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a spider that not easy to spot as comouflage well if it do not show up .. and the movement is super fast …
this is how the “home” look like ….
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update 2013 Jan 14
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Macro collection@liewwkphoto.com
many different kind of spider .. cute and range from very small to huge … normally allow get close …
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update 2013 Jan 16
update 2013 Jan 14
update 2013 Jan 2
update 2012 Nov 29
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found this at Borneo Tropical Rainforest Resort (while we have our night walk), a place worth to visit for macro outing, found tarantulas, caterpillar mimic snake .. fresh air …
update 2012 Oct 3
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The bird dropping spider (Celaenia excavata) derives its name from mimicking bird droppings to avoid predators, mainly birds. …
a spider that easy to capture as it seldom move .. as it pertain as a bird drop …
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my “big small eye” spider been published as front page Aperture magazine (Malaysia)
beside picture sharing some tips for both MACRO and landscape too for both July-Aug 2012.
my original image
a capture when I have my practical session with my MACRO workshop …
a wolf spider mummy carrying her baby around …
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more Spider
a quick share of my new macro setup …..
simply quick test on my new setup on previous post
I witness a ant-mimic male guide or seem protect the female .. I was observe it (~10-15min) hope for something interesting happen among the male A (with tag) and female
but suddenly another male (Male B) turn up and try to fight with the male (it happen so fast (<1-2s) and they end up at this position …
after the Male A got kill, male B look at the female for a while outside the web … but the female just run away …. (even before I can try to give her a close up shot)
some of my Ant-mimic spider collection
http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=326
and was with my update lighting setup
I was there (drive ~20km) for a robberfly which I met one day before (and I don;t have my macro gears with me)…
but accidentally found this Ant-mimic for me .. never see this type … and not only new found but I witness an amazing moment … the both male fight for something !!!!!… (will share the other picture to show what it fight for later … need to little stack work on that)
and the moment they fight …
not a most beautiful ant-mimic that I saw before but this is a beautiful one too …
few types of Ant-mimic collection
1. An ant mimic spider of the genus myrmarachne that mimic Tetraponera rufonigra ant
2. … Ant-mimic crab | Amyciaea lineatipes having prey …
3. Ant-mimic jumping spider | 蟻蛛 (male)
4. very common black myrmarachne
Spider collection by liewwk
Every macro shot that I shoot, I trying my best to get few focus shot to increase my MACRO picture DOF which previously discuss how I stack it @ How I increase MACRO DOF . Because of that, I always shoot few shots before I stop and while I am shooting I will not leave the insect but keep monitor them… some time, they will so some action which may attract me to capture the action to make it as an animation to show …
And one of very early day share
another Tiger beetle
How Young Tiger performance
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2750/4066074743_9d5ab59482_o.gif
How mature Tiger performance
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2779/4066071239_5f6aaf5a87_o.gif
and … this is 😀
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2427/4066076445_03b911fc6b_o.gif
Let me share how I make my gif file… there are many software can make that but I use only Photoshop to create the animation gif file …
1. load the file into stack
2. if you doing this with full size it need a lot of memory to work on .. so normally resize before load into single stack. it will align the pictures …
3. crop the main object so all the picture in same size and same location
4. from the left panel (layer) save file by file with the new orientation and size
5. after save all the file , load it again into a stack
6. click on Windows –> Animation
7. from the animation window, choose all the files, or re-order the files. highlight all then choose the time for each picture to appear
8. save as web, choose gif file … then the gif file animation is ready
and my final result
