Up Close with Nature

In March 2016, I spent 3 nights herping at a montane forest of Sabah with 3 guests of mine. Because of the extremely dry weather, we didn't find many species of snakes despite looking hard. However, finding a Hypsicalotes kinabaluensis more than made up for all these! More pictures of this stunning lizard later! If you are interested in joining me on either a herping trip or macro photography

Some of the creatures I photographed during my macro/nature photography trip to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). Pyrops heringi - the main reason for the impromptu trip to Kota Kinabalu :D Unfortunately, this rare beauty was on a tree on a slope and we couldn't get any closer. Cropped from this image. A 400mm F5.6 would have come in handy at that time! More amazing lantern bugs /

Some of the bugs I photographed from a recent macro safari trip to Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). Assassin bug, Stenolemus sp.(?), on the hostel wall at night. More Reduviids of Malaysia here. Unidentified froglet we found at night. More amphibians and other herps here. Sabah slender skink (Sphenomorphus sabanus). ID credit: hisno. Leaf mimic katydid, Leptoderes ornatipennis(?) More