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- January 4th, 2018, 10:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Favorite Images of 2017
- Replies: 11
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Re: Favorite Images of 2017
Right. We get different amount of rain for different part of Peninsular Malaysia, but generally, the wet months are Nov, Dec, and May. I hope you'll be back herping again soon! Thanks for looking and commenting, Jimi, SidNeilson, Jeroen, Justi. Jimi - as long as it's not too dry, it's good. Nov and ...
- January 4th, 2018, 3:22 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Favorite Images of 2017
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8029
Re: Favorite Images of 2017
Thanks for looking and commenting, Jimi, SidNeilson, Jeroen, Justi. SidNeilson - but I have only been herping for 4 years!!! :P Jimi - as long as it's not too dry, it's good. Nov and Dec are good if you don't mind too much rain. No, snakes are not easy to find! If i can find 3 a night, I am happy! J...
- January 2nd, 2018, 3:43 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2017 - Texas/Louisiana: Pop Milk!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12643
Re: 2017 - Texas/Louisiana: Pop Milk!
Great images! Those milk snakes are gorgeous!!!
- January 1st, 2018, 10:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2017 Recap Video
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2580
Re: 2017 Recap Video
Very nice Lou. 2017 has been great to you! Happy New Year!
- January 1st, 2018, 5:59 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Favorite Images of 2017
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8029
Favorite Images of 2017
One of the coolest herps from the Nov 2017 Borneo Herp Tour: Red-headed Krait (Bungarus flaviceps baluensis). Extremely shy too! https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4688/39024282271_e302de462d_b.jpg Bungarus flaviceps baluensis_MG_9123 copy by Kurt (Orionmystery) G , on Flickr Cute lil Three-banded Bridl...
- December 14th, 2017, 6:29 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2017 recap
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9927
Re: 2017 recap
Excellent set! Those horned lizards are too awesome!
- May 19th, 2017, 1:15 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2017, part 6: The Santubong Peninsula
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10412
Re: Malaysia 2017, part 6: The Santubong Peninsula
Pretty good herp haul there, John. I must check out Santubong too , and the tree house!
Could that katydid be a Scambophyllum?
Could that katydid be a Scambophyllum?
- May 19th, 2017, 1:01 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2017, part 5: Kubah National Park
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11493
Re: Malaysia 2017, part 5: Kubah National Park
You already knew what happened to my recent trip there! :x :x :x sob sob sob. What's that? Something other herpers should be vigilant for...? 1st night - Summit trail up to the frog pond and back - no snake!!! 2nd night - one Xenopeltis unicolor. Didn't even take pic of it. 3rd night - one Calamari...
- May 17th, 2017, 7:02 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2017, part 5: Kubah National Park
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11493
Re: Malaysia 2017, part 5: Kubah National Park
Awesome herp haul at Kubah, John.
You already knew what happened to my recent trip there! sob sob sob.
You already knew what happened to my recent trip there! sob sob sob.
- March 17th, 2017, 12:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2017, part 3: Genting Highlands (and more lowlands)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3059
Re: Malaysia 2017, part 3: Genting Highlands (and more lowla
Another great post, John. Good eyes for spotting that well camouflaged viserion! That Leptophryne borbonica was a cool find too! Too bad I didn't take any pics of it
- March 10th, 2017, 11:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2017, part 2: Ulu Yam
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11213
Re: Malaysia 2017, part 2: Ulu Yam
Wonderful post again, John. That lovely, friendly, short-tailed dog is Betty. She rarely follows me lately, but the friendliest of them all, Bobby, never fails to follow me whenever I am there!
Jeroen - the real flyer is actually relatively easier to find!
Jeroen - the real flyer is actually relatively easier to find!
- March 8th, 2017, 1:19 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2017, part 1: Semenyih, or, Night of the Lifers
- Replies: 20
- Views: 13683
Re: Malaysia 2017, part 1: Semenyih, or, Night of the Lifers
Thanks for the kind words, John, Paul.
Excellent write-up as always, John!
Excellent write-up as always, John!
