Impression of a mosquito launch from Cow Parsley

Impression of a mosquito launch from Cow Parsley
Originally uploaded by jiihaa

This is a story of a death. I use a compact digital camera, which makes it difficult to react fast, especially when there is less light. Canon Digital Ixus 400 has a 1/1.8 inch 4-megapixel sensor, which in principle should be nice, but the sensor is unfortunately a bit noisy. Thus I like to use ISO 50 or ISO 100 sensitivities. Here I was using ISO 50, and didn't have the time to change settings. A handheld picture at 1/20 second exposure gives an impressionist feeling to the photo. The mosquito disappeared right after the picture, but a few moments later it (or a colleague) bit me in the arm, with fatal consequences for it.