Extra Frames is a monthly compilation of images captured by Long Beach Post photographers that are, well, extra. The photos were not used in a story for one reason or another but are too good to simply fade into obscurity and languish in the archives, forever unpublished.

A dragonfly lands on the microphone stand while LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn gives remarks during a press conference with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg at the Port of Long Beach Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg exits a press conference at the Port of Long Beach Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
An A Line train leaves the First Street station in Downtown Long Beach Thursday, Jan. 6, 2021. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
A man smokes a joint while sitting on a billboard advertising marijuana delivery site Grassdoor.com at the corner of Fourth Street and Alamitos Avenue in Long Beach Wednesday, Jan 26, 2021. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
Tahesha Knapp Christensen, right, stands next to her mother Ana Christensen as they protest a commercial film shoot at El Dorado Park In Long Beach Wednesday, Jan.26, 2022. They say the film shoot will scare away the blue herons that are nesting in the nearby trees. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
Dr. Kavita Sharma visits with a patient and her mother via Zoom Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Photo by Brandon Richardson.