It was glorious weather all the way, with no rain at all (and a little passing shower, which doesn't count) ;P
Lots of common butts and really abundant. Everyone made it home safely and let's have the posts rolling! :gbounce:
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It was glorious weather all the way, with no rain at all (and a little passing shower, which doesn't count) ;P
Lots of common butts and really abundant. Everyone made it home safely and let's have the posts rolling! :gbounce:
Great to meet and see everyone again. It was a fun and fruitful outing. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Thanks Sunny for organising the outing, Irene to be our chef and both Khew & Sunny for driving us in to ER! Also LC for the 'chay kuay teow' :bsmile:
Cheers! :cheers:
thanks uncle sunny and uncle khew for organising and driving us all there. :) special thanks to auntie irene for the wonderful food. And thanks to everyone for their fantastic and enjoyable company :) oh and thanks to li phing for being a fantastic roomie so that i dont have to be afraid of pontianak :)
Thank you Sunny & Irene for organising the trip & wonderful meals. :cheers:
Wow ! Reached home around 10pm yesterday. As usual, traffic jam near Rawang.
All are home except Les, he is now at the airport waiting for flight.
Awesome trip...great company, great food - great FUN! Thanks, Sunny (and anyone else i left out...not sure who else were involved in making this outing a great success, sorry!). Thanks to Irene for her great cooking! I gain a few inches around the waist :P
Great meeting you guys/gals in person. Think i know all the names....just not sure what nicks they use in this forum :P
Nice meeting you too... Had fun taking night macro too :thumbsup:
We have included our name into our signature. ;P
Err... are your Derrick or Kurt? :bsmile:
Cheers1
OK...edited my siggy :D
Great to know that this is a fruitful trip for you guys, so where are the pics :bsmile:
Awesome trip.
Thank you sunny & the organizing committee for an excellent well planned trip. We were indeed fortunate to have electricity all night long! and the 4:30pm Char Kuew Teow kept us alive all the way back to SG while we brave the massive traffic jam which was cause by 4 cones placed on the emergency lane of the highway :bsmile: :bsmile: oops, have I not mentioned the miricle healing properties from the jungle, 3 hours of deep jungle walk, cured all my funky heat rash :p
Thanks Khew, for driving us to / from. The drive was so comfortable i fell asleep the moment we left camp :p
Irene's cooking kept me going for 2nd and 3rds and kept us all energized throughout the entire trip.
Les, you helped me ID-ed so many butterflies & dragonflies & damselflies as well as gave us keywords like RARE, uncommon hahaha that kept us going in for more and more :p
Nelson was the Nikon Emergency support centre, with the lens loanage to keep my shooting going on.
Side note : Nikon D3s failed in Endau Rompin. I think he went out at night went for a swim in the river and forgotten to dry itself. It will make a trip to the service centre hopefully tomorrow. So next year's participants may consider deferring from bringing the Nikon D4 :p hahaha
The group photos are here, all four of them :)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/...372cef02_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/...57d53515_o.jpg
the flash didn't fire, but the "action" was good so i posted it anyway
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/...d0e6613b_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3408/...1d6e67fc_o.jpg
oh also thanks lc for getting the beer and yiming for the daylight-in-a-tube torches:)
I saw your signature now :bsmile:
Nice pics of the group photos :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Helping to put the names :bsmile:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/...57d53515_o.jpg (will resize it and put as display pic)
(L-R Back Row) Derrick, Bobby, Ellen, Marcus, Khew, LP, Les, Sunny, Irene, Yi Ming
(L-R Front Row) Kurt, LC, Nelson
Cheers!
Thanks, Bobby. Think i know all the names and nicks already :). I actually tagged a few in my facebook and flickr uploads.
A great outing with precise coordination and planning to make it an effortless ER experience for newbies as well as the more seasoned veterans. Thanks Sunny and Khew for the effort and time spent on ensuring that all is well taken care of.
Need to reiterate that the food is nothing short of amazing, excellent food followed by big appetite. Thanks Irene for your 5 star culinary skills that provided us 3 hotel meals a day.
Fantastic company provides the icing on the cake, where all are sharing their experiences and knowledge about the various aspects of insect’s behavior and identification.
Kudos to all who had contributed in making this a fantastic trip. This definitely
deserve a AAA grading. :thank_you
Glad that all enjoy the trip! It was indeed a wonderful trip with great company . Irene was most delighted in contributing towards the trip by feeding the hungry shooters. :)
The weather was very kind, though not as many butterflies as my previous trips, nevertheless it gave the first timers a taste of what Selai can offer. Kurt got his Lantern Bug and others got their Malay Red Harlequin and a few other rarities.
The recent dry spell must have its effect as there were relatively few leeches as well , except two that found lucky Les.:bsmile:
Some snapshots of the trip.
1. Meeting up at Bekok
2. No fruit? Ah Lim : No Problem we go find some!
3 Arhh ! Here is a ripe Honey melon.
4. Need any help!
5 Irene looking for frogs and jungle fowls for our dinner.:bsmile:
6 Nothing is gonna stop us to Lubuk Tapah!
7.Butt conference
8 LP and Bobby
9 Inviting 4x4 to run over us!:bsmile:
10 Chow time!
11 Cooling off .... after a long day.
12 Hijack from Kurt's flicker :The Happy Bunch
Left to right : Derrick (emmjay), Bobby( Leopard Lacewing), Marcus( Budak), Ellen( Butterfly_effect), Khew( Commander), Kurt (Orionmystery), Liphing( Deja Vu), Les (Painted Jezebel), Sunny( Silverstreak), Irene, LC( Caveman ), Yiming( Neoro), Nelson( Bluefin).
