I saw sea shells on the sea shore

 

These pictures were taken on my last trip to Tioman Island using reverse lens technique. Yes, even if it meant that I had to take off my lens from the body, reversed it, held open the shutter latch, lay down on my stomach and get myself soaked with salty water and sand; I would do it all over again. It's ugly but that is the trouble of not having a macro lens :'(

Anyway, let's do this tongue twister together:
She sells sea shells by the sea shore, the shells she sells are surely seashells, so if she sells shells on the seashore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

MY#2: Yellow Duck

My son's little yellow rubber duck on turquoise table runner.

Mr Hopper

He tried to camouflage itself in the eggplant leaves but his striking yellow body failed him.

WS #2: Pink is the new green

This mantis made the right decision not to camouflage itself in the greens for the weekend. Even creatures need to break from the ordinary routine.

Mr Mantis, pink brings out the best in you! And thank you for visiting my garden!

Rusty/Beautiful

A rusty screw that belongs to my mom's open birdhouse. I think the color combination is just brilliant. Reminds me of Klimt, my favourite painter.

Flower: Michelia

This Michelia Champaca (or Chempaka in Malay) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Magnolia family (Magnoliaceae) and is native to tropical and subtropical south and southeast Asia (Indomalaya), including southern China. The genus is named after the Florentine botanist Pietro Antonio Micheli. Michelia is also used to produce an essential oil for perfume.

We have this plant for over 4 years now and this is the first time it produces flowers.

Flower: Creature

This flower seems ready to eat something!

Pea in a pod

This one is just a close up of a dried long bean seed. We've harvested some fresh ones and served fresh with shrimp paste (belacan). We eat it raw!

Roses are white too

Close-up of stamens. A stamen is made up of anther and filament. See the orangy seeds? They're anthers; the filaments are the ones that were holding up the anthers.

'Tis the season...

...for mating! Man, they're everywhere!

Orange Moth

The flaming orange color of this moth reminds me of the phrase "Like a moth to a flame...' The phrase is a simple allusion to the well-known attraction that moths have to bright lights. The word moth was used the the 17th century to mean someone who was apt to be tempted by something that would lead to their downfall. This is referred to by Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice, 1600: "Thus hath the candle singd the moath." (Credits: Phrasefinder)

Haven't got to chance to search for its name yet.

Beetle: Dunno the species yet

I like this shot very much. This one perched on a plank wood.

Ladybird: 14-Spot, Finally!

Yeehaww! This is 14-spot ladybird! Been aiming them for ages. I noticed that the 12-spotters don't mix with 14-spotters. The 12-spotters hang around the eggplants while the latter, the long bean plants. My mom planted these two plants opposite each other.


Anyway, caught these two making out! Lol!


Haha, I think I know why they don't mix. Maybe they want to preserve their spots. Can you imagine what the spots would be like if 12-spotter and 14-spotter were together?

Ladybird: 10-Spot (again!)

At first I thought this was a 14-spot ladybird (lol, I counted the spots) but after researching the net, the 10-spot ladybird is very variable in appearance and may have fewer or more than 10 spots. The 14-spot has a different type of spot.

Yehhaaww! Managed to capture the ladybird clearly despite my poor eyesight. I'm still using the reverse lens effect.

Ladybird: 10-Spot

Gosh, this is the time that I wish I have the Micro Nikkor 105mm! Using reverse lens really needs a good eye sight. I better hurry and do my new pair of glasses.

Baby eggplant

I think eggplant makes cute baby! This one looks just like a human baby with a cute hat!

Hairy shoots

Look snowy with all the white hairs on these shoots of bitter gourd plant. I love eating bitter gourd, love it fresh! Bitter but yummy! Do you know that it's a good source of vitamin C and vitamin A, phosphorus, and iron?

Dragonfly: Macros

This dragonfly came to visit our garden yesterday. He didn't mine my taking his pictures. Managed to capture him up-close and personal. Gosh, they are just a brilliant and unique God's creation!

He's perching on the eggplants

Macro on his head, you can see his big compound eyes (orange and grayish), the forehead (right in between the compound eyes) and the face.

the abdomen

Back of the head.

Flower: Deep Pink Rose

More roses from the garden. Love, love, love the deep pink color.

Each rose color has its own unique meaning. Deep Pink simply means "thank you". If someone you know does something nice for you, a deep pink rose is a good way of saying "thank you".

Flower: Rain Lily

Rain Lily is also known as Fairy Lily. The name "rain lily" comes from its tendency to send up flushes of flowers few days after a soaking rain. Its slender green leaves will stick around even after the short-lived flowers wither.

Flower is from my mom's garden.