Archive for March, 2009

Butterfly Farm

March 30, 2009

A continuation from my previous post here. My shots on some butterfly and other stuff with a Canon 100mm Macro and a Sigma 150mm macro lens. I’ve also came to respect these macro shooters as they really need super steady hands to do these shots. It was easy and all at first but after 4 hours or more…you can really feel you hands not listening to you.

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hello world!

It seems that the colorful butterflies don’t quite like taking pictures and the ones which has dark colors love to..reason said is because they seem to keep flying whenever you are near and the black ones wont move at all no matter how near you approach it.

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I never knew they love pineapples…

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up close and personal….never knew that thing can they have can be rolled up.

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Jiminy Cricket

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lunch time!

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closest I can get to this dudebutterflyfarm01_21

badly framed shot..but nonetheless I love it. How often can you get to shoot a grasshopper from below :) butterflyfarm01_24

I got no idea what is this dude and what is that liquidbutterflyfarm01_25

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must be suffering from a hang over…

there’s some really nice tiny flowers there too…butterflyfarm_flower01

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ok this isn’t tiny

but this is.
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looks a bit like monkey cups..mini version

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Kuala Lumpur Bird Park

March 23, 2009

Finally I’ve cleaned up some hardisk space so that I am able to process/resize some of my pictures. I know this has been on hold for really long. January 19 till today… man am I good in procrastinating. Anyways since we’re still on the topic of birds…let me take this opportunity to share some pictures of more birds.

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this is one naughty bugger which kept on following us as we were shooting.

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fishing?

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kinda forgot what was this bird call…pea..foul?ahaha random guess.

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tell me birds don’t kiss….

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and I’ll prove you wrong.

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I really love these parakeets, their colors really strike out on my camera!
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I love his colors too…reminds me of those cartoon character…so..er..perfect?
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lots of peacock there…
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and also birds that show off…
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and birds that complain
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perfect moment! look closely and you’ll see dust and stuff being swing out from him..

The day I learn to respect bird shooters….man it is not easy at all to capture flying moments!
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lastly..playful birds…
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A guest at my home

March 4, 2009

My mother seem to have luck in finding abandon birdie’s the last time she found one which was very young and could not fly at all. Poor baby must have fell from it’s nest or something and I got no idea how my mother found it. It stayed for about 3 days or so and finally gave up living its life. We tried to feed it but I guess it was more heart broken and home sick.

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Not too sure what kind of bird it is, but it looked like a crow

This time my mother found a smaller size bird..which is almost as long as my middle finger…but this time I think its one of those lil brown sparrows around. It’s definately smaller but it seems to be older and much more mature, with its’ feather all grown and all. It cold also fly a lil now. So far it’s been good and still surviving. Before today we had to force it to eat by placing the food in its mouth but today he’s already eating on his own…and it also responds to my mothers call. It would fly to her hands when its being called…which is quite cute and suprising. :)

here’s the pics of this lil fellow…we’ve not given him a name yet.
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If anyone here knows anything bout bringing up a bird and training it to feed/find food on its own please do contact me. Would really like to have this lil fellow be free when it’s ready.

Been waiting for a while to go out and find waterfalls around Hulu Langat area, and finally had the time to do so. Sungai Gabai, or Gabai Waterfalls according to some people is amazingly nice and really beautiful in the early mornings. I must say tho this time I shot very little shots of the waterfall but I’m very much happy with most of the outcome.

Upon arrival to Sg Gabai waterfalls you would have to climb up a long steep staircase to the top where the picnic area is. The journey up isn’t all boring as there are some rest stops and with might fine view of this really steep waterfall. I would recomend this place to anyone who loves nature or would like to escape from the busy streets of KL to just relax and have fun. It’s best to go on a weekday if possible or early in the weekends as there’s alot of people going there and according to the parking attendant the parking stretch can be as long as 1KM!

Enjoy the pictures :)

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Steamy morning
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here’s another
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I enjoy playing with the sun rays alot

one of my fav!
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I like this too but there’s a lil flaw if you can spot it.
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Another fav :)
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