but it was managed to take a few years ago so we bought this as a replacement.

Lol
if the captus managed well, the last one I had, lasted for years but years, until the day a nephew asked for it and I gave it to him
XD

Good thing this one did not die too, as it fell off the windowsill. Although ... it is a bit crooked now.

I already said that it looked like crooked, I really like the photo, and I saw that you said you used a special lens, i can get the same effect with a more modest camera?