Night Walk At Lower Peirce Reservoir Park (27 Oct 2023)

 It has been a very long time since I last did any night macro photography. Taking the opportunity that I have some in-between time in the night, I decided to go to the Lower Peirce Reservoir Park to test out my simplified macro setup (Morning Walk At Lower Peirce Reservoir (14 Oct 2023)) under night conditions.

After some fumbling (yes, it has been a while), I finally got use to the new setup and managed to take some photographs at the place. Here's a shot of a commonly encountered small butterfly in Singapore (Lesser Grass Blue (Zizina otis lampa)). 

Leaf Beetle ~ 4 mm

Chafer Beetle ~ 10 mm

Darkling Beetle ~ 10 mm

Darkling Beetle (Amarygmus metallicus) ~ 8 mm

Sap Beetle ~ 3 mm

Ground Beetle (Catascopus facialis) ~ 15 mm

Darkling Beetle (Cryphaeus gazella) ~ 10 mm

Darkling Beetle ~ 15 mm

Although this was a short trip (about 1 hour), I am pleasantly surprise to be able to find a good number of beetles.  After looking at the photographs, I will need to tweak my macro set up to add a diffuser to prevent the hotspot caused by the flash. Until the next time...

Morning Walk At Lower Peirce Reservoir (14 Oct 2023)

 It has been a long while I last did any macro photography session, so taking the opportunity that I was running some errands near the Lower Peirce Reservoir, I decided to go there for a quick macro photography session even though the chances of finding beetles there is low.

Here's my simplified macro photography setup - Sony Alpha 6000 camera, Circular diffusor and 7Artisan 60mm F2.8 Mark II macro lens.

Jewel Beetle (Habroloma lepidopterum) ~ 3mm

Tumbling Flower Beetle (Glipa malaccana) ~ 8mm

As expected the number of beetles encountered was pathetically low due to the high people traffic at the park. Nevertheless it was still a good trip as I am able to familiarize myself with the simplified setup after such a long break from my last macro photography session.