PETALING JAYA, Sept. 29 -- Teenage photographer Muhammad Faris Danial Mohd Faizal is on cloud nine after one of his images got reposted by Apple on Instagram.

The 19-year-old told mStar that he was livestreaming himself playing video games on Facebook when he realised that his photo had been shared by Apple to its 23.9 million followers.

His serene image, which depicts a paddy field in Sabak Bernam, Selangor, was taken on the last day of a family vacation last July.

"Apple shared my photo at one in the morning. Even though Apple had notified me via email on September 15 that they were going to repost my photo, I was still surprised and overwhelmed.

"Many people have said that the sunset in Sabak Bernam is beautiful. While I was there,...