- February 12th, 2017, 7:15 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Vipers of 2016
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7739
Re: Vipers of 2016
Wonderful shots, Thor. Still don't have some of the Malaysian vipers you posted!
- February 12th, 2017, 6:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Taiwan herps from the second half of 2016
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5594
Re: Taiwan herps from the second half of 2016
Great post! So many awesome herps, especially love the feeding shots! I hope to herp in Taiwan some day!
- February 12th, 2017, 6:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Kubah national park -Sarawak
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8056
Re: Kubah national park -Sarawak
Great post. That's a lot of herps! Reminds me to make my long overdue first visit to Kubah
Yes, that Dendrelaphis is D. caudolieantus.
Also, that viper is T. subannulatus, not wagleri. You don't get T. wagleri in Borneo.
I think that cat gecko is A. dorsalis, or maybe A. cf. dorsalis.
Yes, that Dendrelaphis is D. caudolieantus.
Also, that viper is T. subannulatus, not wagleri. You don't get T. wagleri in Borneo.
I think that cat gecko is A. dorsalis, or maybe A. cf. dorsalis.
- February 8th, 2017, 9:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lizarding across Australia: Part 2 The Red Centre
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5121
Re: Lizarding across Australia: Part 2 The Red Centre
Love all three parts! I, II and III.
- February 8th, 2017, 8:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lizarding across Australia: Part 3 The Top End
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6223
Re: Lizarding across Australia: Part 3 The Top End
Great set! Love the herps!
- February 8th, 2017, 8:41 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica, A Day and Night Video
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1786
Re: Costa Rica, A Day and Night Video
Great video, Lou.
- January 4th, 2017, 4:51 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Favorite Herp Pics of 2016
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4017
Re: Favorite Herp Pics of 2016
Thank you, numpty!numpty wrote:Absolutely beautiful!
- January 3rd, 2017, 8:44 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lizarding across Australia: Part 1 South Austtralia
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3420
Re: Lizarding across Australia: Part 1 South Austtralia
Great set! Love the varieties!
- January 3rd, 2017, 5:47 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Favorite Herp Pics of 2016
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4017
Re: Favorite Herp Pics of 2016
Thanks!dwakefield wrote:Awesome shots! Those bronzebacks are stunning!
- January 3rd, 2017, 5:45 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2016 Video Year In Review
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1491
Re: 2016 Year in Review Video
Great recap, Lou. I hope you'll find more in 2017.
Wasn't that good for me in 2016. Only 6 snake lifers. I will need to check out new spots!
Wasn't that good for me in 2016. Only 6 snake lifers. I will need to check out new spots!
- January 3rd, 2017, 7:48 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The Year in Herps
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4043
Re: The Year in Herps
Great set. Love the sallies and that mud snake!
- January 3rd, 2017, 12:03 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Favorite Herp Pics of 2016
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4017
Re: Favorite Herp Pics of 2016
Thanks! Happy New Year!Fieldnotes wrote:Those are pictures to be proud of—they're amazing. Happy New Year
- January 1st, 2017, 3:04 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Favorite Herp Pics of 2016
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4017
Favorite Herp Pics of 2016
Some of my favorite herp pics of 2016. Red-headed Krait (Bungarus flaviceps), Peninsula Malaysia. Although highly venomous, they are usually very shy and docile. Peninsula Malaysia. https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5650/30627507993_37496dae25_o.jpg Bungarus flaviceps_MG_4954 copy by Kurt (Orionmystery)...
- December 3rd, 2016, 7:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #70: Boiga drapezii, green morph
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8077
Re: Borneo Dispatches #70: Boiga drapezii, green morph
So cool. Seen a few forms but never one like this! Was told some of them resemble B. bengkuluensis.
You can see all the drapiezii I have photographed here: https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=dra ... view_all=1
You can see all the drapiezii I have photographed here: https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=dra ... view_all=1
- November 4th, 2016, 6:47 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Laowa 15mm herp shots
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8442
Re: Laowa 15mm herp shots
The main reason why you don't see much of the environment/habitat in these shots is because they were mostly all taken at night. I depend on one single 270EX to light up my subjects. I am not too fond of bagging my subjects for daytime shoots. You can see the waterfalls in the Tropidolaemus subannul...
