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Moulting of the Black and Golden Cicada
It has been several weeks, and pictures of beautiful black and gold cicadas (Huechys fusca) emerging from their moult were popping up everywhere. I had to go visit it, but did not want to add on to the...
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Twig Spider @ Macro Marathon
Thanks to Victor for organizing the overnight trip to Pulau Ubin. We boarded the last boat at 8pm and returned to mainland only at 6:30am. In between was nothing but bug hunting and a macro marathon!...
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The Majestic Dead Leaf Mantis
The dead leaf mantis as its name implies, mimics dead leaves and remains well hidden when perched on dead leaf litter. It has a distinctive large shield on its back and the entire body appears to have...
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Eureka EDC-51 Dry Cabinet
I have recently been invited to try out the Eureka EDC-51 dry cabinet, in conjunction with the Singapore launch of the Eureka series of dry cabinets on 1 Oct 2013. Eureka is a popular dry cabinet brand...
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Back-lit Macro Attempts
Back-lighting is not a conventional way to light up subjects in nature and especially in macro photography, because it is inherently difficult to carry or manipulate the lights around a tiny subject...
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2013 Macro Highlights
2013 has been an eventful year in my macro journey. Fired about 33,000 macro shots and uploaded close to 6,000 photos - at least 4 out of 5 photos taken were either duplicates (for insurance!) or not...
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Nikoi Island's Micro World Day 1
Nikoi Island [ Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 ]I had the opportunity to do an arthropod survey in Nikoi Island, a private resort island located 8km east of Bintan. It is a beautiful little island (probably...
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5 unique ways to document our micro nature
My personal style of macro photography is closer to that of nature documentation than that of art. To me, it is more important to get a record shot (i.e. less than ideal quality but still... I got a...
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The Peculiar Shaped Petai Flower
We were doing our usual roaming, looking for interesting arthropods, when a heavy object dropped from the sky and hit my arm. It appeared to be a flower, and had a peculiar shape that drew the awkward...
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2014 Macro Photography Highlights
2014 has been relatively quiet, but littered with many memorable shots. I made 46 field trips this year and maintained a relatively consistent lens and flash setup unlike earlier years. This year, I...
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Meet the Multi-Headed Caterpillar
Multi-headed creatures seemed to exist only in mythology and science fiction... until now. Meet the multi-headed caterpillar - it sports multiple heads, with the next head hovering above smaller than...
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Spider Creates Fake Spider Using Trash
Cyclosa is a genus of spiders commonly known as trashline orb web spiders that tend to collect detritus and decorate them on its web. This detritus could be made from carcasses of their prey,...
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Ever Wondered What Snail Embryos Looked Like?
We often see terrestrial snails loitering in the foliage, but have ignored them because they were too common. Their eggs however, were less common but still ignored as they looked really plain. It...
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Macro Photography Workshop - BugShot Belize 2015
Photo of Lanternfly ©John Abbott I am honoured to be one of the instructors at the coming BugShot Belize 2015 alongside highly acclaimed macro photographers Alex Wild, John Abbott and Thomas Shahan. It...
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Peekaboo False Eyes of a Hawkmoth Caterpillar
Hawkmoth (Sphingidae) larvae, or caterpillars, can grow to relatively large sizes. Some of them may sport two prominent spots above their heads which appear to mimic eyes. Some may be thought to be...
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The Plushy, Squishy Velvet Worm
The Velvet Worm (Onychophora) looks like a plush toy. It looks squishy. And it's darn cute. Our night would've been a dull walk had it not been for the sighting of this beautiful multi-legged worm....
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Tawau Hills Day 1
[ Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 ] I had been wanting to visit Sabah for the longest time, but clashed schedules and many other issues held it back until this year. I was more than impressed by...
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Tawau Hills Day 2
[ Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 ] After our first night in the wet trails, we couldn't wait to explore the same trails in the day. The sun rose an hour earlier than in Singapore, and the...
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Tawau Hills Day 3
[ Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 ] Day 3 at Tawau Hills was littered with several unexpected surprises, but our main goal for the day was to capture shots of Pyrops whiteheadi, popularly known...
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Tawau Hills Day 4
[ Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 ] We had been getting about 4 hours of sleep each day and by day 4, we really needed lots of bugs to keep us going. The good news is, the bugs lived up to our...
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