Macro at Ubin Beaches

[melvynyeo]

These are taken at Ubin with my point and shoot camera... so flash are kinda harsh

Comments appreciated so that I can improve

Sorry... I know this is not macro.

[melvynyeo]

Thanks for viewing.

[damithc]

really nice!
all these without closeup filters?

BTW, how about cropping off the background crab in #2?

[zerofour]

wow the last two is good! Wass the name/creature of 2nd last? Then how do u take that mudskipper coz they scare human nearby them.... mostly will skip back to water or dig into mud... rite?

[amirhamzah1980]

beautiful set of pics . . .

[melvynyeo]

Hi damithc, yap... all these are taken without close up filter. Basically my camera is about 2 to 5cm away from the subject. About the background crab, haha, I waited very long to get this shot guess it doesn't work huh.

Hi zerofour, me also dun know the name... but they are all over the rocky side of the beach. Like the mudskipper, they will hide when you walk near... but will soon comes out. That mudskipper shot was a lucky shot.

Thanks amirhamzah1980

Glad you guys like it

[Federick]

Very nice shots. Particularly like the last shot.
What cam do you use ?

[Papilio]

Very sharp and nice nature shots, Melvyn. Good and eye-pleasing compositions for a number of the crab shots.

[damithc]

Originally Posted by melvynyeo About the background crab, haha, I waited very long to get this shot guess it doesn't work huh.

don't get discouraged. dumb ol me.. didn't notice what you were going for there. i too once squatted for a long time on st. john's island beach for those crabs to come out of their holes. my photos didn't come out as nice as what you have posted here. well done!

[damithc]

Originally Posted by melvynyeo with my point and shoot camera... so flash are kinda harsh

once i tried covering the flash with several layer of tissue paper to soften the light. outcome was not too bad (poor man's omnibounce ? )

[xaer]

Hi Melvin,

Good catch and nice composition... colour saturation could help a little, but this is purely personal.

Cheers

[melvynyeo]

Thanks Papilio for your kind comments

Hi Federick, thanks... I am using Sanyo DSC J1. It's just a simple P&S with 1cm macro.

Hi Damithc, no worry man... will try the tissue method... thanks

Hi Xaer, point noted. Thanks

[megaweb]

Very nice shots esp #1 .. clear and sharp

[Stoned]

If i'm not wrong the layman's term for the second last one is a sea cockroach. *i think*

[juste_millieu]

no close up filter? it is a macro lense?
i like the last one

[azone]

Nice series. I like no. 3 & 5.

[melvynyeo]

Thanks Megaweb, Stoned, Juste millieu and Azone for your kind comments

Glad you guys like it.