The Story of One Sole Photo

The Story of One Sole Photo Last week there were visible Northern Lights as well as the Perseids meteor shower, so when it started getting dark, I headed out to a place I like to go sometimes. This is a filled-in quarry I believe and it's a good spot to go when I feel like taking night photos, alone, by the water. I parked my car, headed in and was ready to get comfortable for a few hours as I awaited the aurora borealis and hoped to catch some of the meteor shower. The second I stepped foot in the grass I was assaulted by mosquitos, I was not prepared for this. I put my hoodie over my head, but being summer - it was too damn hot to wear a hoodie, especially over my head. Thinking I could handle this, as the mosquitoes search for every possible way to my flesh, I set up my camera with a good bit of sky and the lake to catch reflections and some tall grass in the foreground. I get a test shot, and it's okay - I can work with this, but the mosquitoes in this section are actually killing me, so I head back up to a more open area and higher ground on an ATV trail, maybe they won't be so bad up there. Hiking back up the hill, tall grass all around me and a face full of mosquitoes, swatting angrily, sweating profusely through my hoodie, I arrive at the trail on higher ground, things are not looking much better up here. Setting up my camera again, in search of a nice POV to capture the night sky - I gave up. The mosquitoes have won and I have lost - a 30-minute drive to the quarry, 45 minutes of hiking, sweating, swatting and setting up and another 30-minute drive home, and this one sole photo is all I got!! It's been one week and I am still itchy!