Cricket

Posted by Ziren (Singapore, Singapore) on 20 June 2010 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

By luck, I saw this tiny green cricket perched at rest high on a mountain. I quickly withdrew my camera and snapped - before I realised a missing step in my photo-taking procedure - I forgot I take off the lens cap! But I was extremely lucky that these cricket was oblivious enough and remained standing there like a statue. I took a picture at the widest possible aperture I can with kit lens 18-55mm and subsequently cropped out some negative space in piacasa.

*now i regret not shooting in raw! It will save more detail...

I am Ziren Wang, a student from Raffles Institution, Singapore. I picked up a camera in January 2009 and I've never looked back. I seek to contribute to the very community that introduced me to photography as well - my school. I frequently and delightfully cover events for my school and my community as a member of the photographic society.

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