liewwk Nature Photography Blog
one of the best model for macro photographer .. weevil, they move slow, cute, and play “death” game with us …
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– very cute weevil, with long neck (male) .. but some with short neck too and very tiny + skittish insect
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– can see the pollen ..
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– one of the cute one
more Weevil
slow on macro .. or think stop for months .. but think I still have too many macro pictures not filter yet ..
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more Damselfly pictures
let’s start share some of my profile pictures 😀
update 2012 Oct 10
update 2 Jul 2012
me in action 2012 Feb @Semporna, Sabah
update 18 June 2012
– start with a blur one .. 2012 May … Batu Bapah with Mok … 20s stad still failed 😀
raining morning and if I am at some where I can find some bugs sure I will go our to look for some with dews on their face … look cool 😀
and if you are lucky …
a beetle that I meet few years back and found it again last year … but last year I saw it kill a wasp (too fast but saw a dead wasp after this beelte land on the same leaf )
make me check more on this beetle
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Staphylinidae
from the government link … it stated
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The haemolymph in the beetle’s entire body (except the wings) contains the most poisonous animal contact toxin in the world called ‘pederin’ (C24 H43 O9 N) named in 1953. It is 12 times more poisonous than cobra venom ! Dried and stored rove beetle for 8 years still retained it’s toxicity !
from http://www.mpsp.gov.my/english/bulletin/RoveBeetle.htm
additional info
http://orcaquest-diary.blogspot.com/2009/04/beware-of-rove-beetle-poisonous-insect.html
http://www.alloexpat.com/malaysia_expat_forum/rove-beetle-invasion-warning-t22963.html
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yes .. I always tell my friends, my picture have minimum PP especially macro pictures .. but I still spend 10 minutes on this picture …..
actually the Post Processing (PP) only spend 1-2 minutes .. but to remove the sensor dusts spots… took ~12-13minutes …
for me … dusts is something really killing .. especially for landscape and macro photography .. hope one day .. camera manufacturer can have better solution for us rather we sit infront of PC for >10 minutes !!!!
went a reserve jungle with my friends and family … and have a quick macro hunting … found a weird assassin bug where it stay close to tress with sticky (white, brown) liquid … and it’s “hand” change from tiny to bigger claw (just look like crab claw) .. not sure what they want to do that .. and if possible I will re-visit and see whether it use for food hunting ? (other insect stuck on the sticky liquid just can go away easily)
have a close view on it’s “claw”
first time I meet this …. and more Assassin bug click
How many of you still sleep with pillow ? 😀 I need pillow to sleep well 😀 , think the lizard have the same feeling too
I love to capture this beetle but too bad this beetle is skittish/shy .. and not easy to get close so have a closer shot .. so most of the shots I use SIGMA150 instead my MP-E65
1. the green one .. and most difficult to get close
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animation make this beetle look scary
a quick share of my new macro setup …..
simply quick test on my new setup on previous post