Dragonflies

I was at this park with the intention of taking photos. While mooching around, I realized a dragonfly had settled on the nearby bushes. Naturally, I wanted to peg some shots of it, but the handheld shots were no good. Though passable to a cursory examination, all the fine details were smeared. That just wouldn’t do.

Seeing as how the dragonfly did not seem to want to move from its perch, I proceeded to deploy the tripod and gave it a full model shoot. I think that was pretty amusing, considering the dragonfly was a total camwhore. It stayed so still, and did not move for about 2 hours. During this time, I was pegging other stuff. While I was at my work, another two dragonflies decided to settle down so they could have me take their portfolio photos.

On hindsight, I took some spiffy photos and should perhaps ask the dragonflies for a model release so I can market their pics. On the other paw, I felt quite dumb having sat around for 2 hours just to shoot insects within a 3 square meter area. In a way, I began to understand why some photographers would take so long just to produce a single photograph. It really isn’t as simple as pulling the device to the eye and snapping a shot.

Note to self: Dragonflies are probably lazy in the evening, so that would be a good time to shoot them.