| I planned making this Milky Way image with the Toms Cover Visitor Center in the foreground. The night started with me shooting on the beach which is the one place safe from mosquitoes thanks to the constant breeze. Then I moved to the visitor center which is just a few minutes away. I knew I would get bitten by mosquitoes and I was mentally prepared for that, thinking I'd take the shots I needed as fast I could and be back on the beach in about 10 -15 minutes and it shouldn't be too bad. Wrong! It was as I expected initially – I could hear them swarming around me and started getting bites. I wrapped up quickly and headed back the beach. But many mosquitoes followed me all the way which is unbelievable! I had my bike and the small cargo cart that carried my gears including the bag next to me. It must be what enabled them to keep attacking me on the beach for the next 20 – 30 minutes while I waited for a sequence of shots to finish. They'd find shelter from the wind in/around the cart when they got tired, then came back out to continue the attack. I fled after that sequence was done, and paddled the bike as fast as I could, only then did the attack stop because they could no longer keep up. I ended up with at least 20 -30 bites on the back of my neck, back of my hands, upper arms, and my shoulders, and it took weeks for the marks to disappear completely. 这晚先在沙滩上拍。这保护地的蚊子超疯狂，沙滩是唯一安全的地方，因为有风蚊子呆不住。访客中心离沙滩有段距离就不太安全，但我想把它拍到前景不得不离开沙滩冒险。只能寄希望于速战速决然后跑回沙滩。结果一群蚊子一路跟我回到了沙滩上继续攻击。我的自行车和装着设备的挂斗大概给蚊子们提供了保护所，飞不动了就去那找个旮旯儿歇歇，然后出来继续叮。熬到一组拍完飞速撤退，直到把自行车速度蹬起来才算是逃过一劫。手上，脖子，肩膀至少被叮了二三十个包，过了好几个礼拜才消失。 |
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| FL: 35 mm | Lens: SP 150-600MM F/5-6.3 Di VC USD |
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