Trip to Orchid Garden

xaer · 30th July 2004

Hi.

Thanks to Wheels for going to Orchid Garden together. We had an interesting shoot and here are mine to share.... mostly macros though...

1. My 1st try on Birds... gee they r difficult subjects.

2. My only shot of Orchid...

3. Don't know what kind of eggs these are....

4. My favourite Dragonfly!

xaer · 30th July 2004

5. errr... some find it gross...

6. I think so too.... but it's nature.

7. Well here is a beauty of nature.... in creation process.

8. Just a nice looking fly.

Cheers and happy shooting!

wheels · 30th July 2004

Yo bro,

I like your 4 and 7 man .. and hate your catepillars la .. anyhow, your cam take mean macros man ....

Nice tight teaming with you that day. Let do it again some day.

Smarty · 30th July 2004

Yo Bro,

One word - POWER!

One phrase - Poon Pee Pee!

My fav pic - Hairy eggs on the leaf or eggs on hairy leaf.

2100 · 30th July 2004

Wow....never knew flies could be so colourful.

xaer · 31st July 2004

Originally Posted by wheels

Yo bro,

I like your 4 and 7 man .. and hate your catepillars la .. anyhow, your cam take mean macros man ....

Nice tight teaming with you that day. Let do it again some day.

Alamak... you watch my back and I watch yours mah... quite tricky to catch those zippy sunbirds... but lucky u got a fast cam!

Originally Posted by Smarty

Yo Bro,

One word - POWER!

One phrase - Poon Pee Pee!

My fav pic - Hairy eggs on the leaf or eggs on hairy leaf.

Bro... thanks for ur unfailing support and advice man... next time come with us lah!

Originally Posted by 2100

Wow....never knew flies could be so colourful.

I did not know they were so colourful too.... I wonder what kind of fly is it...

2100 · 1st August 2004

Can i ask something? Where is Mandai Orchid Garden?

Coz from the maps (streetdirectory.com.sg and from www.mandai.com.sg), it's near to the Singapore zoological gardens. So lets say i am coming from Lentor Ave (CTE/SLE), i travel along mandai road and then turn left as one would if he were to go to Singapore Zoological gdn. IS that right?

But i think there is another sign which points to another Mandai Orchid Gdn of sorts on the other side of Mandai Road (going towards Lentor Ave/SLE). Anyone knows what is that?

ccplim · 1st August 2004

Originally Posted by 2100

Can i ask something? Where is Mandai Orchid Garden?

Coz from the maps (streetdirectory.com.sg and from www.mandai.com.sg), it's near to the Singapore zoological gardens. So lets say i am coming from Lentor Ave (CTE/SLE), i travel along mandai road and then turn left as one would if he were to go to Singapore Zoological gdn. IS that right?

But i think there is another sign which points to another Mandai Orchid Gdn of sorts on the other side of Mandai Road (going towards Lentor Ave/SLE). Anyone knows what is that?

Hi bro, along the road that leads up to the zoo, you will come across a small "detour" on the right hand side of the road where you can see the reservior. MOG is just directly opposit it (there's a gate (enterance to MOG) and a bus stop nearby).

2100 · 1st August 2004

ok, thanks.

snowspeeder · 1st August 2004

Nice shots with the dragon fly and the eggs. What lens are you using for this? But I find the Orchid to be rather saggy and aged.

ccplim · 1st August 2004

Originally Posted by 2100

ok, thanks.

You are welcome! Remember to prepare some cash for the enterance fee

Newguy69 · 1st August 2004

Hi bro,

Love the pictures of both your flies (dragonfly & ...sorie don't know the name of that colourful fly)

. Very sharp and very detailed. So far I'm not fated to shoot insects because always kana out of focus.

Cheers

xaer · 1st August 2004

Originally Posted by 2100

Can i ask something? Where is Mandai Orchid Garden?

Coz from the maps (streetdirectory.com.sg and from www.mandai.com.sg), it's near to the Singapore zoological gardens. So lets say i am coming from Lentor Ave (CTE/SLE), i travel along mandai road and then turn left as one would if he were to go to Singapore Zoological gdn. IS that right?

But i think there is another sign which points to another Mandai Orchid Gdn of sorts on the other side of Mandai Road (going towards Lentor Ave/SLE). Anyone knows what is that?

Sorry 2100, I was not logged in the forum recently, but I think CCPLIM gave very good/on the mark directions

... and yeah it's $3 on the weekdys. Not sure about weekends.

Originally Posted by snowspeeder

Nice shots with the dragon fly and the eggs. What lens are you using for this? But I find the Orchid to be rather saggy and aged.

I am using a prosumer lens... About the aged looking Orchid, it seems that the species all look like that... that's why it attracted me... instead of the "traditional" beautiful looking ones (Which I shot too).

Originally Posted by Newguy69

Hi bro,

Love the pictures of both your flies (dragonfly & ...sorie don't know the name of that colourful fly) . Very sharp and very detailed. So far I'm not fated to shoot insects because always kana out of focus.

Cheers

Hi 69... u won't believe the amount of dancing I had to do with these insects...b4 shooting them... at the end of it, I was sweating like a pig!... bet the dragonflies must be lauging their ass off... that's why they stopped to let me shoot! (in focus)

geoyip · 2nd August 2004

I like 4 n 8, nice sharpness n colors

30th July 2004	#1
xaer Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 323	Trip to Orchid Garden Hi. Thanks to Wheels for going to Orchid Garden together. We had an interesting shoot and here are mine to share.... mostly macros though... 1. My 1st try on Birds... gee they r difficult subjects. 2. My only shot of Orchid... 3. Don't know what kind of eggs these are.... 4. My favourite Dragonfly!

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Newguy69 Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Third rock from the Sun Posts: 1,773	Hi bro, Love the pictures of both your flies (dragonfly & ...sorie don't know the name of that colourful fly) . Very sharp and very detailed. So far I'm not fated to shoot insects because always kana out of focus. Cheers Last edited by Newguy69; 1st August 2004 at 10:39 PM.

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geoyip Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 943	I like 4 n 8, nice sharpness n colors __________________ active media studio: Web ~ Photography

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xaer Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 323	5. errr... some find it gross... 6. I think so too.... but it's nature. 7. Well here is a beauty of nature.... in creation process. 8. Just a nice looking fly. Cheers and happy shooting!

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wheels Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: LONG KAO Posts: 903	Yo bro, I like your 4 and 7 man .. and hate your catepillars la .. anyhow, your cam take mean macros man .... Nice tight teaming with you that day. Let do it again some day.

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Smarty Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 67	Yo Bro, One word - POWER! One phrase - Poon Pee Pee! My fav pic - Hairy eggs on the leaf or eggs on hairy leaf.

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2100 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,116	Wow....never knew flies could be so colourful.

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snowspeeder Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: 35A East Coast Rd Posts: 3,435	Nice shots with the dragon fly and the eggs. What lens are you using for this? But I find the Orchid to be rather saggy and aged.