AMK Park

I took 70 shots and sadly only 3 of them are good enough to show people.
Sweat attract the mozzies and I ended up bitten all over.

The first picture is to identify the location at Ang Mo Kio Park.
[ Opposite AMK Library ]

Took a pretty pink flower to warm up

Tiny droplet of water dangling off a partly chewed leaf. [ Seconds before launch ]

This caterpillar has to be my best effort to date. Taken with 90mm handheld without tripod. Using Nissin di866 with add-on standard cover diffuser.

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More Macro with my 90mm Tamron at Bedok Reservoir Park

The following pictures were taken at Bedok Reservoir Park on a cloudy afternoon.

Flash was a bit harsh on this pic, I need to learn how to diffuse more.
This one was taken with my Nissin di866 with a white translucent party plate cutout placed 
at the filter thread of my lens

This was taken with the same party plate but with the popup flash

Popup flash with party plate, I wanted to get closer but I was currently comfortable with my lens
proximity of about 15cm away from the subject. I didn't want to scare it away. The extended branch that this fly was perching on, was swaying like mad due to perpetual breeze. I had to hold the end tip of this branch with one hand, and with the other hand, hold the heavy Canon 40D singlehandedly and depress the shutter button. I wished I could get closer, I'm sure I'd be able to capture more of the compound eye details if I were to move nearer by another 3-4 cm.

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Futile Macro Attempt

There was a grasshopper whom made a temporary home at my corridor.
It was seen hanging around my money plant for at least 2 days.

So I decided to take a picture of this unexpected guest late one night... Surprisingly, it was still around the same spot..

And now I know, why they say macro photography is not just about the lens.
Besides having to creep up to the subject to within 5cm distance with my intimidating lens, and having to steady my hands with the DSLR that was attached with an external flash. Let's just say that the Canon 40D isn't exactly a lightweight camera.

My hands were shaking uncontrollably when I took the photos and the more I tried to stabilize my hands, the more it shook. I believed I spent 5 minutes at squatting at the corridor, taking more than 10 shots of the same subject within this time and holding the weight of the camera,flash,lens on my hands all this time..

Some slight aching especially on the forearms after the shoot.

Having a macro lens doesn't instantly mean being able to take great macro photos!

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