Welcome to the club!
Yeah Class 10 is good enough, even for movies and high burst rates

All my SD cards are Sandisks too

All Nikon users are definitely welcomed
Anyway, awesome camera you have there

Mangrove Cross Spider (Argiope mangal ♀) with blowfly prey by Ji Tan, on Flickr

An adult Argiope mangal enjoying a yummy blowfly for dinner. Mangrove Cross Spiders are restricted to mangrove areas and the adults can be recognized by their beautiful yellow abdomens.

Blowflies are often found in mangrove areas too, especially when monkey faeces are there.


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Tent Spider- Cyrtophora moluccensis ♀ by Ji Tan, on Flickr


Possibly a red morph of Cytophora moluccensis. Photo of the same spider taken awhile ago: https://www.flickr.com/photos/59583171@N07/18159556498

Perhaps the faded colours were due to malnutrition?

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Great shots man

Male Lynx spider (Oxyopidae) by Ji Tan, on Flickr

A close relative to the common garden Lynx Oxyopes spiders, this larger type of Lynx Spiders also display spiny hairs all over the legs, and is often found in forest fringe or parks. Behold the wonderful colours and patterns of this amazing spider!


Caterpillar by Ji Tan, on Flickr


This large and peculiar-looking caterpillar is capable of moving the feather-like structures on its body as it gracefully moves. I wonder what its for...

Any help in ID is kindly appreciated.


Variable Sprite (Agrocnemis rubescens ♂♀) mating wheel by Ji Tan, on Flickr

Two common and fully mature Variable Sprite damselflies mating. The female (bottom) is seen receiving sperm from the secondary genitalia of the male (top). Fertilization of eggs only takes place when the eggs are being laid.


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Real sorry about that man, I wasn't around
Anyway, I saw some students using L lenses to shoot birds in the campus, jealous!

Mana cukup wang bro

lol, I don't even have a telephoto lens I saw them using Canon lenses huhu
Anyway, great shots there, those are spiders of the genus Tetragnatha
The 2nd one is particularly interesting, may I know specifically where you find them in the campus? I may need some for my research

Sponsor me please sifu

I think RM2.2-2.5k is just nice, assuming everything is in good condition
Too bad I missed out on this deal, just recommended a friend with similar budget awhile ago

Sorry, forgot that you are buying, not selling
Have to make sure everything is in working order lo, and the best way to do it is ask an experienced photographer (preferably Nikonian) to follow you to COD and inspect the DSLR

70-200 F4 to photograph sexy ladies

Anyway, please bring 600mm F4 next time

Heavy Jumper- Hyllus cf. keratodes ♀ by Ji Tan, on Flickr

This great-looking spider can be easily recognized by the orange-coloured bristles on the palps. And like many other Hyllus spiders, this one is exceptionally curious too!

Hyllus jumpers will often look at you as you work, and will not hesitate to jump onto your hands or camera when in range.


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Great to see companies really manufacturing macro accessories that people want
Thomasshahan is one of the most famous macro shooters in the world, just like Nicky Bay

Awesome find man
A bit underexposed, but pretty impressive for a shot taken with stock 18-55mm

This post has been edited by [PF] T.J.: Jul 24 2015, 11:29 PM

His macro shots all very colourful one haha, but mostly set up one I think

Yeah, so most of the time DIY ones are still better. Most people moult a head-flashlight on the lens as the focusing light for their macro rig, cheaper and lighter

Nice place to enjoy a dump

Ant-mimicking Spider (Myrmarachne ♀) by Ji Tan, on Flickr

Not every kerengga ant (Oecophylla) you see is an ant. Certain spiders from the family Salticidae and Thomisidae have evolved to greatly resemble Weaver ants, both for protection and predation (on Oecophylla). These ant-mimicking spiders can be easily identified by their 4 pairs of legs (instead of just 3)!

Found this mother Myrmarachne guarding her egg sac on a tree infested with weaver ants- very brave. After all, the most dangerous places are usually the safest.

Doleschall's Cross Spider- Argiope doleschalli ♀ by Ji Tan, on Flickr

An uncommon Orb-weaver spider, easily recognized by its black-coloured body, striped legs and striped abdomen.
A female of this species has four, yellowish-orange "protrusion" at the bottom side of her cephalothorax which is interestingly not seen in other Argiope spiders. What makes this species so different from the others?

Crazy Cyclosa with web stabilimenta by Ji Tan, on Flickr

A rubbish-collecting Cyclosa on her orb web. The spider intelligently deposits remains of leaves and preys on its web to serve as camouflage.

These spiders are known to build stabilizing structures called Stabilimentum (plural stabilimenta) of various shapes: Some are so awkwardly deposited that it may seem like the spider was drunk!


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This post has been edited by [PF] T.J.: Jul 26 2015, 09:03 PM

Jumping Spider by Ji Tan, on Flickr

An unidentified Salticid cleaning her legs. Love the nerdy-looking face!


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Ahh, a male Heteropoda venatoria, the heart-shape pattern on the top of its cephalothorax is very unique

I've seen quite a lot of these spiders around my office also... Its hard to say, some died of failed moulting, some got injured by the females during copulation

I am still looking for this spider to photograph haha.. probably need to visit the campus more often at night

Parallel-spined Spiny Spider (Gasteracantha diardi) under UV illumination by Ji Tan, on Flickr

Spiders are easy to find at night, mainly because their eyes will fluoresce when being shined by UV. However, certain spiders have entire body parts that fluoresce instead.
It is unclear as to why this happens. Some say its for males to locate the females; some say its an attractant towards preys; and some say it serves as a warning to the spider itself that its exposed (under moonlight) to predation.


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