Harvest Moon - Victoria County, Texas
The moon was beautiful but the mosquitoes were more than plentiful.
Checking my compass trying to decide where this thing was going to come up, I stood just off the road across from a small pond waiting for 8:09 pm to arrive when this moon would appear.
Just before the rise, it began to become much darker and I could hear a swarm of mosquitoes approaching with a whine like a loose fan belt on an old truck. As the moon rose, I found myself 25 yards or so too far to the north so I scurried through the weeds trying to get this shot with the windmill in it. When I stopped moving and began to focus those blasted insects finally caught up with me.
Sure I'd love to have taken a bit more time setting the camera just right on the tripod but I found it nearly impossible to do so swatting those things off my legs. *Note* It's foolish to go into the weeds wearing only shorts and sandals.
Anyway, a day later, I'm still scratching what is probably a hundred or more bites.
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