Photos from 16th Feb outing at Sime Forest

[Simon]

Weather wasn't the best, cloudy with ocassional sun. Hope the rest had fun


#1


#2 - With another photographer as background


#3 - the one that escape from James :whistle:


#4 - drinking from a 'straw'

[benetay]

Simon 4 pictures to share only? Or the rest seen before already?

[Simon]

the rest nothing new, same pose. Anyhow, I didn't shoot much today, more chat than shooting

[trident]

I liked the background of the second picture, wonder whose hand is it?

Weather was nice for humans but not so good for the sun loving butterflys.
I think today's turnout was the biggest so far, butterfly and fish gang.
There was plentiful to shoot, but my shooting is still below par and my 100mm is too short to reach some of the subject!
Anyway Thanks Simon for organizing it, look forward to more of it.
Will post my pictures later.

[learner]

Thanks Simon for organising the outing. My first time there just to see see and it sure was fun!

[benetay]

Okay here is mine, i think i didn't edit much from the SF batch of photos.


#1 Chocolate pansy?


#2 Common 3-Ring


#3


#4 5 ring?

Thanks Simon for helping out on this shot. Finally got to add onto the 'tail tail' butt list.

#5 Common posy

I need to post this, after observing this family of butt i keep thinking to myself, are they hopping or flying. So now i understand, before each flight they do a standing board jump before flying. When they fly they fly in a up and down motion more like hopping + flying .


#6 Caught you, finally.


#7 Blue jay


#8 Damsel

Got to post this as well. 20 times their body weight.

#9 In the end the stick insect was wriggled free! Cheers!

After the session at SF, still want to make full use of time, went to BPA. The below shots are taken from BPA. Saw plentiful of branded imperial but they're very shy, don't have a better shot then the previous so not worth posting. Got a surprise for me when i was there. Another lycan family added aside from the posy taken earlier today.

Enough said.


#10 Bigg brownie, very very still butt will not move even disturbing.


#11 Head shot.


#12 Saw this at SF too but was higher up, this was just nice.


#13 Got lucky, saw 2nd mating butts in one day. Which is the male? There is one with very torn wings which i think is the male. (Fight with others?)


#14 Don't know this.


#15 Don't know this either.


#16 Resident.

Prized caught!


#17 Not this.


#18 First time seeing this.

Cheers!

[Simon]

#12 - Yellow veined lancer
#14 - Nigger
#15 - a species of leafhopper
#18 - Semanga superba deliciosa

[benetay]

Thanks for the ID.

#14 is nigger?

Oh why they name it that.

Will be exploring more into BPA in hope for more species to be found there.

Cheers!

[benetay]

Am still waiting for the rest to upload their pictures.

Don't be shy, please share.

[ranmasatome]

Simon... no.15 is probably a species of fulgoridae...not leafhoppers..which belong to the family Cicadellidae.

[Simon]

keke. You are the bug expert

[wasabi8888]

trying to do it now... damn.. left my elbow and knee guards at the forest.

[benetay]

any kind soul manage to get it for you when they left?

[wasabi8888]

Hi all

Just finished choosing and editing....

Please help me identify the butts...

1. Skipper



2. Vidula dejone erotella (Cruiser)



3. Vidula dejone erotella (Cruiser)



4. Unknown



5. Unknown



6. Blue Jay



7. Unknown



8. Spider Web



9. Damsel fly

I love Benetay's one.. cant get the right angle on this one.



10. Dragonfly

Angle wrong as well... but since I was proning and cant move...what the hell..just shoot

[benny]

Wah!! Looks like we lost a few good men to another hobby! Simon, how are you going to account for that!?

Great pictures guys! Seems like the progress is good, when there are buddies to learn together.

Cheers,

[benetay]

I try to ID.

#2 & #3 cruiser?
#4 & #5 Malay lacewing ( ML )

It's not Simon's fault. It's ours

[wasabi8888]

Benetay

I want to know the scientic names.... same as the link that Simon sent me..

[trident]

benetay,
Looks like you had more fun at BPA.

Jeffrey,
Knee and elbow guard is with Luenny.

Nice photos guys, simply awesome.
OK here's mine.
#1. Lesser Dart-Potanthus omaha omaha. Canon 20D. 100mm Macro f8 1/200 ISO 400

#2 Common Blue Bottle Graphium saepedon luctatius
Canon 20D EF-S 55-250mm f11 1/200 ISO400

#3 Cruiser-Vindula dejone erotella
Canon 20D 100mm Macro f11 1/200 ISO200

#4 Cruiser-Vindula dejone erotella
Canon 20D 100mm Macro f11 1/200 ISO200

#5 Lesser Dart-Potanthus omaha omaha
Canon 20D 100mm Macro f8 1/200 ISO200

#6 .Tanaecia pelea pelea (Malay Viscount)
Canon 20D 100mm MAcro f11 1/200 ISO200

[trident]

Benetay

I want to know the scientic names.... same as the link that Simon sent me..

Jeffrey,
You can learn their names either from simon's butterfly blog or get the book "Butterflies of Singpaore". It's a small handbook available from most bookshop. Cost $5

[wasabi8888]

Jeffrey,
You can learn their names either from simon's butterfly blog or get the book "Butterflies of Singpaore". It's a small handbook available from most bookshop. Cost $5

I went to the website with the names but cannot match the pictures...

Richard

#4 - As what Simon said, should be shot from top down...
#6 - Shadow cast. Prob need another flash to diffuse the shadow.
#5 - Very nice shot!