Gaya Street – Part 2

A friend called me up yesterday morning, saying that there was some kind of a 4x4 event happening at the area.  So grabbed my gear and headed out without delay.  It was the Borneo Safari 2010.  Although there were about a hundred vehicles, I didn’t really go to have a close look at everyone of them due to they only gathered at that place for a short while before they headed into the deep jungle. 

Some of the participants’ machines.

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Macro & Close Up – Part 8

Saw a moth on my washing machine…so…

Gaya Street

Went to Gaya Street again yesterday morning.  I used to bring along my 70-300mm due to it’s just perfect for sniping from a corner.  However, the shutter speed can be slowed especially when zoom all the way to 300mm due to shades along the street market and the narrow aperture.  Not to mention if I want to shoot a close up of something, I will have to stand at the minimum focus distance, which is about 5ft away.  It’s just too inconvenient consider the place is all jam packed.

So, I brought my Nikon 105mm macro lens along yesterday.  After all, it’s one of the reasons I bought this lens, able to shoot macro and portrait with ease.  Besides, with its wide aperture, I can have the shutter speed value higher than the focal length, with ISO-200.  It’s just perfect!

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Some kids.

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Some handicrafts

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An old man having some rest.

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People.

Macro & Close Up – Part 7

 

Saw this thing when I reached home just now.  Don’t ask me, I have no idea what kind of bug is this.

 

A snail on a pillar.

Macro & Close Up – Part 6

We were supposed to go out to do some night photo shooting last night, but due to unforeseen issue, plan was cancelled.  So what did I do?  Macro time, again.

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I think this fellow has got something in its mouth…

A small house fly.  It turned facing the camera while I was trying to get a focus.

Macro & Close Up – Lynx Spider

Just like what people are saying, the best time for bugs macro photography is during midnight.  These were taken at around 3am just now when I was out to my backyard to get some fresh air.  Googled it, and I got its name – Lynx Spider. 

Some Close Up Shots

Went to a new shopping mall yesterday for the Borneo Orchid Show 2010.  I was hoping for some close up shots on those flowers but the air conditioning was blowing on them.  So I only managed to get a few clear shots of some of the orchids.

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It does look like some kind of a fairy-tale object.

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Saw this little “thing” while I was looking at one of the flowers.

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Sunset at the back of the shopping mall.

Macro & Close Up – Part 5

It’s a boring night…so went out to my backyard to look for something small.

 

Hmm…some kind of a flying ant?  Or bee?

 

I don’t know what do you call this insect, but it does look mixed, and weird. :)

Macro & Close Up – Part 4

Photos below are cropped at 50% zoom in Photoshop. 

A flying ant resting on wall.  This is the bigger species. 

 

  This is the tiny spider you always see on your ceiling corner.  This one is wounded, with missing legs.  Probably after duelled with a big flying ant.