Photography: I Don’t Want To Bug You (#4)

Below are some of my favorite bug photos that I have taken earlier in the summer. I managed to get a real close up of a mosquito, which is rare, considering they give me the creeps (seriously. Even bees don’t scare me as much as they do). This one, I think female, looked like she wasn’t going to fly up and try to drink my blood, so I quickly shot a photo of her before I or she changed our mind.

I know it has been a while since I have written and posted some of my photos, but I plan on getting into the schedule of posting more often. I have missed taking photographs, and didn’t get much of a chance to take many this summer. Summer was not only extremely hot, but it was also busy for me. I was practicing for the SATs that I was going to retake in August and we were having quite a few large renovation project going on in the house which kept me busy. It being so hot, I didn’t really want to step out of the house. I was never made for heat and it is one of the few things that I can’t stand. So, even when I did have time to go out, most of the time it was too hot for me to handle (meaning me sitting in the hot sun for a long time trying to get a bug to stay still long enough for a photograph… Which, you’ll be surprised to know, in the heat of the day they rarely stay in one spot long enough for a photo).

Now that school has started, you would not believe how crazy busy 12^th grade is! The onslaught of homework in combination with the craziness of college applications and tours is overwhelming. Thankfully, though, I have gotten through most of the college work that I need to do. I have submitted my applications and am only now waiting for responses while catching up with my homework. The only time that I had managed to scrape together, is now, on winter break! The few times that I had managed to get out during the summer and it wasn’t too hot, I actually got some really nice ones. I have more bug photos that I plan on posting, but these are the ones I am most excited about.

My favorite photograph is of the mosquito, since it was a first for me. Which photograph is your favorite?