Rifle Range
Life's like that. We pick up and move on, as we always do. It's back into the forests after the trauma of the previous few months, after what is possibly the greatest loss I'll ever come to experience in my life. Mantis (Amantis sp.)with cricket prey Giant forest ant (Camponotus gigas) major
Dairy Farm
15 September 2013, 3.4km, after a heavy rain shower. Wagler's pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri), male Green mantid (?Hierodula sp.) Huntsman spider (Heteropoda venatoria), female Salticid jumper (Menemerus bivittatus), female
Venus Drive at night, part deux
4 September 2013. Managed to finish the entire loop, rather rare for a night walk. Copper-cheeked frog (Hydrophylax raniceps) Moulting nursery web spider (Thalassius sp.) Singapore tanrantula (Phlogiellus inermis) Stick insect (Necroscia ?prasina , formerly N. roseipennis - the 7 white rings on antennae are diagnostic) Nasute termites Brown mantid (?Statilia sp.) Moulting orthoptera Bioluminescent 'shrooms (Filoboletus manipularis) Nocturnal
Glowing ‘shrooms – Fuji X100S vs Nikon D7100
The many clusters of bioluminescent mushrooms (Filoboletus manipularis, among possible others) that we saw earlier in the week had all but withered. The sole bunch still existing in a decent condition was found near the end of the route, emitting a very weak bioluminescence. Singlets and another dying cluster could be found on an
Macro with the Fuji X100S
Venus Drive 14 August 2013, 2.3km Who'd have guessed that the X100S isn't just a brilliant streeting camera, but does decent nature macro photography as well! First field test went better than expected: slapped on a Raynox DCR-250 close-up lens and used my Nikon SB-800 flashgun with a flimsy DIY diffuser softbox (it fell into
A reptilian day at Sungei Buloh
11 August 2013, 4.8km Oriental whip snake (Ahaetulla prasina) Green-crested lizard (Bronchocela cristatella) Oriental whip snake (Ahaetulla prasina), juvenile Malayan water monitor (Varanus salvator) Changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor), male
Durian Loop
2 August 2013, 2km trail. Attempting a return to nature macro photography after a hiatus of about nine months. Skills, equipment, joints and all have gone rather rusty. Sun skink (Eutropis multifasciata) Plain Nawab (Polyura hebe plautus) caterpillar Net-winged beetle (Taphes brevicollis) Two-tailed spider (Hersilia sp.)
Sungei Buloh
1400 - 1900 Thunderstorms, cloudy Common sandpipers Common greenshanks Common kingfisher at the pond by the Visitor Centre Crow-billed drongo just before the Main Bridge Four Oriental pied hornbills flying east across Sungei Buloh Besar, then hopping about the towering sea almond trees Blue-tailed bee-eaters by the sea almond trees before the Main Bridge, and near Route 1 Platform 1
Arcane flight
Scientifically, technically, it's nothing more than a suspected Eudocima phalonia, a fruit-piercing moth of the noctuid family. Superstitiously, well, I shun superstitiously, but it could be an ill omen, or it might bear the soul of a deceased relative or a close friend. That's what the Chinese, and the people of many other cultures,
Shooting my Stranger #1
I've been meaning to properly embark on my own 100 Strangers Project (see also 100 Strangers group on Flickr) since I've been engaging more with the people I've been shooting lately, but 'normal' street photography has been getting in the way. Or, if I were to be more honest, I'd say I simply lack