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Yippie-aye-aaa,? yippie-aye-ooh…? a praying mantis nymph went out on a raining and windy day…??, originally uploaded by bocavermelha-l.b..

ñ_ñ a praying mantis nymph (toddler) went out for a walk on a dark raining and windy day… upon a woody-ridge she rested as she went along her way… when all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cameras she saw… a-plowing through the ragged sky and up a cloudy draw… yipppie aye-aaa, yippie aye-ooh, ghostly lights in the sky. lols !
Ö_ö okay, I just wanted to share this picture with you of this great and fascinating praying mantis nymph (approx. 4mm long) that popped by for a visit. At first I thought it was a jumping spider but after looking carefully, I’ve realized that it was too small for a jumping spider… then, yeah! ö_ö a mantis nymph… ô_ô she appeared suddenly from nowhere and landed a top of my camera and then starts to jump everywhere… lols following her movements was quite difficult and physically demanding. lols …but watching her antics was priceless! lols… ^(^
photography taken at Pulau Lia on Taman Burung Lagoon
Nusa Dua – Bali – Indonesia

a wonderful, prosperous, and fun filled 2008 to you all!
see you later…
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yodell ? lay-od-lay-od-lay-he-hoo, ? lay-od-lay-od-low yodellay, ? yodallay, yodal-low… ? and they fly low supreme!, originally uploaded by bocavermelha-l.b..

okay, hi everybody! ^o^ alright, some ppl are asking a bunch of questions about telephoto lenses ^o^ and i don’t know how to start answering all but, i hope this helps… ?here’s an obvious use of a long lens, i love shooting tight or may i say that i luv isolation, like here in this frame… i was able to photograph from an approx. distance of 70 m or 220 feet, yet frame the egrets tightly! @_@ but, the yellowish hue of ?sunrise is not as pronounced as it was in other days before i made this shoot. ?by this day the intense yellows in gold tones characteristic of balinese sunrise had been lost. ?partly due to the slightly overcastted weather and, partly due to the thin ? clouds filtering the light in that specific day, in the other hand I’ve an unusual background… a great white egret in flight. ?okay, dunno why but I got so many ?emails requesting advices for choices of long lens, telling the truth i only know about my big lens ?nikkor 500mm f/4 dII? and what it’s good about it. ?but i’ve few basic points to tell you about super telephoto lenses, before you get your wallet in hands. ?think- which subjects you wish to photograph. ?think- the amount of lens weight and volume you’ve willing to carry in the field *_* backpacking or from a vehicle? ^_-… or which are your resources to go out there comfortably. ?think- how much money you’re willing to spend on a lens. ?hah! let me say right here that there is no such thing as a small, light-weight, low-cost, high-quality and fast long lens. ?dream on with your?*umbrella.
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? YO Yo yo, there’s no place like a green penthouse… so i told the genie i wanted to be well hung. ^o^ ? nah… wildlife from singapore?, originally uploaded by bocavermelha-l.b..

okay…ö_öhö_ö! i thought it was time to post again and here is a tiny tree frog that i found when i was walking near by home on saturday morning. just after a heavy rain, the timid forest of mount faber was still dripping and suddenly i’ve noticed some activity in a bush of golden torches * Heliconia psittacorum L.f x H. Spathocircinata - Aristeguiata cv.* ö_öh well, then there was this big-eyes critter. ^o^ yeah, i’m learning since the past year that this kind of subject demands the use of a flashlight with a handheld or monopodded camera yeah! specially when i’m working two kind of subjects small highly animate creatures, or minute subjects where impractical *but wondrous :P* natural-light-exposure times combine w/ the difficulty of working a tripod into position. ó_ò the subject won’t hold still waiting for you while you position it…. well, restraining the subject is not an answer 4 me. and, i disagree with some advice to refrigerate *freezing cold* small animate subjects, brrrrr! imagine refrigerating your kids or little siblings ó_ò until they could not move and then photographing them. ^_~ okay, okay… trying to work a tripod into this scene in order to shoot with natural-light at this image size is hopeless- i thought, subject was in the middle of heliconias’ leaves >_< so, i’ve proceeded shooting w/ a nikon r1 ttl ring flashlight attached into my camera, which was mounted on an arc swiss monoball ball and – socked head on top of G1578L gitzo monopod.
photography taken at Mount Faber– in Singapore

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