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    Birds and pishing, re Mangrove Pitta

    Hello, just a note (from an individual who witnessed questionable practices at Pasir Ris Park) to highlight the acts of some so-called nature photographers. I'd hope it's not anyone active here. :) Birders Behaving Badly « G33k5p34k excerpt: "The last straw came, however, when the pitta...
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    WTSell: Lens - Tamron (CanonMount) Tamron 10-24mm F3.5-4.5

    Advertisement Category: Want To Sell (WTS) Equipment Type: Lens Equipment Brand: Tamron (CanonMount) Equipment Model: Tamron 10-24mm F3.5-4.5 Price (S$): $725 Description: Ultra-wide angle lens suitable for landscape, architecture and street photography. Only for crop sensor bodies (so not...
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    Tom Ang in Scence City Singapore on CNA

    British photographer goes on a phototour of this island with nothing to see or shoot tonight on CNA: see trailer at http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2009/09/2-sep-fri-scene-city-singapore-semakau.html
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    Macros around local parks

    Some recent photos from various locations. All taken handheld with Canon 40D with 100mm macro or MP-E 65 mm. Red tent spider (Cyrtophora unicolor), about an inch long, at Sg Buloh Wetland Reserve. This spider is quite common but mostly overlooked. If you see a messy web with lots of dead...
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    Earth Day in Singapore for young and old

    At the Botanic Gardens!! The Botany Centre is the newly renovated part of the Gardens at the Tanglin Road entrance (across the road from Gleneagles Hospital) and there is now a herbarium, library and food centre. See map here: http://www.sbg.org.sg/tanglincore/tanglincore.asp
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    Granite mining to resume at Ubin: go see the place before it's gone

    As announced in this news item http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/269297/1/.html , this abandoned quarry which is now totally unproductive and filled with things like pitcher plants, jungle fowl, lush vegetation and birds will soon be a bustling hub of industry and...
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    A few macro pix from the roadside

    taken by Tanglin Road (forested area just before Botanic Gardens). Didn't bring tripod or monopod so sharpness/depth of field not that great. The main photo album collection is on my flickr site:
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    Price of that perfect shot

    Birding photographers are valuable members of the larger nature-loving community, as both learners of local wildlife and sharers of its secrets. Sometimes, unfortunately, a few take their efforts to get a good shot a bit too far, as shown in this post and its comments...
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    Bird threat

    Not a photo post, but I came across this article in the NY Times which sounds ominous: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/world/asia/08singapore.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1163079467-VEfe/tp6s+ZrV2g8mZVUug relevant excerpt: "Mr. Lim, 54, is on the front lines of a battle for...