More photos from yesterday’s session and a rework of one of the B&W shots in glorious Technicolor.
First, a shot of Lily. That’s Lily the Skink, as made famous by the Scaffold.
These long-tailed skinks are normally notoriously skittish but this one seemed unconcerned as I edged ever so slowly closer. Note the tiny ant crawling on the lizard.
Very close to Lily was Tango, the Orange-tailed sprite.
Orange-tailed sprite
I had to photograph Tango through a fence to get a decent angle. I would have liked the tail tip a fraction sharper.
I was always a big Beatles fan. So meet the beetle. Very slow shutter speed hence the moving antennae.
Lema coromandeliana
Everyone likes a butterfly and here’s Helen. Nectaring on the Lantana.
Papilio helenus
Steve likes frogs – how about Mr. Grumpy? Would Lottie give Grumpy a kiss, I wonder?
Mr. Grumpy Toad
And to round things off, I decided yesterday’s B&W version of the rotting wood didn’t work as well as I had hoped. The rich colours add rather than subtract to this in my view.
Time to do some work now. Until next time.
All downhill from here 
Great photography of nature. Love the grumpy toad.
These really are amazing! Love the skink!
Thanks Phil. Much appreciated.
I used to live next to Roger McGough (or however his name is spelled) or rather his separated wife and their two angelic-looking monsters, Finn and Tom-Tara.
We had a deli guy in Sydney called Mr Grumpy. Well, we called him Mr Grumpy. Although we occasionally raised a smile out of him.
Oh, the photos, hell, I am supposed to comment on them instead of harking back to the past at your prompts. I like the frog best, followed by the not pink skink. I would kiss the toad. Or a frog. Anything for my prince to arrive.
Your prince is in the post. Or something like that.
I would kiss Mr Toad – I have a very soft spot for him, and Mole but not Ratty! These are all exceptionally beautiful photographs Andrew, really special. I hope you are pleased with them?
The Orange tailed Nymph is out of this world – you had to take it through a fence?! Genius Man!
I envy you all this wildlife – Jakarta, well certainly round where the Empress hangs out is rather devoid of fauna. I did see a very beautiful butterfly this morning when I was stuffing myself with a bagel outside a cafe with the Irishman but it was too fast for me and greed prevented me from jumping up and trying to capture it on my phone. In defence, I don’t think the phone would have done a very good job – and I would have hated to lose the filling out of my bagel. So all’s well that ends well and thank goodness we have your stunning pictures to admire and wonder at. 😀
Lottie, no butterfly is a match for a well-stuffed bagel. You made the right choice. Someone once said that Greed is Good so it must be true. Your conscience is clear. I don’t think we have moles in HK, more’s the pity or I would try to photograph one for you.
Andrew, these are really good. Wonderful in fact. The colors are so rich. I like the rotting wood as well. Really pretty. I think Lottie might just pass on this frog. It seems to have a wart problem. But as the saying goes, love a person, warts and all. I’ m sure this one has lots of warty friends.