3/10 - Jurong Woods (16 Jan 10)

It was more than a year since we last visited Jurong Woods. Nothing really changed. It is still a quiet but interesting place for photographers to focus on shooting without much human distraction. This is because there is a "Protected Area" sign just outside the entrance of Jurong Woods. Occasionally we saw a few elderly men riding motorbikes and bicycles. Not too sure what they were doing in this deserted place here.

(Participants busy setting up, finding subjects and shooting)

The weather was fine when we started setting up at about 8.00 am. Jurong Woods is a huge place and it would be impossible to cover the whole area within a day. So, we concentrated more at the beginning stretch of bushes (see above image) and on the right hand side when we reached a "Y" junction. Many common subjects were spotted such as many species of spiders, dragonflies, damselflies, caterpillars, etc.


(Outdoor studio setup demonstrated by Allan Lee with the help of 4 ladies)

The catch of the day had to be the lynx spider having a damselfly as breakfast! As it was perching lowly at the slope near a canal, it would be impossible to get a good shot. We moved it up and an "outdoor studio" was immediately set up by Allan with the great help from our 4 nice ladies (see above). We then took turn to have some shots of them. We called it a day at about 11.30 am and went to the nearby Boon Lay Hawker Centre for lunch.


(Lynx spider with damselfly as prey by Allan Lee)

Participants (11) : Anthony Quek (Team Leader), Kyaw Htay, Stephen Lim, Cai Yixiong, Shereen Ng, Allan Lee, Ong Lim Sim, Pegi Lee, Sharon S. Lim, Tan Peck Kheng & Tony Png