Saturday Night Macro 09.04.11

i'd been praying and hunting for my first Harvestman, an ever most magical 8 legs creatures i believe! An answer to my prayers on the Saturday night mystery. It appears 2 times! and i lost it 2 times! damn.

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the vibrant Tiger Beetle never fails to impress!

which i think, this is a Huntsman.

very beautiful fangs.

Very beautiful tree spider! The beautiful camouflage colours, came luminousness exposed in light.

Huntsman?

the Harvestman's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, lives along the line!

 Harvestman also know as "daddy long legs", but they are not spiders.

Mating Beetles.

Spitting Spider with egg-sack.

An unknown male spider with its little boxer gloves! Elegant!

Crab Spider

another beautiful huntsman! Blended with red petal leaves.

 Live and thrive, the spider runs alive!

Toad might be ugly but to a toad, that's beauty.

Tree Frog. Theories pass, the frog remains.

God in His wisdom made the insect,

and forgot to tell us why.

and Now i understand why.

 Regards,

JW

Mirza Age 4- Dino Party!

i had the opportunity to shoot at Mirza's Dino-Party! hosted on the weekend.

Snagged some of the images of the party... Surprisingly! The children are amazingly cooperative to work with! Truthfully appreciate my client for providing me such a big space for my crafts.

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HappyBirthdayMirza&Maiz!!! 

Regards,

JW

Mercedes-Benz STYLO Emerging Designers' Competition 2011

Succeeding the inauguration of global warming issue, this year STYLO Fashion Grand Prix uprise its Emerging Designers' Competition Theme- "Paper Dress", where fashion collections conveyed using recycled and biodegradable paper and fabric. i know i can't even sew my own button, but by the sound of it, Paper dress is a heck of a work!

Fashion isn't just about Glamour, it showcase the importance of sustainability, for people to realize fashion is a vital green element. Environmental spirit + Imagination.

12 Contenders, 2 Dresses each.
STYLO had turned the yesteryear ChinWoo Stadium into fascinating runway!

Cheong Mun Keong- SML

Ellie Lim Mei Li- SML

Gerald Chia Wei Wen- PJCAD

Lai Hui Liang- Carven Academy

Lee Qiao Xin- Lim Kok Wing

Lorenzo Peh Chin Yee- SML

Matilda Low Huai Xi- PJCAD

Mohd. Nizam- PJCAD

Ryan Ng- AAVA Lagenda Group

Vincent Leong Jia Hou- MIA

Xyuian Liau Tak Koh- SML

Yoo Ai Ling- UCSI

2 Garments each Designers ended so soon! merely an hour half.
it came to my surprise, amongst the 3 judges, only one of them is a fashion designer! but who are the rest? i don't know! So weird and shocked me to dead. xP

my little Fashion Designer friend, Matilda L. with her Avant Garde

"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. 

Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas,

the way we live, what is happening."

-Coco Chanel-

ideas, imaginations, designs are not subjective but objective. it exhibits properties of high cohesion and loose coupling. No design is good or bad, it just succeeds or fails differently. For that, i give these young designers a standing ovation for their devotion. 

Regards,

JW

Crepuscle Painted with Light

i was up early today catching the twilight, no luck. Overcast night-sky without stars.
i can't explain my adoration of dawn and sunrise compare to sunset dusk. Maybe because i enjoy the perception of dark to light, "a new day rise when the sun comes up."

we can only appreciate the miracle of sunrise if we have waited in the darkness, anticipate the unknown light. the beauty of miracle light.

i found this awesome quiet place when i can see KL tower, KLCC and Genting! and i'm gonna be back next week for Star-trails.

"Angels in the early morning may be seen the dews among.

Stooping, plucking, smiling, flying.

Do the buds to them belong?

-Emily Dickinson-

Regards,
JW

Resurrecting my Wimpy Macro!

hey! It marks my 300th entry! Commemorating my come back. What exactly am i coming back from? It wasn't exactly a "come back" but resurrection of my photography. I sold my camera and gears back in December 2010 and now i'm back with a different body with only 2 lenses, Nikkor 50mm f1.4 and Tamron SP90mm f2.8. I'm still stick to Nikon, I got to admit loving the grip of it, and it would spare my financial crisis for not switching to other brands.

During my 4 months self-discovering journey, i'd redefine my space and concentration.

My wimpy macro started up real slow, i found myself wandering not find anything the whole morning. My hands were shaking, and i need more warm-ups!

Full Frame Kimber has give me more viewing space, bigger and brighter 95% coverage. Awesome!
Here's the spotlight of the day! a Native Drone Fly, eristalinus punctulatus from far, it looks as if a Bumblebee, a bee mimic fly. Fascinating creature with bright yellow-black striped and large strange spotted eyes, it was about a size of 10mm. They hover and make a droning noise like a bee, and hence named drone fly.

i give thanks to the Lord, invoke his name, make known of His deeds; for creating such a rattling beautiful creature, also allow us presenting to the world through macro-photography. Make known the beauty of nature.



Regards,
JW