philly

Imagine my surprise as I was sitting on my couch, watching TV, when a high pitched bzzzz went by my ear. A few seconds later, it buzzed past my face and I could see the familiar shape of a tiny mosquito backlit by the TV screen. I told Kate to turn on the lights so I could see it. And there it was again. I clapped my hands together and got it on the first try. It quivered on the coffee table. I picked it up and brought it to my desk, got a white piece of paper and grabbed my gear. I Justin clamped a SB600 to my desk lamp and zoomed into 85° and had a SB800 on my D700 + Nikkor 60mm f/2.8 micro. At ISO 200, f/16, SB800 1/64, SB600 1/128, I got the shot above.

Let this be a notice to all of you internet browsing, blog reading, camera enthusiast mosquitos in the Center City area of Philadelphia: if you come into my house, I will kill your thousand-eye'd ass. I hate you. If I find your local breeding ground, I will get my hands on some dragonfly larvae to eat you up. Or I'll just fuck up your breeding grounds some other way.

April 4th is waaaaaaaaaaaay too early for mosquitos in Philadelphia. Waaaaaaaaay too early.

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