Soh Kam Yung

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Exploring one universe at a time. Interested in #Nature, #Photography, #NaturePhotography, #Science, #ScienceFiction, #Physics, #Engineering.

A cockroach lying on a lead, facing to the right. It has a brown back and a semi-transparent shield over the head. The back and shield have a pattern of lines that run parallel to the body.
A swallow resting on a railing. It has a dark head, a reddish neck, whitish underparts, and dark wing feathers. It is turned towards the camera and facing diagonally to the right. The shot is at the swallow's eye level, making the surrounding area out of focus.
Profile view of a brown patterned butterfly resting on the grown, facing to the right. Its wings have a 'scalloped' edge, with a series of eyespots on the edge of the wings.
Side profile of a bird standing on the ground with the tail held horizontally. The head, back and chest are dark grey, while the wings are black with a white stripe. The underside of the bird is white.
Side view of a cricket on a leaf. It is light brown, with a robust body, long antennae and a large pair of hind legs.
A pair of birds on a branch. They have brown wings, a white underside, and a black band running across the eyes. The bird on the left is grooming the one on the right, with its beak going through the feathers on the other bird's neck.
A long and slim tree snake curled at a lamppost. Its head is pointed upwards towards a gecko that is out of the frame above the snake. The snake is patterned in crisscross lines from head to top. The head and upper portion of the body is reddish, while the rest of the snake's body is green. The underside is yellow.
A skipper butterfly in side profile, facing to the right. It has a brown body and brown triangular wings with a series of dark spots on the underside of the hindwing.
Cover for “The Proof in the Code: How a Truth Machine Is Transforming Math and AI” by Kevin Hartnett
An oval-shaped bug with a green head and neck, and a bright red back.
Cover for “Around the World in 80 Games: A Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the Greatest Games” by Marcus du Sautoy
A photo of two butterflies feeding on flowers. Bother butterflies have brown, triangular shaped wings, with a bright blue stripe running across the wings.
Cover for “Cheshire Crossing” by Andy Weir, illustrated by Sarah Andersen
A black ant clinging to the underside of a branch with its pincers. It is covered in the white tendrils of a fungus. The ant's legs have fallen off.
Top view of a dragonfly perched on a grass blade. It has red eyes and a purple blue body. Its wings are transparent, with a sapphire-like patch where the wings meet the body.
A brown stout-shaped insect with huge dark eyes, a short abdomen and bulbous legs.
A beetle with a pair of long antennas ('horns') moving upside down on a horizontal branch. It is white with brown patches on the body. The antennas are at least twice as long as the body.
Cover for “Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore” by Emily Krempholtz.
An otter in the water with its head held up high, looking directly at the camera. It has a dark grey head and a light grey neck.
A swallow with white underparts, a pinkish breast and dark swept back wings that nearly reach beyond the tail. The head is brown with a black patch on the back of the head that also covers the eyes.
A small Planthopper with dark triangular wings resting flat on a leaf. The wings have a series of closely spaced ridged lines running from the head to the tail.
A large moth resting against a tree trunk. It has a large body with wings spread out to the side. The body and wings are dark brown, with a rippling pattern of dark and brown stripes running across the body and wings.
Back view of an insect on a tree trunk. It has a light green patterned wings, a dark gray band across the body and orange head and legs.
Front view of a bird on a branch. It has a white head with a crest, a white chest with brown wings. A dark eye band runs across the eyes from the beak to the back of the head.
A bird with a yellowish-orange head, blackish eye and black stripes near the mouth. It has a whitish throat, white streaks on their brown chest, and olive-green wings. This picture shows a side view of the bird.
A small yellow butterfly with a series of brown spots on the wings, and a large brown patch at the tip of the forewing. It is resting on the ground, facing sideways to the camera and feeding from a patch of wet ground. The camera was place on the ground parallel to the butterfly.
Cover for “Palaces of the Crow” by Ray Nayler
A large damselfly resting on a leaf. Its body is green with yellow stripes, with a large pair of transparent wings behind the body. Using a flash, purple sparkling lights are reflected off the entire wing.
