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Jasper Doest's Image
A vivid light illuminates the darkness, highlighting the swirling of insects amid billowing smoke.
This is a trap to lure and capture bush crickets as they swarm over the Ugandan city of Masaka. The insects are attracted by the bright halogen lights and, sedated by smoke, they crash into the upright metal sheets and then slide into oil drums.
Behind the lens
Jasper Doest
The Netherlands
Jasper is a photographer who creates stories that explore the relationship between humans and nature. He’s a contributing photographer for National Geographic Magazine, a Senior Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers and a WWF Netherlands Ambassador.
Image details
- Leica SL
- 16–35mm lens
- 1/2 sec at f4.4 (-0.7 e/v) • ISO 125
- Kyazanga, Uganda
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