- October 28th, 2016, 10:50 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Laowa 15mm herp shots
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8442
Re: Laowa 15mm herp shots
How bad is the distortion? And do you fix it in PS/LR? I did some of the perspectives this lens provides, but dislike how it's basically impossible to get the background in focus in the wider shots (although the Viper with the creek behind it is pleasing). Cheers, Chad I don't do any correction on ...
- October 28th, 2016, 6:45 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Laowa 15mm herp shots
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8442
Re: Laowa 15mm herp shots
How bad is the distortion? And do you fix it in PS/LR? I did some of the perspectives this lens provides, but dislike how it's basically impossible to get the background in focus in the wider shots (although the Viper with the creek behind it is pleasing). Cheers, Chad I don't do any correction on ...
- October 25th, 2016, 1:17 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Laowa 15mm herp shots
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8442
Re: Laowa 15mm herp shots
Fantastic shots! Now I know just how close some of you get to your subjects for macro shots. Yet I don't know how you find the courage to do that when it comes to venomous snakes. Thanks mtratcliffe. Only a few venomous snakes there and they were calm and docile. I started with full body shots befo...
- October 24th, 2016, 10:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Taiwan in October
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3819
Re: Taiwan in October
Salamanders!!! WOW. How many species of salamanders are there in Taiwan?
- October 23rd, 2016, 7:10 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Taiwan in October
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3819
Re: Taiwan in October
Great, maybe I can join you!Peter Engelen wrote:Kurt,orionmystery wrote:Very nice, Peter. Taiwan is so awesome. I would love to go herping there in the near future!
I think about going back around may 2018.
Peter
- October 23rd, 2016, 12:39 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New Field Herp / Macro Photo Tour Company in Malaysia
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3133
Re: New Field Herp / Macro Photo Tour Company in Malaysia
Hey partner, only saw your post today!
Thanks, Craig, Scott, Lou
ps: posted a new thread with loads of herp images taken with the Laowa 15mm. Check it out!
Thanks, Craig, Scott, Lou
ps: posted a new thread with loads of herp images taken with the Laowa 15mm. Check it out!
- October 23rd, 2016, 12:36 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Taiwan in October
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3819
Re: Taiwan in October
Very nice, Peter. Taiwan is so awesome. I would love to go herping there in the near future!
- October 22nd, 2016, 11:33 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Laowa 15mm herp shots
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8442
Laowa 15mm herp shots
So i have been using the Laowa 15mm 1:1 wide angle macro lens for slightly more than a year. I received my review unit on June 29, 2015. I must admit I knew nothing about wide angle macro at that time, but I have seen quite a few wide angle images that I like, still, it took me a couple of months be...
- June 3rd, 2016, 12:06 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: LOTR herps
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2323
Re: LOTR herps
There's already a Smaug. Not less than two off the top of my head: Smaug giganteus [sungazer], and Smaug mossambicus [flame-bellied girdletail]. The genus is a two-fold reference, the second being their presence in JRR Tolkien's homeland. Cool! I googled both and I think I like the S. giganteus bet...
- June 2nd, 2016, 8:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: LOTR herps
- Replies: 2
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LOTR herps
Yes, you read that right. Lord of the Ring frogs and snake :D Maybe there'll be a Smaug in the future. Who knows. These are all from West Malaysia. If you have any LOTR herps from your country, feel free to add it here. A juvenile Mirkwood Forest Slug Snake (Asthenodipsas lasgalenensis). Montane for...
- May 21st, 2016, 3:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wide Angle Herp shots
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10500
Re: Wide Angle Herp shots
Thanks, Gary. No way I could get close to them during the day. All the shots were taken at night. Single 270EX on hot shoe with a big DIY diffuser. I use that same flash, but I've had trouble coming up with a good diffuser since it's so small. What kind did you make - is it a softbox or a bounce re...
