I remembered it was after work on a Thursday when Frederick, KY and I decided to take a short trip to the Tampines Mountain Bike Trail to scout its macro potential. It was 2pm when we arrived there and we started work immediately.
Due to the hot weather, we did not see many butterflies there. However, the entire area was teeming with dragonflies. We managed to capture at least 4 species of dragonflies and one damselfly in action. For dragonflies and damselflies, I realized that I have to use a rather small f-stop (f10 to f13) in order to prevent increase the depth of field. This resulted in less than satisfactory bokeh but it is rather acceptable.
Agrionoptera sexlineata
ORDER: Odonata
Suborder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
ORDER: Odonata
Suborder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Pantala flavescens
Ictinogomphus decoratus
ORDER: Odonata
Suborder: Anisoptera
Family: Gomphidae
Tyriobapta torrida
ORDER: Odonata
Suborder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
However, it is kind of disappointing not to shoot any butterflies after a long journey. However, my disappointment faded when I was suddenly rewarded with a Lesser Dart in the under growth.
Family : Hesperiidae
Subfamily : Hesperiinae
Genus : Potanthus
Common Name : Lesser Dart
All in all this a place with great potential and I will be visiting this location quite frequently before it gets urbanized.
P.S. I am not a trained in biology. Please feel free to correct me if I had identified the species wrongly.
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