White Heron

When I’m too tired to be clever I must retreat to the cheap shot and let mother nature do my work for me. I don’t think she minds. And… it occurs to me I cropped this one badly – not enough space over her head – makes her look like she’s crouching rather than bending.

Duck Duck Duck

Seems simple to me.

Hungry Hornbill

You know you’re not in Kansas anymore when you decide to have your lunch outside and up pops this guy insisting that you share!

Blue Jade Vine

When the tropics get the blues, they really have the blues. The rare blue jade vine, growing in the Cameron Highlands, known locally as the butterfly flower since two flowers placed back to back form a butterfly.

RIPping in Penang

I asked Dan, our driver in Penang, to take us to the local cemetery. As he was Chinese, he brought us to the Chinese cemetery. There had recently been a holiday honouring the dead, so many of the graves were festooned with blue and white flags and adorned with flowers and other honouring items. Dan

Hey buddy!

Just one of the fascinating characters I ran into in one of the markets in Kuala Lumpur. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to hang out and chat.

If you can’t stand the heat…

Penang, Malaysia. 8PM. The night had cooled to a balmy 30 degrees (ca 90F) and we ventured out in search of supper, somewhere the locals eat, authentic food, an authentic experience. Yeah, there I sat at my white plastic table, soaking up the noisy, fluorescent-lit ambience – fanning myself, sipping an ice cold Tiger Beer,

You ever get the feeling???

I’m always on the lookout, listening, watching, sniffing around for what’s going on. Sometimes it’s kind of creepy what you find… This fella was just down the street from our hotel. We were heading out looking for a local restaurant, carrying our tripods, so we could do some night shooting. (Yes, we needed another couple

Home Sweet Home

On our unexpectedly long walk to Bukit Nanas (the jungle in the city where I found the family of Silver Leaf monkeys) we came upon this crumbling street of flats which still bore an ornate plaque dated 1931 and the initials oEs. I am sure that when I was a little girl, this was an

Monkeyshines in Malaysia

At some point the trip turned into an obsession with photographing monkeys. Both Malaysia and Indonesia are full of monkeys, at least five different species – and somehow they were all hiding from me. Seriously – I have previously seen monkeys on the streets in Penang and Kuala Lumpur, romping around, making pests of themselves