Macro Philippines

These are some of the macro pictures I took, in the Philippines. Since most of the birds that you see, in Antipolo are sparrows and pigeons.

I rather take my macro objective, to see some different wildlife. I still have a problem to get close to the butterflies, outside the butterfly garden. For some reason if you get within 3 meters they fly away.

Luckily I was able to get close to the small blue ones. I don't what species it is.

As you can see, they aren't camera shy at all. The picture on the left, shows mating butterflies.

From those to the one on the left with the darker wings is the female. The male on the right has some lighter colored wings.

In Antipolo you still have enough trees and bushes, so there are more insects to spot.

At the picture on the right, you see a Sweetpotato bug. Like the name already says it is mostly found at the sweet potato plant.

This one however is spotted at an egg plant. With some of it's friends. I never saw an insect like this before, so I was quite happy to take some photo's of it.

I guess I was the only one who was happy, because they turn out to be a pest. So if you have them on your veggies, you better get them away.

The picture on the left with the profile of the butterfly, is taken at the Palawan butterfly garden. We went on a day tour during our trip to Palawan.

Before we left, I didn't knew we would visit this one. So I brought 2 lenses but not my macro.

This picture is taken with a 70-300mm tele objective.
I is not a detailed full colored shot, but still I'm happy with this one.

The Palawan butterfly garden is a must go to, when you are at Palawan.

Seals

In the seas arround Holland, we have seals
with the local name "Zeehond".

They are really fun to see in the wild. Last century the population of seals, became low. Thats why two rescue centers got founded, here in Holland.

Now a days the population is bigger again, and the seals are doing good. Schools go to the centers, to educate the children about how important the sea is.

Most of the seals are found when they are young and lost. In the centers they get, food and brought up, untill they are big enough. When big enought they will be released into the wild, to help making the population grow.

But too bad not all seals can be released back into the wild. Because some of them are wounded or have eye problems.

The eye problems are not a big problem to find food, they can use their wishkers for that. But above the water, it is vital to have a good pair of eyes.

Red Roses

I put this rose in my table studio, to test my camera. It might not be perfect, but I'm happy with it. This was a test, and I know I need to improve it.