Here is Khew generously providing us with Butterfly ID on the fly as he tackles the off road path enroute to base camp
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/...923a4c90_o.jpg
Irene's attempts at butt shooting during the lull in the kitchen .... must find time to teach her how to prone ....:bsmile:
Can you teach me too and extend from this great write up?
http://butterflycircle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4571
Good attempts, Irene. :thumbsup:
Haha... probably waiting for you to get her the elbow-guards :bsmile:
Cheers! :cheers:
And knee pads :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Leopard Lacewing
Loved my knee pads... hahahhhaha
Thanks Sunny for organizing this wonderful outing. Looking forward for more. Irene's cooking was superb. Thumbs up for the goreng pisang.:thumbsup: It was super sweet.:) The next trip i'll be well prepared with elbow and knee pads to get down, down and down...... :bsmile:
Anyways, nice meeting all of you, LP, Nelson, Marcus, Yiming, Ellen, Les, Khew, Bobby, LC and not forgetting my snoring roommate Kurt(hehe).:)
Cheers!!!!!!
Derrick
snoring was ok, but at night that sudden crying sound from Ellan room was more disturbing..... :bsmile: :bsmile:
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Originally Posted by eemjay
Walaoeh...accuse me:mad2: .now the snoring one accused me of snoring LOL. Next time I'll bring ear plugs :D. Also voice recorder to record all the different animal sounds eemjay could make in his sleep :bsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by eemjay
No wonder U were waking up intermittently with rounded eyes :what: , :bsmile: :bsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by neoro
Oooh, does tat mean we have a rare breed of walking 'mimic' that is able to replicate animal sounds. ;PQuote:
Originally Posted by orionmystery
ya! Cos li phing try to tell me ghost story. So i cry louder than she can narrate to drown her out. HeeheeQuote:
Originally Posted by neoro
Oh yes...exactly! Can mimic not just the wild jungle beasts..but also vacuum cleaner ROFLQuote:
Originally Posted by bluefin
hhmmmmm look who's talkin.....:blah: :blah:Quote:
Originally Posted by orionmystery
Sharing a couple of shots from the trip.
Papilio memnon agenor (Great Mormon)
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...02_05_2010.jpg
Pathysa ramaceus pendleburyi -- Pendlebury's Zebra
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...02_05_2010.jpg
Euploea radamanthus radamanthus (Magpie Crow)
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...02_05_2010.jpg
Paralaxita damajanti damajanti --The Malay Red Harlequin
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...02_05_2010.jpg
Appias lyncida vasava( Chocolate Albatross)
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...02_05_2010.jpg
Cheers!
Hasora schoenherr chuza ( The Yellow Banded Awl )
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...02_05_2010.jpg
Polyura athamas athamas (The Common Nawab)
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...01_05_2010.jpg
Cyrestis themire themire
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...01_05_2010.jpg
Jamides caeruleus caeruleus (Sky Blue)
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...01_05_2010.jpg
Nice series, Sunny. This shot I love best :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverstreak
Unfortunately I did not get a proper side shot.
Cheers!
Luckily no "honey moon " couple inside the hut, if not Khew sure kenna broom on head.:bsmile:
..... I am sure we scared the hell out of the occupants, with so many guys armed with cameras and flash popping left, right and centre ,and giving instruction: ""move left a bit""; ""higher a bit""; aiyah cannot get the angle"" ; "" my turn"":bsmile:
We could easily be mistaken as the religious squad catching Kalwat!!;P
Ya... I like the nice fiery 'hot' background. Time to upgrade to D700 leh. Your AF too slow already. But not as slow as someone we know eh? :bsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by Leopard Lacewing
Heh... Being able to speak Bahasa Malaysia helps. :grin2: Nevertheless, I believe they still think we're all mad, proning in the river and shooting butts all over the shop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverstreak
Just when the orang asli think we are okie and sane after so many trips.
.... one orang asli was a bit freaked out and asked what the hell our guys and girls were doing walking into the forest at night ?
Orang asli: Apa dia orang cari?( what are they looking for?)
If I tell him "Macro Malam"(Nite Macro) I am sure he wun have a clue......so
Sunny :Oh ! Dia orang Cari hantu ! ( Oh ! They are looking for ghosts!)
:bsmile:
Like to share some of the shots i've taken. Being newbie in the butt world can't remember the names apart from the Nawab and Five Bar. Need help. Thanks
Updated. Thanks Khew for ID..:)
#1. Orange Albatross
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/...2f060353_o.jpg
#2. Small Leopard
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/...94f9d5cc_o.jpg
#3. Magpie Crow
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/...d09f366f_o.jpg
#4. Striped Blue Crow (male)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/...a11c343b_o.jpg
#5. Hieroglyphic Flat
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/...87b5dbae_o.jpg
:)
Derrick,
Very good effort on your first butt shoot!!:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
:cheers:
Oooo... nice shots, Derrick! :thumbsup:
The IDs are :
- Orange Albatross, with a Great Jay lurking behind.
- Small Leopard (and not Mini Leopard like LP said) ;P
- Magpie Crow
- Striped Blue Crow (male)
- Hieroglyphic Flat
This is damm cute !Quote:
Originally Posted by eemjay
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Originally Posted by Silverstreak
Thanks Sunny and Khew for the IDs...:) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Commander
Thanks bro..:bsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by neoro
Great effort in nailing the puddling butterflies. You just need to work in getting your sensor parallel to the butterfly.
Looks like great fun down at ER, too bad I had to give this a pass due to my exams.
Keep the photos rolling in! :cheers: