A Brown Stick Insect

Very soon we headed into the Taban Loop and I immediately spotted this camouflaged stick insect on a bush beside. I softly told my friend 'Stick Insect' and he called out, 'Where!? Where!?' Well thats because he had never seen one before.

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It was now my 5th time shooting a stick insect. I had seen one long ago in the summit, but it was small and green. It only stayed for a few minutes before flying away. This one was big and brown. The other three were spotted in India in a day.

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Photographing this stick insect was extremely difficult, especially when I had no choice but to use manual focus. I kept trying to focus on the head but most of the time I fail. Eventually I made it with these shots here.

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I placed it back under the leaves and left then.

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