Up Close with Nature

This is the fourth species of giraffe weevil / leaf rolling weevil I have found in Malaysia. I even found a female building nest! These have been IDed as: Korotyaevirhinus necopinus orientalis,  Legalov, 2003. (ID credit: Andrei) I took too many shots of these weevils....but who can resist such cuteness? :P Cute :) Yes, the weevil ate that much! When nature calls? No, it's not what you

Every MT-24EX user should check out Rob Ault's brilliant adjustable diffusers before making one of his/her own. These are the items that he uses in his rig: 1. Kaiser Bounce Flash Shoe x 2 2. Gary Fong Lightsphere II Inverted Dome(Translucent) x 2 3. Velcro Sticky-Back Hook & Loop Fastener  4. Blu-Tack Re-usable Adhesive 5. White Styrene Sheet Rob Ault's macro rig. Top view. Rob has two

Officially, it wasn't my first night macro anymore. Tried it when i was at Endau Rompin. But this time it was together with our usual macro gang. I also mentioned about a secret weapon here. If you are shooting full flash, with typical setting of 1/200, F11, ISO100, and flash (from your speedlight or dedicated macro flash) on, there is really no difference whether it's day or night, rain or

Okay, more like his backup macro rig since he too already has the MT-24EX. Again, a single 270EX / 270EX II is used here. The speedlite is placed upside down/belly up, like what I mentioned here. All he needed were some adhesive-backed velcro, and a lens hood. If you have a 270EX II and a newer body such as the 60D, 7D, 600D, you don't even need the OC-E3 cord as you can trigger the flash

I didn't notice the parasitic flies (Ceratopogonidae?) on this Pyrops oculata lanternfly / lantern bug when I took this image. Only noticed the flies when reviewing the images on my laptop.  I went to check on this lanternfly again 4 days later and the parasitic flies were still bugging this poor guy. A crop: Ceratopogonidae? Another crop: I made this short clip from a few stills and a

I bought a budget macro rail / macro focusing rail online not too long ago and have been testing it out for the last few natural light macro/close up outings. Here's what I think.   Macro focusing rail attached to my tripod collar / mount ring of my  Sigma 150 F2.8, non OS, and tripod/camera mounting plate fastened to the rail. This is a budget model so the movement is not perfectly smooth. Also