Entries from May 2008

Natural Imagery Photography Blog

Date May 30, 2008

Clay Bolt of Natural Imagery blog says this blog is among his Top 10 Macro Photography Blogs and Websites.

These Are No Macro Shots But I Can’t Resist Posting Them Here

Date May 30, 2008

These two photos are taken as I was riding a cable car towards Genting Highlands Theme Park on Tuesday, May 27.

Cable Car To Genting Highlands

I like the ironic interplay of the mist and the cables. The mist was supposed to blur things but in this case, it has instead highlighted the subject, namely the car and the cables.

Macro Announcement: What They Say…

Date May 17, 2008

Starting sometime next week, I’ll be introducing a new feature on this blog called “What they say…”

It’s about camera review and what the Top 5 camera review sites say about certain camera models. It is designed to help me to learn more about camera models as well as to help you make a decision when buying a camera.

A Macro Shot Of Tiny Ants

Date May 16, 2008

Less than 2mm. That is the size of these tiny ants, too small to capture the their details, even with a macro lens.

Ants

Snail Macro Photography

Date May 15, 2008

Snail 046

Snail 049Snail 035Snail macro photography. Slow moving or not, snails are quite a difficult subject to photograph, especially while they are perching on loose leaves. Like this little one here. But as the saying goes, time and patience will bring the snail to Jerusalem.

Animal Lanterns

Date May 13, 2008

The Singapore Night Safari used to display animal lanterns (picture below) in its compound. Several months ago, I went there to find they have had been removed.

Singapore Night Safari

Which is a pity because they are quite spectacular during night time.

How Speedy Is Your Speed Reading?

Date May 10, 2008

Mine is just medium fast, between 300-350 words per minute. But with the help of reading accelerator, I can do faster.

Speedreader

This is the dial on the accelerator which you can adjust to suit your reading speed.

Kitten By The Roadside

Date May 7, 2008

I was driving the other day when I almost run over a kitten by the roadside. Alone, dirty and terrified, the kitten scurried back into the bushes.

Kitten

I had wanted to continue with the journey but the kids wouldn’t allow, not before I wormed my way into the bushes and picked up the kitten.

Kitten

This picture is taken a week after the rescue.

The Way To Fly A Dragonfly

Date May 4, 2008

When I was small dragonfly was my favourite insect. The other was ant. Somehow I got the idea that the inventor of helicopter got their inspirations from observing a dragonfly.

But I had not been kind to both of my favourite insects. For instance, I used to attach strings to dragonflies to make dragonfly kites.

DragonFly

I would run into the open field with my hand holding the other end of the strings and the dragonflies, in their attempt to break free, would flutter their wings and float in the air.

If my parents found out however, they would scold me and told me to respect all living things and not to harm them.

Ants

Date May 2, 2008

Ant 101