Photos from 16th Feb outing at Sime Forest

[Goondoo]

Won't repeat those already posted...
Here are some of mine.


After a failed mission grabbing some burgers of the NSFmen, this chap climb up a lorry, open a bag and ran off with the loot, the lunch of the bangala.









Is this some species of mosquitoes?

[wasabi8888]

Simon

Is my skipper the right name.. The pic looks similar to Richard's #5

[Simon]

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,

then you have to poison them with fish photography

Jeff

here are the latin names
#4&5 - Cethosia hypsea hypsina (Malay Lacewing)
#7 - Jamides celeno aelianus (Common Caerulean)

the spider shot would be better if it is not shot an angle but from the front
the skipper, I don't really know, it is easier to ID from the side, not from the top. However, there are too many subspecies that look similar

Richard
#5 - Potanthus omaha omaha (Lesser Dart)
#6 - Tanaecia pelea pelea (Malay Viscount)

the closeup shot of the crusier looks underexposed

[trident]

Simon,
Thanks for pointing the mistake. Corrected it already.

Jeffrey,
Thanks. I only got 1 shot of #6 Malay Viscount, very strange with the proboscis sticking out.

Billy, poor bangala no lunch. 3rd shot is very nice.

[benetay]

Richard, BPA is a vast area, trekking or cycling is the only way but if you want to shoot butts, trekking will yield more results. I'm still trying to remember the places where i saw the butts. They are usually at the same spot.

Will do up a mini map for easy reference in future.

Will go tomorrow for 3rd round! Need to capture 'tail tail' butts.

Richard, #5 got good clean background that i'm always trying to achieve! You did it! I'm envy, all my shots background is not great.

Jeff,
Where did you spot that spider web, very nice. Need to see one in future. Actually i like spider webs more then spiders, they're fascinating architecture. Nice clean background too.

Billy where are those pictures you taken of me?

[Goondoo]

Billy where are those pictures you taken of me?

You mean...










Some others...

Jeff was taking his time focusing and composing and right before he trigger the beep beep, it flew off... look closely....

[benetay]

Thanks Billy for the pictures! It made me laugh!!

[celticfish]

Wow, benetay, elbow and knee guards, and gloves!?!

wasabi8888, best to do a "water parade" next round before you start.
You look shack with all the presperation!

Goondoo, which "butt" species is the last picture?
Looks like you had the most fun shooting non-butt pictures.

[benetay]

Got sweaty palms if not the camera keep slipping off the grip. Elbow and knee guard is a must for continuous shooting. If shooting just every weekend it's not really needed but it's good to have. Protects your elbows and knees which are very important.

Proning on stone and granite is no joke.

[Simon]

Wow, benetay, elbow and knee guards, and gloves!?!

wasabi8888, best to do a "water parade" next round before you start.
You look shack with all the presperation!

Goondoo, which "butt" species is the last picture?
Looks like you had the most fun shooting non-butt pictures.

Irwin, if you think he looked shack, look at this photo, before he started shooting

[trident]

Billy,
hahaha I think that is a great series, the lighter side of shooting butts!!!!!

benetay,
Thanks, #5 was a lucky shot, the background is a large leaf!
agree with on the part about wearing knee and elbow pads, can be quite painful to kneel on sand and stones. The things people do for a butterfly

[Simon]

was it really painful?

[benetay]

Where are the pictures?

Yes it can be very painful when prolong proning is done. I think in future i will keep my knee guard on even when shooting in the forest. It acts like a support to the knee too. Feels comfortable even when kneeing in sand,stone,mud,grass, etc.

A cheap way to safe the knee from unneeded abrasion or strain.

Simon i see you had a great time posing with me.

[luenny]

So nice pictures. I still have not look at mine yet. Will be going though them and see what I get. Keep them coming.

[luenny]

Richard,
Is the shot of the Cruiser cropped (#3)? If not great job with the 100mm macro. See you can still shoot with short lenses.

Benetay,
Nice damselfly shot. Very nice reflection on the wings. A big blur though, maybe DOF too shallow?

Billy,
Nice jumping spider. Where did you find this guy? On the sand bank where everybody was proning? Hope I didn't accidentally squash it or something.

[trident]

Luenny,
#3 was not cropped, the cruiser just stayed there and let me shoot, I guess the cruiser was too tired after been chased around by 10+ people

[Goondoo]

Billy,
Nice jumping spider. Where did you find this guy? On the sand bank where everybody was proning? Hope I didn't accidentally squash it or something.

It was climbing on my arm. I blew it down gently and it landed on the sand bed which was nearly immediately attacked by the golden beetle I was trying to shoot. Luckily, it manage to run away but it froze there for a while to recover from the shock.

[genes]

You guys are having alot of fun out there.

[benetay]

Benetay,
Nice damselfly shot. Very nice reflection on the wings. A big blur though, maybe DOF too shallow?
.

I was on the way out from the stream leading to the 'canal' & sand bank area, it landed smack right in front of me. Got a shock and decided to give a snap shot of it.

DOF was definitely in-sufficient. It was at f/7.1, was turning the dials upwards to f/16 and it took off.
Shame should have dial it before i bring my camera up to eye level. At that situation i've should have used ISO 800 f/13 1/125s +1/3 EV under the shade.

Will try better in future!

Cheers!

[Wackytpt]

This is pure entertainment man!!


SImon like the "big bully"... wahahaha