An eye for photography

Ediger wins ANR’s amateur photo contest

Jennifer Ediger of Hampton spent extra time in a field near Burwell capturing the best possible image of a dragonfly hovering over a barbedwire fence. Those efforts earned her first place in this year’s Aurora News-Register amateur photo contest. Photo by Jennifer Ediger
Jennifer Ediger of Hampton spent extra time in a field near Burwell capturing the best possible image of a dragonfly hovering over a barbedwire fence. Those efforts earned her first place in this year’s Aurora News-Register amateur photo contest. Photo by Jennifer Ediger

Jennifer Ediger knew in her mind’s eye the image she was hoping to capture.

She and her husband Lowell had been to the pasture in Burwell many times, where she noticed hundreds of dragonflies hovering around a barbedwire fence. Using a macro 28 millimeter lens, she just started clicking away, taking more than 100 images before she finally nailed it. “I definitely wanted that image,” Ediger said of …