Insects
Acheta domestica (European House Cricket)
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Wednesday, 14 May 2003 00:00
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"You can catch a cricket in your hand but its song is all over the field." Malagasy proverb
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Acheta domestica (European house cricket)
One day I saw this cricket in the garden, and of course I could not just say hi and let it continue it's journey. Immediately I started thinking about the macro pictures of this insect that I could tak. So I halted it and "imprisoned" the cricket in my empty plastic ice cream box. This box is closed with a thin glass plate that also allows to take nice pictures of this insect. After the "photoshoot" we released the cricket nicely back into the garden on the exact location where we found it.
Photos by Frank Panis
Shooting Data:
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Tamron SP AF 180mm f/3.5 Di Macro 1:1
Sensitivity: ISO200
Shutter speed: 1/400sec
Flash: SB-800 with diffuser dome on a remote tripod connected to the D70 with a SC-29 flash chord
Image: RAW, converted in Nikon editor, sharpening low, auto-contrast, cropped to 1200 pixels and saved in JPEG.
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