我們可以從蜻蜓身上學到一件事 There is one thing we can learn from a Dragonfly ...

Perseverance and Patience 

...

对抗 Antagonism ...

Confrontation is

not always a good thing

...

KL Orchid & Hibiscus Park

一次机会的生命 We only live once and so ...

Let your senses go wild
everyday
...

@ KL Orchid & Hibiscus Park

梦醒后的遗憾 Regrets when dream awake ...

The only time we are really alone
is in our own dreams
...

面對面 Face to Face ...

There's always a story behind
 every meet of two strangers
...

KL Orchid & Hibiscus Park

國慶日 Happy Independence Day ...

my wish for our nation,
'good governance' and 'harmony'
in our
multi-racial and multi-religious country 
...

KL Hibiscus Park

OMD EM1 m.zuiko 60mm

ISO 200 f4 @ 1/640

打情骂俏 Love is in the air ...

Plain and simple, photography is not easy, 

one has to make an effort to take good pictures, 

to find meaning in the ordinary
 ...

Hibiscus Garden KL

Nikon D90 Tamron 90 mm f2.8 Di

ISO 200 f7.1 1/200

又见蜻蜓 A morning with dragonflies ...

Insects are perhaps the most challenging,

 yet gratifying macro subjects to photograph.
 ...

Hibiscus Garden, 

KL Lake Gardens

Nature's dessert 大自然的甜点 ...

Close your eyes, please

and imagine you are a butterfly 

wondering around some beautiful blossoms

...

and now open your eyes 

now that's the butterfly's dessert

every day from nature

...

Red and White 红白 ...

Hibiscus Park, KL 
吉隆坡芙蓉园

Red and White
红白 ...

My first Project for 2010 今年的第一个项目 ..

My first Project for 2010
今年的第一个项目 ...

Over the weekend, I was posting photos from our Cameron Highlands trip 

from last year November ...

Before the year end last week, I was pondering on what genre of

photography I should be working on for my first project ...

上周末，我发布我们去年十一月在金马仑之旅的旅行照片 ...

今年年底前的最后一周，我仍然思考什么会是我今年的第一个摄影项目 ...

When I picked up my Camera on Saturday last week, I had my
mind set on macro for my first project of this year ...

然而上周六, 当我拿起我的相机，我肯定了今年我第摄影的第一个项目...

In 2010, It has always never been easy to photograph macro as
 I do not use a flash, but does a flash really provide all the answers to macro photography ...

在2010年时，微距摄影一直从来不是容易的项目，

因为我不使用闪光灯...

但到底闪光灯是不是真正的提供所有微距拍摄的答案...

I actually find it difficult to move around with the flash on the camera,
and I don't need my picture the size of a wall; so I resort to
higher ISO and exposure compensation as well as
look for as much natural light source ...

对我来说,有个闪光灯在照相机上真的感觉不舒服;

我也不需要我的照片有墙面这么大的尺寸，

所以我只使用更高的ISO和曝光补偿以及尽可能寻找充足的自然光源 ...

This method of photographing macro may take a longer time and not all opportunity
and conditions are possible (which may not be perfect) without the flash,
but I am not a perfectionist yet, so for now; these results will do for me ...

这种微距摄影的方法，也许不是完美的;

而仍然我不是一个完美主义者，所以现在，这些结果我是接受的 ...

The series of shots are done at ISO 640 at F11 Aperture
(using Aperture Priority) with
around -1 exposure compensation
with a lot of natural sunlight on mid-afternoon 1st day of January 2011
using a Nikon D90 and Tamron 90mm Macro lens ...

该系列的拍摄是键在 ISO640 F11 光圈

（使用光圈优先）和围绕-1曝光补偿

使用D90相机和腾龙90毫米微距镜头...

Streams of Consciousness 意识流 ...

Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated 

by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nanometres. In the subtractive color system, 

it is not a primary color, but is created out of a mixture of yellow and blue, or yellow and cyan; 

it is considered one of the additive primary colors.

But that is just so boring ...

as Green is just about LIFE ...

The biggest environmental challenge we face is educating people

about preserving the green environments we have ...

So much has been said but so little has been done ...

In the city without green, I see emptiness ...

The EXCITEMENT and ENCHANTMENT

of Green makes the world 

a better place to live ...

Closer and Closer 越走越近 ...

I have frequented the Kuala Lumpur Hibiscus Park for the past few months ...

It is anyhow the National flower of the country ... 

The Tropical Hibiscus variety grows fairly easily in the tropics ...

 but however the blossoms are much larger in colder climates such as
those found at Cameron Highlands in the State of Pahang ... 

I shall posts these larger species of Hibiscus from Cameron Highlands later ....

Do you know that Hibiscus blossoms are edible .....

Unless completely assured that the hibiscus in the backyard are safe to eat, 

it is recommended that the dried blossoms are purchased at health food or organic produce stores, 

Herbal and floral cocktails are catching on in bars across the globe. 

Including the Hibiscus Recipe ... 

and one can even prepare it in a simple syrup ...
I have tried once in a local bar in the city of Kuala Lumpur,
but I will let you judge when you have a chance to try it ...

There are a variety of colors of the Hibiscus flower and
I have found and photographed from white, black, to yellow, red and pink etc ...

I read that about 200 - 220 species are known to exists ...

Regardelss of the species (I think), 

the stemlike filament seems to have similar structure and color ...
When you see it like this, you know it is a Hibiscus ...

Scarlet-Red Dragonfly meet 遇见猩红蜻蜓时 ...

So, my project for the day was FLOWERS but instead I met a Scarlet-Red Dragonfly ....

at Kuala Lumpur Hibiscus Park two days ago ....

Whenever I meet a dragonfly, I will stay at the spot for more then just a few minutes ...

as it will just fly back to the spots in front of you inviting and teasing you to photograph it ....

you can play with it from different angles, and it will show off its ....

Someone once told me I should be shooting these dragonflies in black and white but ....

maybe not .... 

 as I like them the way they are 

especially this Scarlet-Red Dragonfly ....

Thank you little scarlet-red dragonfly 

for spending 30 minutes with me 

on a beautiful Saturday morning ...

Hope you like it !

Coral on Land 陆地上的珊瑚 ...

When I work on this macro in the Hibiscus Park in Kuala Lumpur, 

I did not really know how it really looked like until I got home

and downloaded it ...

Every time working on macro is always full of surprises ...

Location: Hibiscus Park Kuala Lumpur 吉隆坡芙蓉园

Date Taken: April 1th, 2010 02:10pm

Nikon D90, Nikkor AF-S DX VR 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED, +2 Macro Diopter

ISO250, "A" Priority, 1/125 @ F/8, 0 EV, WB= Auto, FL=105mm

Five Star 五星级 ...

Location: KL Hibiscus Park 吉隆坡芙蓉园
Date Taken: April 1st, 2010 01:07pm
Nikon D90, Nikkor AF-S DX VR 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED, +2 Macro Diopter
ISO200, "A" Priority, 1/100 @ F/8, 0 EV, WB= Auto, FL=52mm

For you 留给你 ...

And this is for you ...

Location: Hibiscus Park, KL 吉隆坡芙蓉园

Date Taken: April 16th, 2010 12:47pm

Nikon D90, Nikkor AF-S DX VR 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED, +2 Macro Diopter

ISO 200, "A" mode 1/320 @ F8, 0 EV, FL=105mm

Love is in the air 打情骂俏 ...

Location: Hibiscus Park, KL
Date Taken: July 2nd, 2010
Nikon D90, Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Di
ISO200, F/7.1, 1/200, -1 EV
...... This was a natural condition of the two hibiscus flowers. It is very much like two playful lovers together.

Craving for a bite 想咬一口 ...

Craving for a bite 

想咬一口 ...

Nature's mysteries 大自然的深奥 ...

Nature's mysteries 

大自然的深奥 ...