Death of a Dragonfly
Woke up Christmas morning and started busying myself with the (million) preparations for that evening’s Christmas party. Was en route to a neighbour’s (otherwise known as my mom’s) rooftop to steal some outdoor furniture, when I stumbled across a deceased dragonfly.
Noticed that a small scouting party of black ants had also discovered the stiff and were working out how to carry it back to their lair. After watching fascinated for 30 seconds – I decided to fetch my gear:
Once I had it all setup and fired off the first shot, I got an error message similar to this:
So I left my setup, ran downstairs, grabbed a CF card, rushed back upstairs… to find my camera and lens lying on its side on the floor! The Gorillapod had given way and my camera had come crashing (well about 1 foot) to the ground – thanks alot Joby! 
Oh well as I never intend to sell either my 5DII or my beloved 70-200, it’s not such a big deal – still hurt like buggery to see it even slightly scratched.
Here are a few of the images that I managed to get. Am I happy with the shots, yup. Were they worth damaging my gear for… probably not.
~ Scouting Party of Seven ~
~Heck of a lot more ~
~Ant swarm ~
Even with the added weight of ants on the Dragonfly’s wings, they still manages a brisk pace
(focusing at such shallow DOF was tough)
~ R.I.P. Dragonfly~
Next up on byNoelYeo.com, I have a close encounter with a Red-breasted Piocephalus and I confront the distorted world of fashion.
Merry Christmas to one and all, and a magnificent 2010 to everyone!
Noel
