Random photos of nature

I finally get my Konica-Minolta Z3 camera back. It was in the repair shop for the last month. Therefore, I am definitely going to take a lot of nice, yummylicious food photos.

Meantime, I snapped some photos when my children were at the Penang Botanical Gardens. There are things that seem to look nicer when you captured them close-up and enlarge in huge size.

My Konica camera enable me to take nice macro shots. Almost every photographers would have taken photograph of subjects like the spider web. I had cropped the photo, purposely adjust the contrast and brightness to make the intricate web design stands out.

spiderweb

Next subject that most people like taking is buds and young shoots. Young shoot of plant gives that fresh look. I purposely scooped some water from a fountain and splash on the shoot to create the dew drop effect.

leave

My children were delighted to find a little squirrel scurrying past their feet. Little toddler exclaimed, “Mama, look! Rat!” The squirrel bravely went to a man who was sitting on the bench munching potato crisps. I use the zoom to capture this photo. It has been a long time since I last saw a squirrel that lives in the wild. All the time, I saw them at the zoo.

squirrel

Such a nice walk in the park today.

Posted by on June 16th, 2005 under plants and nature

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  1. fishtail Says:
    June 16th, 2005 at 6:42 pm

    My my, you are really multi-talented.

  2. boo_licious Says:
    June 16th, 2005 at 6:55 pm

    Great pixs lilian. Yes I love that macro button too.

    I always get squirrels at my place – they’re scampering about in urban KL! but you’re lucky to get one who will sit still as the ones here are all so skittish.

  3. Anisah Says:
    June 16th, 2005 at 8:14 pm

    Splendid photos. Thanks for sharing them. I live in London now, there’s one resident squirrel who marks the two trees directly outside my house as his territory, because he knows we give him nuts.

    There’s also a cat that comes and goes, who relish in chasing this squirrel up one of the trees. Our two cats will sit on the window sill to see their kind frustrated all the time. The squirrel being lighter than the cat, could get on lighter branches and always escape the clutches of the cat, a bit like Tom and Jerry. This is Tom and Squirrel.

    We also have a prowling fox that patrols the footpaths from dusk until dawn!

    Do you believe I actually live in London? I actually live right smack in central London, I could hear the Big Ben chimes when the wind blows in the right direction in the still of the night. Parliament is 20 minutes by bicycle from where I stay.

  4. lilian Says:
    June 17th, 2005 at 1:03 am

    fishtail – Ahem, sometimes, I surprise myself too. I have a bad habit – passionate on something and I will pursue it till I reach perfection. I am going to a photography seminar this Saturday. Wanna come? FOC, at Northam Hotel, organised by Apple Computer and Jenstudio.com (a professional photographer).

    boo – Things look so nice under macro. Especially for my eyes ‘cos I am beginning to get old nannies vision. Can’t see the fine prints anymore. But too vain to wear spectacles. I am mono-vision.

    Anisah – You tales sound like Enid Blyton stories. Oooh, I love the furry animals I read in Enid Blyton books. Will be visiting ‘London’ soon (via your blog, I mean). Tks for the encouragement. I cuma shoot blindly and pick the best of the lot.

  5. Kancil Killer Says:
    June 17th, 2005 at 4:36 pm

    Nice shot on the spider web. I wonder where was the spiderman went? :)

  6. keropokman Says:
    June 17th, 2005 at 5:42 pm

    arghh squirrels.

    I was scratched by hungry jungle squirrels who wanted to eat my muesli bar halfway up Gunung Kinabalu! So fierce! They were trying to snatch food from me!

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