Susan Sontag: āTo photograph is to confer importanceā.
If I could, Iād just shoot everything I come across.
Failing which, I suppose these would have to do. Pickings from December so far -
āDiegoā the mantis nymph, an early Christmas pressie from a colleague; and a female rhino beetle (both were photographed in a captive environment):
A mangrove shore pit viper, the last creature we managed to shoot before the torrent of rain caught up with us at Sungei Buloh:
While in the hide, we photographed everything that came within reach. An osprey and a greenshank in the heavy rain:
At Venus Drive at night, once again on the trail of the elusive bioluminescent mushrooms, we spotted a mygalomorph tarantula, firefly larviform female aka glow-worm, a weird species of lace bug and a hammerhead flatworm:
Meanwhile in the office, I documented more āpressiesā from colleagues - a green crab spider and this really cute jumper:
Thenā¦ back to Venus Drive again. A brown mantis greeted us on the way in, and I couldnāt resist but try to capture the magnificent architecture of a tiny Araneae spiderās web just before we left:
Upper Seletar Reservoir over the weekend; explored a new place. A lymantriid caterpillar, and a katydid with an ant:
Giant millipede and tiny bark scorpion:
Oriental whip snake, front (chin) and side portraits:
A (suspected huntsman) spider parasitised by entomogenous fungi:
And finally, over at Mandaiā¦ a masked lapwing (it was quite an amusing situation):
A lynx spider and St Andrewās Cross spider:
Sunset over Seletar Reservoir: