:bsmile: :bsmile: The strangest things will happen when you come across a +1. :grin2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverstreak
Luckily this happened after the vital shots are taken. ;P
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:bsmile: :bsmile: The strangest things will happen when you come across a +1. :grin2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverstreak
Luckily this happened after the vital shots are taken. ;P
Great to see so many fantastic shots from everyone.... Ellen do post yours too! More please!!! where is the purple sapphire!?
Now thats hardcore shooting with a severe case of buttflu! :bsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by bluefin
Be independent! Go website, google for Fraser's Hill, buy bus ticket, book hotel room, and you're on your way!! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Archduke
Mycalesis anaxia senoi - The White-bar Bush Brown
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...26_02_2011.jpg
ISO1000 1/50s F/7.1 FF HH
Neorina lowii neophyta - The Malaysan Owl
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...26_02_2011.jpg
ISO320 1/200s F/13 FF HH
Nice shots, Sunny. I like both of those browns. I don't remember either at Fraser's. Are they difficult to find?
Here are the rest of my shots to share. :)
Pathysa delessertii delesserti (The Malayan Zebra)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5060/...9028b833_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5091/...1a2e63d4_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5099/...4bfbd36e_b.jpg
Pathysa ramaceus pendleburyi ( Pendlebury's Zebra)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5057/...0f4cd7e7_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5139/...39b7b959_b.jpg
Parantica melaneus sinopion (Chocolate Tiger)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5057/...5d21d020_b.jpg
Parantica aspasia aspasia (Yellow Glassy Tiger)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/...887231b7_b.jpg
Prioneris thestylis malaccana (Spotted Sawtooth)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5011/...298ef53d_b.jpg
Not sure about the ID of the first one, is it Euploea tulliolus ledereri :hmmm:
Euploea tulliolus ledereri
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5174/...5d513abc_b.jpg
Mycalesis anaxia senoi (The White-bar Bush Brown)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5131/...4a594c98_b.jpg
Pseudocoladenia dan dhyana
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5052/...691277f5_b.jpg
Delias descombesi eranthos (Red Spot Jezebel) Need to do some climbing and balancing act to get a shot of this guy. :sweat:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5294/...5ecf0b6a_b.jpg
This is the last of the butt pics, till we see again Fraser Hills. :KopiO:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5060/...414f7040_b.jpg
What you have is the Blue-branded King Crow ( Euploea eunice leucogonis).Quote:
Originally Posted by bluefin
It is recognisable by its pointed forewing tip and large size though occasionally some individuals are smaller.
In flight it is a very imposing creature because of its size and rounded blue-black forewings.
TL Seow:cheers:
On rechecking I think you are right, it is E. tulliolus. The forewing does not have as much spotting; the broken forewing shows a brownish upperside; and the size would have been obvious to you.
LC:
Well done. Pretty amazing! I'm totally impressed!
William
David,Quote:
Originally Posted by moloch
The White-bar Bush Brown was found outside the fence line of the apartment we stayed at the end of Telecom loop. This is the first time I met them , there were 3-4 of them in the deep shade and observed to be active in the late evening and early morning.
The Malayan Owl I believe is fairy common in the deep forest of the central range , it was shot at a river bank at the foothill on our way back , insisting on puddling on some dog poo.
Cheers
Thanks William :cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by WillFolsom
Thanks Seow, for confirming the ID. :) :cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Psyche
Could this be the elusive Yellow Rajah??
Could not find a Yellow Rajah pic in C&P 4 , Pisuth has it at Plate 213/214.
LC,
This is the guy that we initially thought could be a Tawny Rajah at the foothill river bank
??? Charaxes marmax marmax - TheYellow Rajah
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...28_02_2011.jpg
ISO250 1/200s F/8
it sure looks like http://yutaka.it-n.jp/cha/60200001.html
but not in the distribution record?
Parantica melaneus sinopion - The Chocolate Tiger
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...28_02_2011.jpg
ISO640 1/100s F8, FF HH
Last one from me....... I am suffering from Butt-fatigue , I will process the remainder when I have the time.
Ellen ,
The floor is all yours!!!
The Hunt for the Purple Sapphire
After looking high low for this little beauty all over the hill on the 3 days, I was about to give up and seriously thought that I have to go up Cameron Highland or go back to Fong Yeun Hong Kong, hoping they will be there to fill up my camera viewfinder.
As a last ditch , LC accompanied me back to where I climbed the fence many many times looking for it last august while we were staying at May Bank Lodge .
No joy, after searching the abandoned compound , just when we'd given up hope and were about to leave, this guy fluttered right next to LC ......:bsmile:
Not the most pristine specimen , nevertheless it is still my first Purple Sapphire!!! .;P
Heliophorus epicles tweediei - The Purple Sapphire
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...011-copy-5.jpg
ISO200 1/300s F/6.3, FF HH
:cheers:
Congrats Uncle Sunny for getting the Purple Sapphire. You finally scored 1 against it. And its a nice shot, like the creamy bg :thumbsup: . :cheers:
Your color is off. It should be Tawny Rajah. On the upperside as I can recall, very broad black apical bordering and with rich orange color. :cheers:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverstreak
I must say that the Tiger and the Rajah shot are the best of this series, for the clarity, composition and lighting. They look so 3d from my screen! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Thanks LC ! I think you are right about the color being off! here is one taken straight out from raw without processing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Caveman
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...28_02_2011.jpg
Thanks again Anthony!
:cheers:
Hello Sunny,Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverstreak
Is there a plant at May Bank Lodge that the Sapphire particularly likes? Is that the only area where you tend to find it at Frasers?
These are certainly gorgeous butterflies.
David,
I have seen one of its hostplant polygonum chinense in many part of the the hill, the butterfly has been shot at various locations, even at the children's play ground in the center of the town.It is considered one of the two signature species of Fraser's Hill, the other being the Red Spot Jezebel.
I have gathered from the others that the species likes open field and lalang cover scrub land . They generally flutter close to the ground to bask in the early morning sun till around noon and then disappear, presumably up the tree top.
Khew shot his on Jul 2009 at a flower nursery close to May Bank lodge . The nursery has been abadoned when I visited in Aug 2010, for 3 days I could not find any of them there. My last ditch move to revisit it worked this time.... a single one was waiting for me!:)
:cheers:
Here's my very late and horrible shots.
^_^... Sorry I dunno why the rest are so DARK!
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5292/...01f61a3f08.jpg
Pendlebury zebra upperside by garnet_mermaid, on Flickr
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5132/...21d265e457.jpg
mapwing puddling by garnet_mermaid, on Flickr
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5174/...3700d66a62.jpg
4 bar dance by garnet_mermaid, on Flickr