Up Close with Nature

Sharing another full flash macro rig. This time it's from Matt (MVers on Flickr). He uses Sigma 150mm and 48mm of tubes plus 1.4X TC. More macro rigs here. Sigma 150, 48mm of extension tubes, 1.4x teleconverter, 580EX II and big DIY Diffuser. There is an adjustable panel for you to control the amount of light diffusion to suit different subject. Great idea, right? You can control the

Maliau Basin trip report, Part II. You can find Part I here. Violin beetle Jewel beetle, Catoxantha opulenta Dead leaf mantis, Deroplatys truncata Fishfly -  Neochauliodes borneensis (van der Weele, 1909), belonging to the subfamily Chauliodinae of family Corydalidae. Male adults. Mating pair of green lantern bugs, Pyrops shiinaorum shiinaorum Green lantern bug, Pyrops shiinaorum

Maliau Basin or also Maliau Basin Conservation Area, is a region in Sabah, Malaysia, which represents a geological catchment surrounding the Maliau River. Located around the center of Sabah in the Sandakan Division, it was designated as a conservation area by the Sabah Foundation (Yayasan Sabah) in 1981. Later in 1997 the Sabah State Assembly gazetted the Basin as a Protection Forest Reserve (