As I was getting ready for work yesterday morning I heard a unique meow from my cat, Mr. Noodles.

Upon investigation I found him playing with a cricket! He's been known to leave dead mice and occasionally tiny skink lizards in the house so I was glad to have gotten to this one before his instincts took hold and he did irreparable damage...

When I tried to pick the little guy up he took a massive leap and soared towards the house recycling pile where an empty glass tequila bottle was waiting to be taken out. He landed perfectly on the neck of the bottle so I took the opportunity to put it on the kitchen table and make a few photos.

I took these with my Ricoh Gr II which is by no means designed for taking macro photos. But I liked the contrast of the crickets earthy colours against the red label on the bottles neck. In the first photo I used whats called a "dutch tilt" by tilting my camera a few degrees off level to give a feeling of turning ones head to the side while viewing something interesting... Which this little guy was!

I thought I would add the high contrast black and white variations of the photos as well. I like the straight line that runs along the crickets back and the black and white variations give you a much better chance to appreciate the shapes in the image.

Hope you enjoyed this little photo analysis and getting a closer look at my houses little guest!

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