Saturday with Sunny

[Silverstreak]

It was a pleasure to meet up with, Ellen, John, Loke , Chng and Cher Hern.

We went around a couple of places shooting difficult to encounter butts. I hope you all have an enjoyable outing!

Special thanks to John for his wonderful book on Bees and wasp!

Here are 3 shots from the outing.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/1DMK3----4130---06_02_2010.jpg
ISO1000 1/200s F/8 , Fill-flash, Handheld

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/1DMK3----4157---06_02_2010.jpg
ISO800 1/100s F/6.3 Natural light , Handheld

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/1DMK3----4263---06_02_2010.jpg
ISO500, Flash speed, F/11 , Manual Mode , ETTL-Flash , handheld


Cheers

Cheers!

[butterfly_effect]

I don't have much to add on top of Sunny's wonderful shots... so here are a small few...
Coconut Skipper
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4334045375_c7d5dc31f3.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2696/4334788180_a675e7fbce.jpg
Common Red Flash (but not able to isolate background)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4334786956_d0151367ae.jpg

Didn't get no silverlines today.. *cries*
Got a Yamfly tho...
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4334785820_fc61054de1.jpg

[Blue Nawab]

To me, today is really A Butterfly Day...
First thing in the morning, the lime caterpillar I am breeding has eclosed and out came a healthy pretty lime butterfly.

Then proceeded to USR to meet up with Loke and Chng and found the nest of the Common Posy and this is the picture taken...two posies form one butterfly...:bsmile: ..also looks like a heart shape...love is all around.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4334151829_64164b214b.jpg

Afterwhich met up with John, Ellen and Sunny and went butterfly chasing...and here are some of the butterflies I managed to capture...

Allotinus unicolor unicolor (Lesser Darkie)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2767/4334124317_e478bcde83.jpg

Spindasis syama terana (Club Silverline) which we took turns to shoot...:bsmile:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4334174901_32a05fe6a6.jpg

Pandita sinope sinope (Colonel)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2698/4334925872_2bf885aaed.jpg

Taxila haquinus haquinus (Harlequin)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4334935918_aa9b5163fb.jpg

It's been a fruitful day..thanks Loke, Chng, John, Sunny and Ellen for the great company.:cheers:

[The Plane]

A pleasure to meet Ellen, Uncle Sunny, Cher Hern for the first time today. And welcome back John - thanks for the book.

I have no nice shots (after seeing such great shots from you guys...;P ), just 2 record shots to share :

Back view of a Harlequin..
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4334755692_54ca42f32e.jpg

and 2 gentlemen with butterfly effect
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2720/4334747236_132c9bab03.jpg

:cheers:

[vespa_bicolor]

Enjoyed today's outing tremendously! Today's finds were considered relatively productive for me in terms of the wasp nest and a new species of hover wasp I found, and I also got a few fairly decent shots of the harlequin in the wild (can't upload now because my laptop computer's USB port is spoilt). Not to mention the great company. Look forward to more outings

[Bluebottle]

Thank you all for being such a wonderful company, Sunny for sharing his butterfly knowledge and tips generously, and John for his fantastic book.

Wow! Nice shots everyone. Sharing some shots of the same subject :)
Club Silverline
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/IMG_7817pClubSilverline.jpg?t=1265499855

Harlequin (Female)
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/IMG_7855HarlequinTaxilahaquinushaqu.jpg?t=12654998 93

Harlequin (Male)
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Butterfly/IMG_7874pHarlequinMale.jpg?t=1265499959

[Peacock Royal]

Wow, I can see you guys really had a good outing.

[Blue Nawab]

Here are some more shots, the homework for Saturday with Sunny...:bsmile:

Pandita sinope sinope (Colonel)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/4336695772_bfa3b79afc_o.jpg

Elymnias panthera panthera (Tawny Palmfly)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4335934773_0fc70aba72_o.jpg

[Banded Yeoman]

Nice shot of the colonel. It is quite a skittish butt.:)