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During the weekend trip I had the chance to do a little bit of macro, I did wonder into the trees but there were just too many mosquitoes...and damn they were hungry.

I had a little look around the compound but there weren't many subjects and it was super hot..I was of course using the cangih milk bottle diffuser!

The kitchen towel at the front was torn though so it was a little bit harsh, I might try two layers next time for extra diffusion..am out of practise too. Anyway here's what I managed to come up with.

Tiny Grasshopper

Shiny Spider

Long Legs

Colourful Fly, there was a blue one, red one, green one and this gold-ish one.

Green Damselfly

Fruit Fly or Wasp?

Soft Beauty

That's all for now!

So I organised a trip to the butterfly park with Shutter Asia as I wanted to test out my refined skills in Macro photography plus my new Raynox DCR-250 closeup filter and my botol susu flash diffuser.

I have to say it was a success! I'm extremely happy with the pictures, probably the first macro set that I really like - I tried to concentrate more on composition and taking attractive pictures rather than just snapping away and taking documentary pics or trying to get as close as possible.

You can see the pics I took last time here:

Macro at the Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park - Taman Rama-Rama

That was my first Macro outing back in December 2006.

I'll post some pics of the homemade diffuser up now I have a new compact camera - more about that later too

Anyway on to the pics!

My favourite shot of the day - Up close and personal.

Creamy Orange

My second favourite - Feeding time

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We headed over to FRIM again last Saturday with the Shutter Asia gang for some more crawling around in the jungle and getting all leeched up.

Don't let the guards rip you off, it's RM1 per person and RM5 per car. If you are doing commercial shoot such as bridal or wedding it's RM88. Just drive in with your camera in it's bag and you shouldn't have any problems.

We found a good variety of stuff this time (spiders, flies, damselfly, dragonfly, centipede and even a scorpion!)

Caterpillar

Spiny Spider AKA Jewel Spider Eating a MOTH!

Orb Weaver (Not sure which kind)

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The FRIM trip was indeed good, if you want to see the pictures from everyone you can check this thread at Shutter Asia:

Some nature shots from FRIM - April 7th, 2007

There's some very nice shots in there.

It was a lovely sunny day to explore the forest, a little humid though.

We almost didn't spot this scary looking fella as he blended into the undergrowth, he looks a bit like an alien!

We called this log federal highway, termites again (I think?)

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