A rare visitor

Every weekend this little sunbird loves to fly to my mum's flower and chirp away. I often standby my camera with a 70-300mm lens hoping to take some pictures of this little swift bird but it always fly away before I could even bring my camera up to take a picture. This time I managed I take two shots before it flew away.

On Sunday, I was standing by the door waiting for the little sunbird but something "big" flew by. I quickly raise my camera and trigger of a shot. It then landed on a tree trunk but was hidden by the leaves. Suddenly there was a light breeze that exposed the hidden bird and I quickly took another picture. Before I could even review the image on my camera, the bird lifted itself to a taking off posture and I quickly pre-focus my lens and took a shot as it flew off.

Camouflage

During my Army days, I learnt how to camouflage myself and my gear so I could blend into my surrounding environment and make it difficult for my "enemy" to spot me. In nature, many creatures are master camouflagers they have the ability to blend themselves so well with their surrounding environment that makes them very difficult to be spotted. It is a challenger to spot and to photograph these creatures in their natural environment. This is something I really love, spotting these creatures and photography them in their natural environment.

Here are some pictures I took yesterday. See if you could spot the creatures in it.

Curious Cats

There is a saying "Curiosity Kills the Cat!” and "Cat has 9 lives!". Looking at my neighbour cats sitting on the window ledge, peeping out of the windows and looking high and low, I could see that cats are very curious. One of the cats lives on the 9^th floor and the other on the 4^th floor. If they were to fall off the ledge, I wonder if their “9 lives” could help them survive the fall! I sure hope I won’t be around to find out personally!

No Bird, Insects also can

This morning when I went for my morning walk, I packed my camera backpack with a Nikon D300, a 75-300mm lens, a SB800 flash and a flash tele-extender. I was hoping to take some pictures of birds. I only managed to catch a couple of birds but the images were too far, too small or back lighted (in silhouette).

As I was reaching the end of the trail, I caught sight of a big spider web with a big spider hanging between two branches. I ended up spending half an hour snapping away at the spider until my neck sore from looking upward. I also managed to capture some butterfly and dragon fly in the process.

Baby Snapper

Happy New Year everyone! Chinese New Year is here again and this year besides bringing two Mandarin oranges for visiting, I brought along my new toy (a Nikon D300 camera) with a 50mmf1.4 lens. My mission is to capture my cousin's and my friend's kids with my camera when their parents were busy chatting away. Just two days of visiting and I have captured a few gigabytes of pictures. Here are some pictures I took during my visiting.