Wednesday 1 February 2012

Penang, Malaysia

Penang is an island.  It is the tourist destination for locals as well as international visitors. Other than the beaches, the other attractions are heritage buildings, great variety of food and culture.

vegetable farm

 the Goddess of Mercy temple

 mosque

 Khoo Kongsi - the most popular heritage site

 Thai Buddist temple

 dawn

Saturday 7 January 2012

The Common Birdwing (Troides helena)

Managed to get a few shots of this beauty this morning.  The sun was bright and hot and the flowers are in full bloom thereby attracting this butterfly and others.

Sony DSLR A390 with Tamron 70-300mm


Enjoying the flowers

Got a shot of it in flight