Hello! Thanks for coming to see my blog. These photos were taken at the Singapore Botanical Gardens or in the garden in front of our "villa" on Gili Meno Indonesia.A mixture of the beautiful and not so beautiful, but, nonetheless, wonderful. I have taken these with my Nikon macro 105mm lens. I still have a lot to learn about macro photography. None of the photos are taken with a tripod. I rely on the "VR" (vibration reduction) mechanism to allow me to be free of the tripod.
I have very little knowledge of flowers. I don't know what this first one is called. Do you? Leave me a comment if you do and let me know.
This one is not shy. Very striking, whatever
it is!
I do know this one. Plumeria or Frangipane.
It is one of my favourite flowers. A plumeria
tree fully in blossom is very beautiful, and
the scent is intoxicating.
Butterfly on Gili Meno, Indonesia
The dragonfly. Possibly the most photographed
insect by amateur photographers!
I loved this little guy. I took about 30 shots
of him to get one half decent. I've cropped
the photo a bit to get two different
perspectives.
That flower again. So gorgeous!
This cricket is Singaporean
This one Indonesian
Somebody else likes these flowers! Bet he
doesn't know what it is either!
This creature is amazing
Lunch! Move on quickly if you are squeamish
Look at the pincers on this spider!
I leave you with his photo from Gili Meno. It
must be the original eggplant!
Hope to see you again in a couple of weeks
