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2014 Macro Photography Highlights

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28 December 2014
2014 has been relatively quiet, but littered with many memorable shots. I made 46 field trips this year and maintained a relatively consistent lens…
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Feature Guide

5 unique ways to document our micro nature

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12 June 2014
My personal style of macro photography is closer to that of nature documentation than that of art. To me, it is more important to…
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2013 Macro Highlights

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31 December 2013
2013 has been an eventful year in my macro journey. Fired about 33,000 macro shots and uploaded close to 6,000 photos – at least…
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Back-lit Macro Attempts

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12 October 2013
Back-lighting is not a conventional way to light up subjects in nature and especially in macro photography, because it is inherently difficult to carry…
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Eureka EDC-51 Dry Cabinet

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22 September 2013
I have recently been invited to try out the Eureka EDC-51 dry cabinet, in conjunction with the Singapore launch of the Eureka series of…
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The Peculiar Shaped Petai Flower

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28 August 2013
We were doing our usual roaming, looking for interesting arthropods, when a heavy object dropped from the sky and hit my arm. It appeared…
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The Majestic Dead Leaf Mantis

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23 August 2013
The dead leaf mantis as its name implies, mimics dead leaves and remains well hidden when perched on dead leaf litter. It has a…
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Happy 48th Birthday Singapore!

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9 August 2013
Singapore celebrates her 48th birthday today. Not many know Singapore for topics of nature, but we manage to continually discover and photograph the little…
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Giant Twig Spider @ Pulau Ubin

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7 August 2013
Thanks to Victor for organizing the overnight trip to Pulau Ubin. We boarded the last boat at 8pm and returned to mainland only at…
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Another Beautiful Spider Under Ultraviolet

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2 August 2013
In a recent post, I highlighted an instance where a bird dung spider looked radically different when exposed to ultraviolet light. This week, we…
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The Plushy, Squishy Velvet Worm

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26 July 2013
The Velvet Worm (Onychophora) looks like a plush toy. It looks squishy. And it’s darn cute. Our night would’ve been a dull walk had…
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Gruesome Tactics of an Ant-Snatching Assassin Bug

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26 July 2013
This post highlights the gruesome, yet ingenious tactics of the Ant-Snatching Assassin Bug (In Singapore, Acanthaspis sp. and Inara sp.) which I shot again…
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The Roly Poly Pill Millipede

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19 July 2013
Pill Millipedes are probably the cutest millipedes one could find. When disturbed, it rolls up into a ball, exposing only the tougher segmented backs…
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Moulting – A Natural Wonder

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19 July 2013
In order to grow, most arthropods have to shed their exoskeleton because this hardened outer layer restricts growth. This delicate process of shedding the…
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Transformation of the Mirror Spider

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12 July 2013
For several years, I have been observing the odd behavior of the Mirror Spider (Thwaitesia sp.) where the “silver-plates” on the abdomen seem to…
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Ultraviolet Fluorescence in Spiders

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12 July 2013
It is rather common knowledge that scorpions emit a bright blue glow under ultraviolet light. Recently, we’ve found that some millipedes and harvestmen exhibit…
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NICKY BAY
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Hi my name is Nicky Bay. I am a macro photographer, instructor and book author, travelling the world to document the vast micro biodiversity that nature has to offer. Follow my updates and discover with me the incredible beauty and science behind our planet's micro creatures!

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