Sunday, August 15, 2010

Crouching Spider and the Hidden Dragon (fly)

Spotted yet again by my nephew Kyle sitting on the right side view mirror. Spider sense told this lil fella to move up the roof so I can take a better picture
From the roof  it settled on the windshield wheres theres some catchlight.

Just like in badminton and scuba diving, I have made so many friends from the wonderful world of photography. The gifted photographers are usually the silent yet friendly type, eager to share tips and techniques without sounding like a know-it-all because their words are supported by their incredible works or art. And there are those who flaunt their long lenses and love to techno blabber about F stops, 12 or 14 Bit RAW files, ready to start a Canon vs. Nikon holy war but their pictures are simply no good.

I also made a few CLOSE friends lately, and they have been modelling for me for 3 weekends now. Say hello to Michelle the jumping spider and Zhang the Dragonfly. Now these two darlings  know that they are being photographed and they don't seem to mind my presence at all and in fact, they are getting better in giving me angles and by now, they know for sure the entire concept of making love to the camera.

I just hope they wont be eaten by a bird.

When we were kids, my brother and I would catch these dragonflies by the tail and throw them in the freezer for 5 minutes or so. We would eventually take our poor frozen captives out and thaw them with a flashlight (the long, stainless steel ones) and watch them move again. More often than not, they don't.

Our experiment did not progress outside dragonflies =)
There would be times when we would forget about putting one in the freezer only to be discovered by my mom a few days after, puzzled why the dragonfly ended up inside.



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