Today's catch at the botanic gardens.

• av98m

  26 Jan 09, 22:30

  I think we can safely say that most of the people here will prefer to see flower pics than insect pics

• kopiosatu

  26 Jan 09, 22:37

  i wanna see insect pics.

  but gotta be like the polish bastard

• hisoka

  26 Jan 09, 22:40

  faint LF see flower also can think of food

• LOTUSfairy

  26 Jan 09, 22:40

  i think av insect pics are really nice...

  i simply cannot see, or shoot the insects...

  but poking them no prob...hahaha

• LOTUSfairy

  26 Jan 09, 22:41

  Originally posted by hisoka:

  faint LF see flower also can think of food

  
  lucky i dun like insect as food...hahahaa..

  then av has no subjects to take pics :)

• LOTUSfairy

  26 Jan 09, 22:44

  

   

• FireIce

  26 Jan 09, 23:29

  wonder how they taste when deep-fried......

• sinicker

  26 Jan 09, 23:33

  i was at botanic gardens snapping pictures too! from abt 3.50pm to 5.30pm?

• kenn3th

  26 Jan 09, 23:34

  yuck..

  cold storage sells those.. flower chips.. fried flower petals.. - first few bites.. wow, nice.. then.. i vomitted.. 

• LOTUSfairy

  26 Jan 09, 23:41

  Originally posted by sinicker:

  i was at botanic gardens snapping pictures too! from abt 3.50pm to 5.30pm?

  
  we were there too...arrived about 4pm...and left about 6pm..

  erh..how u look like..? i saw a few carrying huge dslr too.. concentrate and working hard taking pics too :)

• sinicker

  26 Jan 09, 23:46

  Originally posted by LOTUSfairy:

  
  we were there too...arrived about 4pm...and left about 6pm..

  erh..how u look like..? i saw a few carrying huge dslr too.. concentrate and working hard taking pics too :)

  lol... yeah my dslr not huge lah. lens small small only.

• LOTUSfairy

  26 Jan 09, 23:47

  Originally posted by sinicker:

  lol... yeah my dslr not huge lah. lens small small only.

  
  post some pics here :)  we all learn together :)

• sinicker

  26 Jan 09, 23:56

  Originally posted by LOTUSfairy:

  
  post some pics here :)  we all learn together :)

  sure. resizing them now.
  
  i wore jeans with a brown polo-t. with a female friend who also wore a brown tee.
  
  and both wearing shades.. if it helps.

• sinicker

  26 Jan 09, 23:57

  went to botanic gardens hort park henderson waves.

• LOTUSfairy

  27 Jan 09, 00:21

  is the female friend help u take your tripod one?

• sinicker

  27 Jan 09, 00:37

  Originally posted by LOTUSfairy:

  is the female friend help u take your tripod one?

  nope. we didnt use the tripod at botanic gardens.

• sinicker

  27 Jan 09, 00:56

  

  

  

  

  

  
  pictures are not watermarked. too tired already.....

• av98m

  27 Jan 09, 08:25

  Originally posted by kopiosatu:

  i wanna see insect pics.

  but gotta be like the polish bastard

  
  wah lau, the polish bastard is damned good

• Gedanken

  27 Jan 09, 13:51

  Hey, cool shots, guys - excellent DOF control for the bug shots!  

  I've been busy taking photos of the Australian Open - posted them here.

• LOTUSfairy

  27 Jan 09, 16:55

  i couldnt get bees pics as nice...i WENT BACK TO SENTOSA AGAIN this morning...and still cannot get it.argghhh..

  but on consolation i got really cute pics...

   

  BEE IN GLORY !!

  

• Rhonda

  27 Jan 09, 17:09

  LF, why does it look as if the bee is curled up around a light bulb of sorts?  The 'bee' also looks more like one of those giant flying ants.  Mysterious photo...

• LOTUSfairy

  27 Jan 09, 17:19

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  LF, why does it look as if the bee is curled up around a light bulb of sorts?  The 'bee' also looks more like one of those giant flying ants.  Mysterious photo...

  
  the bee actually was doing it work...nectar-ing inside the morning glory flower.

  my friend spotted it inside and we start shooting it..

  it bor chap us and carried on its work...

   

  cute huh?? hahaha

• elindra

  28 Jan 09, 10:40

  Very nice pictures

• av98m

  28 Jan 09, 11:30

  Originally posted by LOTUSfairy:

  i couldnt get bees pics as nice...i WENT BACK TO SENTOSA AGAIN this morning...and still cannot get it.argghhh..

  but on consolation i got really cute pics...

   

  BEE IN GLORY !!

  

  ooooh I like this one

• zoragirl

  28 Jan 09, 13:14

  Originally posted by av98m:

  last one!

  

  
  i like this one....

  one question : are the wings red in colour or am i colour-blind ?