A butterfly resting on the ground with wings closed. The wings are light brown, with thin orange bands running across it. The edge of the wings has a series of large eyespots.
Cover for “Platform Decay” by Martha Wells
A spider hanging on a web. It has a dark brown flat body with white stripes running across it. Several large spikes line the edge of the body.
A landscape view of an urban area, with a rainbow arching overhead in the sky.
A slender snake with big eyes. The underside is whitish-yellow, with a brown head, a reddish neck that becomes brown futher down along the back. A dark stripe runs across the eyes from the snout to the back of the head. Here, the snake is facing to the left on a tree branch.
A frog resting on a horizontal metal surface. It is brown with large eyes with a mottled pattern on the hind legs. A series of lines running from the head to the rear end can be seen on the back.
Cover for "Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me" by Django Wexler
A large, oval-shaped insects on a wooden railing. It is dark, with two orange stripes on its body behind the head. Several small insects with claws like scorpions are clinging on to its hind legs.
A small bird with a very long beak. It has a grey head a white throat, yellow belly and dull olive upperparts. In this shot, it is in profile, facing to the left.
A medium sized butterfly resting on a plant with wings open. The body and wings are brown with a broad white band running across the wings. The edge of the hindwings feature eyespots and short tails.
Cover for “How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying” by Django Wexler
A back view of the dragonfly perched on the tip of a leaf. It has a black body and abdomen. There are two blue marks on the back, each resembling the handset of an old-fashioned telephone. The wings are spread out in a V-shape from the abdomen, instead of being closed above the abdomen.
A dragonfly hanging vertically from a branch. The view is from the back and one side of the dragonfly. The dragonfly has a blue body, green eyes and a black abdomen. The wings are clear, with a light brown patch near the body.
Back view of a dragonfly dangling vertically from a branch. Its eyes are green, with a green body, a black abdomen and transparent wings.
Two birds resting on a branch. Both are dark with white throats. The juvenile on the left has a head that is not as dark as the adult's, on the right. The wings of the juvenile also has faint red bands running across it.
A large ant standing on a leaf. It is facing the camera head-on. It had a large black head, black legs and a red abdomen with a pair of large pincers.
Cover for “The Enchanted Greenhouse” by Sarah Beth Durst
Top view of a spider. It is black, with a pinched waist, to resemble a black ant. It has elongated mouthparts.
Two colourful beetle-like True Bugs on a leaf. The body is a bright orange-red, with a series of dark spots running behind the head and on the back.
A group of fruits tightly packed together in a ball standing up above the water, surrounded by palm leaves. The individual fruits are brown and pointed.
Two birds resting on mangrove roots above water. They are brown with white stripes on the chest and white spots in a regular pattern on the wings.
A butterfly seen in profile feeding from a flower. The forewing is orange while the hindwing is white. Both wings have a large black border with a series of white spots. The veins of the wings are also outlined in thick, black lines.
A bird with a black head wings, an orange underbelly and an orange back. It is holding a berry in its beak. In this shot, the bird is facing away and to the left of the camera. The stem of the berry can be seen.
A large and long-necked heron with dusky grey plumage and a long stout dagger shaped bill. White-tipped greyish plumes run down the neck and breast and on the wings.
A large stork with a long orange beak, a bald red head, a long curved neck, and white feathers on the back and wings, which cover black feathers underneath. The legs are red and long. It is walking in a shallow lake of water.
Cover for "Gemini and Mercury Remastered" by Andy Saunders
A bird on perched on a branch on the shore. It has a dark head and wing feathers with a light underside. It is crouched down with its head poised to catch food from the water just under its head.
A long, brown, stocky spider with two thick and long legs clinging on to a strand of web. The other legs are busy wrapping up its prey with threads of silk.
A monkey with grey and brown fur resting on a branch, holding the opened fruit of a durian.
A large wasp with a shine green body and blue abdomen. It was moving on the ground in rapid movements, searching for prey.
A medium-sized butterfly feeding from a group of small flowers. Its forewing is orange while the hindwing is white. A series of disjointed black marks are found at the hind end of the hindwing, with several long tails sticking out.