I recently decided to simplify my macro camera setup and decided to go to Windsor Nature Park to test out the setup. As the weather has been hot and dry, I was not expecting to find many beetles on this trip.

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Thursday, 22 June 2023
Afternoon Walk At Windsor Nature Park (17 Jun 2023)
Saturday, 29 April 2023
Afternoon Walk At Windsor Nature Park (29 Apr 2023)
Today's weather seemed dry so I decided to go for my long awaited macro photography session at Windsor Nature Park. It's been at least two months that I last went for any macro photography sessions, mainly due to the thunderstorms that coincided with my planned macro photography sessions. By the way, it was thundering during this trip and I have to hasten my pace in order not to be caught in the rain in forest. It rained heavily just when I was on my way home.
Here's photograph of the place - it was hot and humid, with an overcast and thundering sky.
Although the number of beetles encountered was pathetic, it was still a good trip as I was able to get a feel of the new macro lens (ref - Morning Walk At Lower Pierce Reservoir (03 Feb 2023)). Guessed that I will be doing this more frequently if the weather permits.
Saturday, 4 February 2023
Morning Walk At Lower Pierce Reservoir (03 Feb 2023)
To overcome the camera problem that I faced previously, I decided to change the macro lens and managed to find the cheapest macro lens online (7Artisan 60mm F2.8 Macro Mk II). The lens was delivered a day before so it was opportune time for me to test out the lens as I happened to be on leave.
The original plan was to go to Windsor Nature Park as it has been raining for the past few days and based on past experience Windsor Nature Park would have a better chance of finding any beetles. As I was enroute to the park, the traffic leading to there was reported to have a massive traffic jam, so I decided to go to Lower Pierce Reservoir instead.
Although I only find one beetle on this trip, it is still consider a fruitful trip as I managed to test out my new macro lens. I am pretty happy with the new lens and hopefully I will be able to have more fruitful macro photography trips when the weather turns better. Until then, stay safe!
Saturday, 7 January 2023
Afternoon Walk At Windsor Nature Park (07 Jan 2023)
After last week walk at Windsor Nature Park, I decided to make some changes to my macro camera setup. To test the new setup, I decided to go back to Windsor Nature Park in the afternoon since the number of people walking there will be lesser compared to the morning. Of course, the chances of finding beetles in the afternoon is also significantly lower.
Here's a shot of an interesting fungus mushroom growing on a rotten tree stump.
Tuesday, 27 December 2022
Noon Walk at Windsor Nature Park (27 Dec 2022)
It has been a long while I last did any macro photography of beetles, partly because I got lazy 😆 and my camera problem still persisting (Night Walk At Mount Faber Park (23 Apr 2021)), and also partly because my usual macro photography buddy HW was out of action for a while.
Nevertheless, taking advantage of my leave and good weather today, I decided to go to the Windsor Nature Park to do some macro photography actions. In order to avoid the morning crowd, I took the risk of going there around noon, knowing that the chance of finding beetles at this time is significantly lower as we get later into the day. Do pardon the poor quality of the photographs for this trip due to my camera problem which affected the focusing of the subjects.
Saturday, 2 July 2022
Unplanned Morning Walk At Lower Peirce Reservoir (02 Jul 2022)
I was on leave and happened to be around the Lower Peirce Reservoir area to run some erands, so I decided to do an impromptu macro-photography session using my handphone.
The weather was nice and dry in the morning and the place looked perfect for walking around. Here are two shots of the place where some of the beetles on this trip were found.
Monday, 27 June 2022
Afternoon Walk At Windsor Nature Park (25 Jun 2022)
It has been almost 6 months since I last did any macro-photography session. Guessed that I got lazy with Working-From-Home. 😊
The weather has been wet over the past few weeks, so the place with the best chance of finding beetles in the afternoon in such wet weather would be the Windsor Nature Park. Because of the wet weather, there were a number of interesting fungus mushrooms popping up in many places. Here's a brightly colored fungus that I found on a fallen log.
The number of beetles encountered was expectably low due to the time of the day and also the wet weather for the past few days. Nevertheless, it was wonderful to be able to find some interesting beetles on this trip.