Golden mean

In my attempt to take an interesting shot of this orchid, I came up with this one. At first I liked it because of the vast space on the left, another look made me realise that it roughly conforms to the golden mean (although I didn't properly measure).

Nikon D70s, AF Micro Nikkor 60mm

Pitcher this

Don't let the picture fool you, this pitcher was only roughly 1 inch in size. It was very annoying when trying to take this picture, as it was swaying away merrily in the breeze. It only occurred to me to hold the damn thing when I saw Kit taking a picture of the same plant. I was like... "duh" =p

Nikon D70s, AF Micro Nikkor 60mm

I see your blue colours

Another macro shot, this time with my built-in TTL flash. The subject is still a chrysanthemum, although of a different species. I've been seeing blue chrysanthemums for many years now, and it's only a few years ago that I found out the blue colour comes from artificial dye, rather than its natural colour.

Nikon D70s, AF Micro Nikkor 60mm

Awesome blossom

What attracted me immediately to this Chrysanthemum, was not its beauty, but the fact that I saw it all over the place in Curse Of The Golden Flower. This is also marks my first attempt at flash macro photography since I bought a second-hand 60mm macro lens. Kit was kind enough to lend and hold his wireless flash unit for this picture =)

Nikon D70s, AF Micro Nikkor 60mm

Tools of the trade

There was a floral bazaar thingy in Putrajaya yesterday, so Kit, Derrick and I decided to check it out and hopefully take some nice pictures. We ended up spending one whole hour just driving around looking for the venue, and another half an hour walking in the HOT midday sun towards the venue. Why they don't have clearer signage and shaded walkways in Putrajaya baffles me.

This was taken at what looked like a weekend market, somewhere along the wild floral bazaar chase.

Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR

Shelter

Taken at the Rantai art event (16-17 Dec 06).

Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR

Reflection

The reflection pool in front of the Hindu temple in Muktinath. The overall scenery was nice, as it was autumn and the garden reminded me of a Japanese garden.

This is also the last picture in my Nepal series, even though there are still lots more pictures where this came from, it's time to move on.

Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR