Macro - Yellow Orb Weaver Spider

It’s been more then 2 month the last time I went for macro shot. Well lucky I still able to get hang of it. I found this yellow orb weaver spider and a wasp grub is hanging on it’s abdomen sucking the nutrition out from it’s body. It will suck the spider  fluid slowly for 2 weeks until it’s dead. Watch the video here posted by Orionmystery for how the wasp grub manage to survive.

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Macro–Jumping Spider with prey

I brought back this jumping spider to my home because I’m unable to shot this spider on location. Why? Because there’s too much mosquito on that area and I did not prepare for it lol. So I put inside a plastic container and catch a mosquito to feed it at night then I take out my dslr and shoot it when it’s eating the prey. I have so much fun and exited watching the spider catching the prey flying around the plastic container. The Jumping spider did not move much after the mouth is full with food..lol. Enjoy the rest of the pics.

 

All picture were shot with Tamron SP AF90 attach with Raynox DCR-250. So the magnification of all the picture is around 2:1 if I’m not mistaken.

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Macro–Golden Spiky Ants–Battle of the Titan II

I have no idea what are they fighting for. This 2 Golden Spiky Ants is battle it all out while there are few others watching at the side. It is like watching historical movie in Ancient Rome, the Battle of the Titan. This is the 2nd time I shot this ants fight. The link for the first shot I took few month way back is here Battle of the Titan I. This Golden Spiky Ant is easier to shoot as they are not too actively moving much like their other species the Black Spiky Ants.

And here it is the Golden Spiky Ant is posing before the fight begins.

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Macro–Fruit Fly Mating

This is actually my 2nd fruit fly mating picture. The first quality is quite bad as the fruit fly tend to be very small in size. This photo I took is about 40% crop of the original 1:1 magnification and it still look small..lol. With this photo taken, it is proven the fruit fly generation will be secure .

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Macro–Red Weaver Ants

Even though the weaver ant’s is a little bit our of focus, but I still upload it to my flickr because I like the lighting and colors contrast between the ant’s and the green leaf. It make this picture wonderful. I do not have much picture of weaver ant’s but hopefully I will able to get some decent shot one day and share with you guys.

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Macro–Shy little Yellow Crab Spider

Found a quite shy little yellow crab spider during my regular weekend bug’s hunt. it’s not moving an inch and I event thought it was dead. But on closer look …. it’s still ALIVEE!!!!!. Anyway I’m glad it’s into my collection once again and thanks to my regular macro partner who actually spotted it first. As usual do visit my flickr account for more.

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Macro–My first Giraffe Weevil

Yosh, finally I’ve got my first Giraffe Weevil, even though I only manage to get 1 acceptable shot, but then I’m happy it’s got into my collection.

The male Giraffe Weevil has a long neck then the female. Actually I’ve shot the female but the subject is totally out of focus so I delete it lol. You can see the video below which I shot 1 week before where I totally could not get near the Giraffe Weevil because it was too far and I only manage to shot video of its.

3 Giraffe Weevil out of my reach!

And so there you hope you enjoy 1 of my pics and hopefully there’s more Giraffe Weevil to be captured… (in my dslr of coz) lol. Cheers

Macro - Hoverfly

Got my first Hoverfly @ Cheruk Tokun. It is really hard to capture as it kept flying around. This picture is taken at magnification 1:1. Happy viewing..wa laaa.

Macro - Hairy Caterpillar

Found this Hairy Caterpillar at Cherok Tokun, Penang where it kinda of small and very active.

It run pretty fast and i’m having hard time getting a sharp picture.

This is the only sharp picture i get before heavy rain. Thanks for viewing. All picture taken using Tamron SP AF90 with Sony Alpha A580.

My new Sony A580 – Macro

Bought new mid range DSLR Camera the Sony A580. Still going through the manual and did some macro test shot this evening @ Cherok Tokun.

Happy with the result of this camera. Picture above is the soldier fly capture in around 1.3:1 magnification.

Macro @ Cherok To’kun II

Added a few bugs to my new list and one of it is the Shield Bug and Assassin Bug as below. Still a bit out of focus on the eyes, but then i’m happy with it since the quality of the flash is great with my newly done macro snoot diffuser. I will post how my diffuser looks like (do not vomit when you see it) in the next post.

Shield Bug

Assassin Bug

That’s all. Thanks for viewing and until next time my DIY snoot diffuser lol.

Macro @ Cherok To’kun I

When to Cherok To’kun for solo Bug hunting along the hiking trail. Get few bugs but then the result not satisfying enough. Hash flash and focusing is the main problem. Will practice harder on next trip. Anyway below is the picture took today on Cherok To’kun.

Beetle

 

Cherok Tokun

Cherok Tokun a small little tourist spot or to be exact place for people taking exercise (walking up to the mountain) , Currently the place are under renovation surrounding the Cherok Tokun to attract more visitor. Photo taken with Sony A330 DSLR



The waterfall is taken with Shutter Priority mode. I've try to make a longer shutter but end up the photo is over expose.

ISO: 100 |Exposure: 1/3 sec |Aperture: 18.0 |Focal Length: 28mm




The water flow down from the waterfall above taken with Shutter priority mode ISO: 100 |Exposure: 0.8 sec |Aperture: 36.0 |Focal Length: 50mm