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Thanks, Fulvio.

Thanks. Yes, all at night.

All taken with the Laowa 15mm: http://orionmystery.blogspot.my/2016/05/laowa-15mm-wide-angle-macro-lens.html Big cicada, Tacua speciosa?, Selangor, Malaysia. Twin-spotted Flying Frog (Rhacophorus ...

Thanks! Yes, you're absolutely right! The working distance is really small on the Laowa 15mm. Here are the working distances at various magnifications: 1:1 - approximately 4.7 mm from front of lens ...

Yes, good practice! Keep it up! If it's something new or exciting to me, the number of shots will exceed 50, easily! LOL. How many photos can you take in an hour with the same subject :D

LOL :D :P. Sometimes I get lazy and take only a few shots, only to regret it later when reviewing and selecting images to process!

Thank you! Just a lightweight Canon 270EX on a Canon 70D hotshoe. And DIY Diffuser that looks somewhat like this: http://orionmystery.blogspot.my/2012/12/melvyns-macro-rig.html

Thanks! It's not that difficult. Just take as many pics as you can and pick the best :D

Thank you, Fulvio :)

Thank you. Just a light weight Canon 270EX on hotshoe. http://orionmystery.blogspot.my/2012/12/melvyns-macro-rig.html

Too close to a Cameron Highlands Pit Viper (Trimeresurus nebularis), montane forest of Pahang, Malaysia. Laowa 15mm. Giant Malaysian Shield Mantis (Rhombodera basalis), Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. ...

Thank you, D Cox. Maybe mantids prefer to eat slowly, take time to enjoy their food :D

Thank you, Fulvio.

Trapdoor Spider (Liphistius desultor?), Peninsula Malaysia. Tarantula. Lyrognathus robustus? Southern part of Titiwangsa Range, Peninsula Malaysia. Nymph of a Dead Leaf Mantis (Deroplatys lobata?, ...

Thank you, Fulvio.

Giant Asian Mantis (Hierodula sp.?), Malaysia. Long-horned Beetle. Selangor, Malaysia. Never seen any velvet worm before and then boom, 2 within a couple of months in 2016 itself! My second velvet ...

Thank you, D Cox!

Thank you, Fulvio.

Kuhl's Flying Gecko, Gliding gecko, Kuhl’s Parachute Gecko (Ptychozoon kuhli). One of the coolest geckos in Malaysia! Bintang Lowland Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus bintangrendah), Bintang Range, ...

Very close, of course, as mentioned in that blog post. It's a 15mm, with 4.7mm of working distance at 1:1.