Four Ridged Toad @ McRitchie Reservoir

These toads are actually quite common around McRitchie Resevoir. While their call can be heard loud and clear, finding them is another story. And taking a picture... In this case, I placed a plastic sheet on the wet forest floor so that I could lie down to be at level with the animal. Then I made a really silly mistake, I zoomed in by moving the lens closer to the critter, forgetting that I was using a macro zoom lens... (70-180mm macro). To soften the flash light, a small Lastolite diffuser was held between the flash and the subject.

Long-tailed Macaque at Mc Ritchie Reservoir

With this soft light, backlighting was quite attractive, providing some kind of hallow around the silhouette of the monkey.

Long-tailed Macaque at Mc Ritchie Reservoir

Here, some degree of backlighting actually improved the picture. The sky was partly covered, giving a diffuse soft light.

Long-tailed Macaque at Mc Ritchie Reservoir

Shooting at level as opposed to upward allows some choice of background, therefore bright sky / backlight can be avoided in the photograph.

Long-tailed Macaque at Mc Ritchie Reservoir

A troup of long-tailed macaque was feeding on the low branches of a tree. It was a good opportunities to catch a few exposures of the monkeys munching on their favourite leaves.

Fern - Mc Ritchie Reservoir Park

Just a fern leave.

Common Sun Skink at Mc Ritchie Reservoir

This lizard was friendly enough to let me change the position of the camera and capture it (on sensor) at a different angle. An advice I read many times from author photographers is "stay with your subject". I try to follow this advice when I can and when the subject agrees to stay with me!

Common Sun Skink at Mc Ritchie Reservoir Park

The sun skink is a common sight in Singapore's nature parks.

Stream at MacRitchie Reservoir

A nice and quiet path from Terap Hut to Venus Drive follows a little stream in the forest.