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My husband, the wildlife photographer
Jun. 19th, 2012 05:15 amIt's something of a running joke with my husband and I about all the wildlife he sees around the house while I'm at work, yet fails to document for me. "Oh you should have seen the opossum!" - "That raccoon was looking straight at me from the tree!" - "A deer was crossing in front of the house!" - "You can't believe how cute that fox was!" - "There were three bunnies on the front lawn!"
Now I'm a photographer. I have multiple cameras in the house. You'd think the man would pick one up! Geez!
So imagine my surprise when he calls me at work to tell me he finally caught something on camera. He wouldn't tell me what it was, just that he nearly fell off the ladder while trimming back tree branches and screamed like a little girl. My first thought was that it was a giant raccoon. I couldn't have been more wrong, but it was giant. Check it out:
Isn't that gorgeous?? There's no way to judge scale from this, but John said the wing span was as big as his entire hand. He'd never seen a dragonfly that big. Hence the screaming like a little girl when he turned and it landed right next to him. :-) I'm so impressed that he got down off the ladder, fetched my big camera, climbed back up and got this great shot, despite the manual settings I had the camera on previously. Not bad for a novice! Aren't those wings beautiful? I don't think I've ever seen coloring like that before.
He was all proud of himself, but little does he know, I expect him to do this all the time now. :-)
Now I'm a photographer. I have multiple cameras in the house. You'd think the man would pick one up! Geez!
So imagine my surprise when he calls me at work to tell me he finally caught something on camera. He wouldn't tell me what it was, just that he nearly fell off the ladder while trimming back tree branches and screamed like a little girl. My first thought was that it was a giant raccoon. I couldn't have been more wrong, but it was giant. Check it out:
Isn't that gorgeous?? There's no way to judge scale from this, but John said the wing span was as big as his entire hand. He'd never seen a dragonfly that big. Hence the screaming like a little girl when he turned and it landed right next to him. :-) I'm so impressed that he got down off the ladder, fetched my big camera, climbed back up and got this great shot, despite the manual settings I had the camera on previously. Not bad for a novice! Aren't those wings beautiful? I don't think I've ever seen coloring like that before.
He was all proud of himself, but little does he know, I expect him to do this all the time now. :-)
