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–Black Ants Mimic Spider

This picture actually taken last year during Penang Butterfly Insect showcase last year at 2010. Found it at the entrance from the car park outside. Most people would assume this is a spider but actually it’s an Ants mimic spider species. I do not know what is the family name or scientific name coz I’m not an expert in this sort of stuff..lol.

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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–Black Spiky Ants eating

Shot this beautiful Black Spiky Ants. I do not know the ants is eating when I’m shooting, only I knew when I open it at my laptop for post processing. I would have no chance to shoot this ant's because they area actually not a very good models. They move around non stop..lol. At the picture you can see the leaf below is bending, that’s because I use my other finger to bend the leaf and move it closer to my lens to shoot.

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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 Bug hunt @ Botanical Garden Penang

Found this Colorful Leafhopper during my Macro Bug Hunt @ Botanical Garden which made this #2 in my Cicadas List here and enjoy the rest of the pics :)

The area i’m hunting has alot of this Harvestman, which kind of everywhere.

 

Yosh another Weevil found on my way back to the car, abit disappointed coz i forgot to bring my Raynox DCR-250 during my outing or else i might get bigger magnification of this beautiful super small weevil, about 2-3mm in size :). Thanks for viewing.

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

 

Macro: Lemon & Kiwi

Try out fruit macro using Lemon and Kiwi. The result?? Ok..but not what i expected to be.

Lemon on a clear glass with soda’s.

Slice Kiwi fruit with wireless flash from behind to get dark background.

Quite not satisfied with the result. Will buy more kiwi, lemon and others fruit for practice. Thanks for viewing..cheers

Butterfly Farm Aug 2010 @ Teluk Bahang

Back to Butterfly Farm with my new macro lens the Tamron SP AF90mm for practice shoot and i’m still learning :). You can see my last Butterfly Farm shot last January here and see the different between normal kit lens with macro lens. Let’s enjoy some of the pics i took today at Butterfly Farm @ Teluk Bahang.