Stick Insect, by Saniar Rahman Rahul

Taken at Kaptai National Park, in the district of Rangamati, Bangladesh, this Stick Insect is from the family of the Phasmatodea, whose natural camouflage makes them difficult for predators to detect. It can be found all over the world except for the Antarctic and Patagonia. They are most numerous in the tropics and subtropics. The greatest diversity is found in Southeast Asia and South America, followed by Australia, Central America, and the southern United States. Over 300 species are known from the island of Borneo, making it the richest place in the world for Phasmatodea.

Canon 7D Mark II | Exposure ƒ/6.3 @ 1/640sec | Focal Length 300 mm | ISO 500 | Bias 1/3 EV
Stick Insect, by Saniar Rahman Rahul

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | May 05
Award Score: 61 (Value 11, Clarity 12, Composition 16, Style 11, Skill 11)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Close-Up Photography
Photograph Location: Kaptai National Park, Rangamati, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh

Photographer: Saniar Rahman Rahul (Dhaka, Bangladesh) Registered
Saniar Rahman Rahul was the first winner for ‘Photo of the Month Award’ in June 2010. He was fascinated by seeing his father taking pictures with a camera while his family was in Iraq during his childhood. Later in life, in 1997, while he became very much attached with his profession of ‘graphic design’, Rahul rediscovered the creative side of photography. He started his career as a professional graphic designer in October of 1995, in a pre-press house called Color Scan, which is one of the pioneers in the pre-process printing media in Bangladesh. Afterwards, he moved to Power Point, another pre-press house. Before he finally settled into advertising, he also worked in an IT company called Abtab IT. Moving to advertising from printing media was a big step for him. In 2005, he joined G3, a special wing of Gray Worldwide. Two years later, he moved to Paper Rhyme. Now he is working as the Art Director of Grey World Wide, one of the ten largest advertising agencies in the world.

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