Sunday, 20 February 2011

Day 76

I really, *really* want a macro lens!

I spotted this little fella climbing up our doorway this evening, shortly before sunset. I'm pretty sure it's a cricket, but feel free to correct me if I've got it wrong. Even after six years in New Zealand the sound of crickets on a summer night still delights me. There's nothing comparable in the UK, and it sounds so exotic and foreign.

5 comments:

  1. Looks to me like a grasshopper. Crickets are smaller and usually black or brown in color. Oh how I miss the sounds of crickets in the summer(I am originally from Ohio USA)as you say there is nothing like it in the UK. Great shot.

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  2. What a gorgeous shot! He seems to look directly into the camera!

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  3. He's beautiful - lovely green and such delicate legs. I think this is great considering you don't have a macro lens. Yet!

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  4. It isn't summer unless there is a cricket chirping. This is quite a portrait.

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  5. What a fantastic macro Helen!
    Beautifully done.

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