or "ball" like mites on damselfly (ohh , I have no ID on the damselfly and it should belong to my new found)

again, while I first saw it I thought it carry the egg (I could be right) and eventually think this should be mites on the insect body .. and ohhh the mites is cute :D

... there is something on my body...Apple , egg ??? ...


and for before this, few shots still in my mind (which I feel pain from the picture) ...

a long-horned beetle
parasites !!!

a beetle .. a terrible one
Beetle : "My body full with mites"

a not too bad one
2.3 Long Horned Beetle ... closer ...

even a wasp have it
how we kiss

look close to it
50% crop on the mites


sometime , i feel pain while seeing it but again this is nature survive rule ... it happen .......

Friday, July 9, 2010

New Found - Green Metallic Bee

I am currently at US and manage to meet up a US MACRO gang (amazing, photography actually link us up thousands mile away ....) - Peter @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/galadial/ and not only share me a wonderful place - Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary














a place where can easily found birds, bugs .. and it is bright compare.. and I managed to clear one of my wish list ...green bee or Augochlorini ....

... litttle green bee ...

this is not a touch one even it keep moving and make us not easy to compose out shot ....

more shot from US trip of 2010 can view through here

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

News - I am little slow this month ...

I will be little slow in my photography (sharing pictures, info ...) as currently work @ US for weeks ...but again I will still shoot sunrise (man, sunrise ~530am after shoot still have plenty of time before start work ...), sunset (after work & eat ..think the sun still up there sunset @ ~830pm) and look for some bugs for sure :D

ok ... let me share one last weekend while I was driving and the reflection grab my attention and let make another confusion to you here


... another Confusion ...

more for 2010 April & Jul - US trip click here

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

News - another Sad news ...

 was been Taiwan for a Nature outing and found out those nature lover will buy over lands which original plan is to develop the land and do nothing on those lands .. (my respects to some people I meet up while my May 2010 Taiwan Trip....

Last week, after my wonderful family trip with my wife, Jie Xi and father in law to Muar .. while we reach in law house, my daughter say  恐龙...怕怕。。... "Dinosaur, scary"

then we look out an Excavator actually destroying my MACRO ground ... (will share what I got from the small little jungle for pass 1-2 year and just outside my in law garden) ....and my father in law just get the info from neighbor the land had been sold and they will use it for some other purpose instead leave it there for nothing except use by me :(  ... and price is little too high for me .. else my wife say "you can buy it so no body can disturb the good "avatar" " ..... but it is too late ...




within <30 minutes the whole jungle gone ... all trees done .. green wasp, blue bee... flying into my in law kitchen (me without any macro len ....)


I understand it is not possible to stop development which = destroy of jungle or nature environment but I just feel sad for this .. not only for my MACRO ground but for future my daughter Jie Xi or next generation will have lesser chance to enjoy the nature environment and nature creatures ...


some history insects I found at this little jungle

1. it is so near to wait for them wake up..(i use to wake up 6am and walk around , sure you can see some bug still sleeping)
... how I brush my teeth ...

a head shot ... before I flew off

 2. immediate after rain .. can easily look for dews
"lady" like pink -2 ...

... I am wonder why you never got wet ...



3. a common bee here :(
Cuckoo Bee ... still sleeping after rain

4. an ant mimic crab spider ...
Finger Licking Good

5. sleeping shy tiger beetle
Tiger Beetle : "this is how I sleep"

6. a very cute bee
Long Tongued Blue Banded Bee is back ...

7. crab spider
snow white crab spider


8. butterflies
Natural Light or Flash ???

21.25 Junonia orithya wallacei (Blue Pansy) male

21.24 Yamfly


21.22 Butterfly - Appias libythea olferna

21.17 Butterfly ... Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Plain Tiger)


9 some funny moment
... hmmm ...

2.34 weevil .. action ...

10 ..some flying one
... did u ask for permission to snap my picture ?

11.8 Digger Wasp


11. long time no see one
24.7 Plant bug

Landscape Spot 5 - Bukit Panaroma (Sungai Lembing)

... a place I wish to be there now ...

again, I was stop sharing this due to my work and family commitment... but today I wish I will be in one of the place I went few months back Bukit Panorama locate SG Lembing (or Chinese name  林明山 )

this place locate near Kuantan, Pahang , Malaysia

direction 
i. drive from Kuala Lumpur toward Kuantan Direction (it is ~3++ hours drive)
ii. while before Kuantan, you should see Sungai (sg) Lembing sign board and it is only single way to there.. drive ~30minutes and please drive slow here as many cows will passing by
iii. reach to the small village (only one direction) and reach Market on left (Pasar)just immediate the market turn left on to the little up hill . then the stair case to climb up to the Bukit Panorama is there
iv. climb up to ~400m form sea level and it should take ~1hour max (for poor little photographer like me)


few things to take note,
- many hiker in the weekend and  at the initial part is very steep and small so please walk slow for the 1st initial part especially raining day
- just single stair case trek, won;t easy to get lost
- very easy hike
- not many spot for this beautiful view and you may need 30-150mm range for the sunrise (it is little far from where we look for)
- it face east .. so it is good spot for sunrise but again it have the other direction face west which I never explored ..


more picture from this beautiful place
http://www.flickr.com/photos/liewwk/sets/72157623557997201/with/4743851929/

Monday, June 28, 2010

News - My closest experience to Snake

I always worry of snake .. and I have a experience with help of Orang Asli (local people of Taiwan) to get close to a (med poison snake) ... of course I am still far from it (~2feets away) but I still got my record broke ... my closest experience to the poison snake

... Green bamboo viper - 赤尾青竹絲 ...



and while we see it from dark
... Green bamboo viper - 赤尾青竹絲 ...

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Other - Do You need a "Good Eye" to shoot Macro ?

there are some bugs really good in Camouflage... you will never notice them if you not really spend some effort to look for it ... but not all of them are difficult to spot and below are some my found which I feel ...we need good patience and "eye" to look for it ....
1. always stick on tree body
not easy to spot it ...

2. leaf look alike ...
Leaf Mimic Grasshopper - female

3. very small insect always hide on tree body which same color
Weevil in Love -2

4. always on the rock .. same color :D
I need a kiss ..

5. this is one real tough one . small and 95% same color with the tree ...and seldom move
a shy and cute tiny Jumping Spider

6. not really toght but not easy too
anyone want to guest how big is this guy ?

7. so far .. this is most difficult to spot spider .. I keep look for it within the same tree ...
... can u spot me ??? ...

8. this mantis love to go into plant with color with white .. and patient need to spot it ..
... delicious drumstick ...

9. if this guy drop into the leaf area .. don;t think we can easy to find it
25.1 Leaf Insect
 
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