Popular Post robsamui Posted July 7, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) Thanks Jim. I was on the ferry coming from Donsak yesterday when the storm hit. The captain headed out to sea to ride it out - 90 minutes of rock n roll and zero visibility (scary!) This is daylight, about 4:30 just as the storm was coming, with my back to Samui, looking out to sea off the back of the boat . . . And this was 90 minutes later, as the storm was clearing (the black bit on the left is over Samui,with three of the Five Islands to the right). Edited July 7, 2016 by robsamui 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ron19 Posted July 8, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2016 This one was very slow moving, quite sluggish actually. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post samuijimmy Posted July 8, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2016 One of those! (Thai name for I don't know!) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Butterfly makes a good lunch for ants... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Another dead butterfly, without ants ..It was on the road this morning ..when cycling ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ron19 Posted July 10, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2016 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Assurancetourix Posted July 12, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2016 A dragonfly this morning taking a rest on my MTBike handlebars 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhythmworx Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Nice shot Ron, have you acquired a new lens? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron19 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Thanks for that. No I haven't acquired a new lens in fact I am one lens short. The lens I used for this shot is a fixed Sony A DT50mm F 1.8 sam. Excellent for many situations but is lacking in some areas. This shot was taking while playing around with the macro setting on the camera and then cropping it down to what you see. I had a 18 - 55 lens that served me well in the past but the auto focus packed it in. I am looking to buy a 18 - 135 lens to replace that other one but haven't got the necessary to do so.The only other lens I have is Sony A mount 75 - 300 which is also good for what it is intended for but not for 3cm flowers ( which is the size of the flower in the image ) and miniture bees which is the next image down from the one you quoted. I have a long way to go to match Goompa's standard. Cheers, Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tolsti Posted July 13, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2016 lovely bright chap on the wall yesterday. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mousehound Posted July 14, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2016 (edited) Nice picture of a native blue-banded bee. I don't know the exact sp . I attach a pic of another member of the Hymenoptera - an Australian sp. These bees can be very small and are often overlooked. They tend to be solitary and live in small holes - often in fences or house walls. Edited July 17, 2016 by samuijimmy 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron19 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 This one was very small. The flower itself was only3-4 cm across. Sent from my iris 755 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mousehound Posted July 15, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2016 This one was very small. The flower itself was only3-4 cm across. Sent from my iris 755 using Tapatalk many Native Bees are only 2-10 mm. With the insect world if you start looking at sub 5mm you will indeed find there are many more animals than there are larger than 5mm. Once you look at super macro or micro it is like looking through a face mask for the first time when swimming in the sea. This bee is 7mm. It is on a tiny orchid. Most Native Bees seem to spend very little time wandering about - unlike Honey Bees. For the NB it is get in and out fast. Quite a challenge to get a shot of such a small animal that won't keep still. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Easier to shot, ....a dead frog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhythmworx Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Thats no frog AT. isn't it a tokay or whatever they're called? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 You are right rhythmworx ; because it's very big, I believed it was a frog . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Philchumphon Posted July 18, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2016 Blue and green butterfly in Chumphon province. i think ''Green-banded Swallowtail''. D90 , Tamron 90 macro. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousehound Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Blue and green butterfly in Chumphon province. i think ''Green-banded Swallowtail''. D90 , Tamron 90 macro. Papillon bleu 4.jpg Papillon bleu 7.jpg Stunning animal. Great shot. These are not common. Papilio palinurus These "Birdwings" are truly the jewels of the lepidopteron world. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Philchumphon Posted July 19, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) Thank you....it does not come very often ... I saw only in November/December in my garden, and is very fast .. maximum 2 seconds on a flower ... Blue and green butterfly in Chumphon province. i think ''Green-banded Swallowtail''. D90 , Tamron 90 macro. Papillon bleu 4.jpg Papillon bleu 7.jpg Stunning animal. Great shot. These are not common. Papilio palinurus These "Birdwings" are truly the jewels of the lepidopteron world. Edited July 19, 2016 by Philchumphon 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Goompa Posted July 22, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2016 Thai Basil and a Bee 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Philchumphon Posted July 22, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2016 Idea Leuconoe ( Rice paper ) 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousehound Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Idea Leuconoe ( Rice paper ) Papil 83 2.jpg Very nice shot. I like that this is also called The Siam Tree Nymph. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Goompa Posted July 23, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2016 Soft focus with Canon 100mm 2.8 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Goompa Posted July 24, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2016 Spider's gotta eat to ! 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Goompa Posted July 25, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2016 Grasshoppers getting' it on ! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Goompa Posted July 25, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2016 Blue eyes 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousehound Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Blue eyes I love these Peacock spiders. Great shot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post samuijimmy Posted July 27, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2016 One of many butterflies, in my garden today, this was the only one that stopped long enough. . 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shaggy1969 Posted July 30, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2016 One I found up in the mountain.I presume that is her eggs in that sack. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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