A day at Pontian, JB

DeSwitch · 20th February 2006

I ventured out of town to a small Kampung at Pontian during the weekend and here's some of my catch. (mossie bites not shown

)

#1. (white hand fly)

#2. (Hoverfly) I only managed one shot of this fella. I ps to darken the photo due to over exposed

#3. Swinging Spider. Windy condition and tiny spider makes this my most challenging shot. I have to rest after this shot as my eyes was Blur Blur.

#4. Chance upon this group of red ants. Cant resist a shot.

DeSwitch · 20th February 2006

#5. Blue Dragon. I have to stress my hands to shoot as this fella was in the middle of the river. I dont want to step in because its muddy and dirty.

#6. a very busy bee.

melvynyeo · 20th February 2006

For your infor, the first one is commonly known as white hand fly and the second one is a hoverfly. Hope you don't mind me saying, the magnification for #2 can be achieve with only the 90mm... why slap on the +4 closeup and degrade the pict quality

DeSwitch · 20th February 2006

The +4 closeup was already attached and do not have time to unattach it. I only have one shot at the fella and it flew away, never to be seen again for the whole afternoon.

I still have some more shots to upload. Overall took 200+ shots but only about 10% are good enuf. Still learning and experimenting. There are more than 30 Dragonflies spoted, 5 Butts, 2 Spiders, a dozen Damselflies, lots of red ants and not forgeting the millions of Mossies. Nice and cooling place to shoot Macro as its right inside a Jungle.

I didnt bring my tripod and external flash along.

Thanks Melvyn for the ID of the flies.

#5 was taken without the +4 closeup, sorry for the text error on the photo.

DeSwitch · 20th February 2006

More from the trip.

#7. a green leaf insect

#8. A Red Dragon. Plenty of them

#9. A Gold Dragon

#10. Stink Bug #1

#11. Stink Bug #2

DeSwitch · 20th February 2006

#12. Finally I get to see this Butt. (but too bad its over exposed)

#13. A Bright Red Dragon. (my son call it red sword)

DeSwitch · 22nd February 2006

An addition Dragon I missed out.

20th February 2006	#1
DeSwitch Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 1.45N 103.83E Posts: 2,745	A day at Pontian, JB I ventured out of town to a small Kampung at Pontian during the weekend and here's some of my catch. (mossie bites not shown ) #1. (white hand fly) #2. (Hoverfly) I only managed one shot of this fella. I ps to darken the photo due to over exposed #3. Swinging Spider. Windy condition and tiny spider makes this my most challenging shot. I have to rest after this shot as my eyes was Blur Blur. #4. Chance upon this group of red ants. Cant resist a shot. __________________ NPX Multiply Last edited by DeSwitch; 22nd February 2006 at 11:06 AM.

20th February 2006	#2
DeSwitch Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 1.45N 103.83E Posts: 2,745	Re: A day at Pontian, JB #5. Blue Dragon. I have to stress my hands to shoot as this fella was in the middle of the river. I dont want to step in because its muddy and dirty. #6. a very busy bee. __________________ NPX Multiply

20th February 2006	#3
melvynyeo Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,903	Re: A day at Pontian, JB For your infor, the first one is commonly known as white hand fly and the second one is a hoverfly. Hope you don't mind me saying, the magnification for #2 can be achieve with only the 90mm... why slap on the +4 closeup and degrade the pict quality

20th February 2006	#4
DeSwitch Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 1.45N 103.83E Posts: 2,745	Re: A day at Pontian, JB The +4 closeup was already attached and do not have time to unattach it. I only have one shot at the fella and it flew away, never to be seen again for the whole afternoon. I still have some more shots to upload. Overall took 200+ shots but only about 10% are good enuf. Still learning and experimenting. There are more than 30 Dragonflies spoted, 5 Butts, 2 Spiders, a dozen Damselflies, lots of red ants and not forgeting the millions of Mossies. Nice and cooling place to shoot Macro as its right inside a Jungle. I didnt bring my tripod and external flash along. Thanks Melvyn for the ID of the flies. #5 was taken without the +4 closeup, sorry for the text error on the photo. __________________ NPX Multiply

20th February 2006	#5
DeSwitch Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 1.45N 103.83E Posts: 2,745	Re: A day at Pontian, JB More from the trip. #7. a green leaf insect #8. A Red Dragon. Plenty of them #9. A Gold Dragon #10. Stink Bug #1 #11. Stink Bug #2 __________________ NPX Multiply Last edited by DeSwitch; 20th February 2006 at 02:23 PM.

20th February 2006	#6
DeSwitch Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 1.45N 103.83E Posts: 2,745	Re: A day at Pontian, JB #12. Finally I get to see this Butt. (but too bad its over exposed) #13. A Bright Red Dragon. (my son call it red sword) __________________ NPX Multiply Last edited by DeSwitch; 20th February 2006 at 02:28 PM.

22nd February 2006	#7
DeSwitch Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 1.45N 103.83E Posts: 2,745	Re: A day at Pontian, JB An addition Dragon I missed out. __________________ NPX Multiply Last edited by DeSwitch; 22nd February 2006 at 05:34 PM.