- May 20th, 2016, 12:42 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wide Angle Herp shots
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10500
Re: Wide Angle Herp shots
I'm surprised you get such great shots given that putting the lens so close to an animal usually scares them off and also since your options for flash are limited at that distance. I don't see any flash highlights in the eyes. How are you lighting the subjects? Thanks, Gary. No way I could get clos...
- May 18th, 2016, 12:14 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wide Angle Herp shots
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10500
Re: Wide Angle Herp shots
Recent images https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7739/26793524790_0bc72152e4_o.jpg Limnonectes blythii_MG_1810 copy by Kurt (Orionmystery) G , on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7391/27068150845_db409a77a6_o.jpg Rhacophorus norhayatii_MG_1849 copy by Kurt (Orionmystery) G , on Flickr https://farm8...
- May 2nd, 2016, 8:34 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wide Angle Herp shots
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10500
Re: Wide Angle Herp shots
What sort of f-stops are you using for these photos? I imagine you need a pretty high f-stop to get a decent DOF. How high can the laowa go? No idea. It's a manual lens. I focus wide open at F4 and dial the aperture ring anything maybe F11 to F22 before pressing the shuttle. Smallest aperture is F32.
- April 29th, 2016, 8:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wide Angle Herp shots
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10500
Re: Wide Angle Herp shots
All taken with the Laowa 15mm, 70D, diffused 270EX. Triangle Keelback (Xenochrophis trianguligerus), Malaysia. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1593/26490003196_ccb83fe113_o.jpg Xenochrophis trianguligerus_MG_1514 copy by Kurt (Orionmystery) G , on Flickr Male Great Angle-head Lizard (Gonocephalus gra...
- April 29th, 2016, 8:54 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wide Angle Herp shots
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10500
Re: Wide Angle Herp shots
Adding more shots to this thread: White-lipped Tree Frog (Chalcorana labialis). Venus Optics - Laowa15mm. Night macro. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1583/26665032456_e633511570_o.jpg Chalcorana labialis_MG_1573 copy by Kurt (Orionmystery) G , on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1443/2608604346...
- April 3rd, 2016, 1:46 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wide Angle Herp shots
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10500
Re: Wide Angle Herp shots
Thank you, Roki.Roki wrote:Beautiful post as always.
- April 1st, 2016, 6:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wide Angle Herp shots
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10500
Re: Wide Angle Herp shots
Not the easiest lens to use but it's a lot of fun to play with, and I love the images i get with this lens. I love them too! :) The details are simply incredible. Fantastic work as always, this is a lens I have been curious about and may get yet. A few things I'm saving for first. Thanks, Anton. Fo...
- March 31st, 2016, 11:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wide Angle Herp shots
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10500
Re: Wide Angle Herp shots
Very cool! I especially like the first snake shot. What is the closest focusing distance of your 15mm lens? Thanks. The working distance at 1:1 is 4.7mm , front of lens to subject. https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1647/24429864363_668cba5c6f_c.jpg I've been giving more and more thought to this lens. H...
- March 31st, 2016, 4:49 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wide Angle Herp shots
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10500
Wide Angle Herp shots
So I have been poking the Laowa 15mm at every creatures I come across in the jungle at night! Up close with a Malayan Bridle Snake (Dryocalamus subannulatus). Venus Optics - Laowa15mm on a 70D, diffused 270EX on hot shoe, Malaysia. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1507/25545171764_03222876a9_o.jpg Dry...
- February 1st, 2016, 6:42 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My 2015 Herps
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13504
Re: My 2015 Herps
Thanks, Kris, Jeroen.
2016 hasn't been good so far. Not a single herp lifer yet!!!Jeroen Speybroeck wrote:Damn, Kurt, it's been less than a year and already you're making me wanting to go/come back... We saw so much, also with your help, but it's obvious there's sooo much more!!!
- February 1st, 2016, 4:11 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My 2015 Herps
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13504
Re: My 2015 Herps
Thank you, dwakefiled, Roki!
- January 27th, 2016, 5:29 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My 2015 Herps
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13504
Re: My 2015 Herps
Thanks for looking and commenting, guys, much appreciated!