dance of the fireflies

SquarePeg · Jun 23, 2020

Went out to shoot milky way photos and ran into the most fireflies I have ever seen. It was amazing! Tried to capture the as best I could but it was not easy.

Still working on editing these - I'm all over the place on them so would appreciate any suggestions.

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_CAT4644 by SharonCat..., on Flickr

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_CAT4645 by SharonCat..., on Flickr

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_CAT4641 by SharonCat..., on Flickr

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_CAT4640 by SharonCat..., on Flickr

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_CAT4634 by SharonCat..., on Flickr

Jeff G · Jun 23, 2020

Cool, that is something l really miss about the other end of the country.

tirediron · Jun 23, 2020

Very cool - one of those things I've never actually seen in person.

Jeff15 · Jun 23, 2020

Nice set......

zulu42 · Jun 23, 2020

Very nice shots and an interesting challenge. #2 has a really nice light trails on the flies. I like the shots with the foreground shadows boosted (or did you light paint? I think even getting almost close to an HDR look would fit these shots.

K9Kirk · Jun 23, 2020

Cool set. #3 for me. I like how the house lights are subdued a little and don't detract from the fireflies as much. I used to fish for bluegill with them in Indiana, they worked great because after you hooked them and threw them in they still lit up. You could see them blink as they sank and strike me dead if I'm lying, it didn't take more than 5 seconds after they hit the water that I would get a strike. Their light really attracted the fish.

SquarePeg · Jun 23, 2020

Jeff G said:
Cool, that is something l really miss about the other end of the country.

According to one of the locals we spoke to, it’s an annual phenomenon that lasts a very short time.

tirediron said:
Very cool - one of those things I've never actually seen in person.

It was super cool! I have seen the occasional firefly while in the country but never something like this.

Jeff15 said:
Nice set......

Thanks...

SquarePeg · Jun 23, 2020

zulu42 said:
Very nice shots and an interesting challenge. #2 has a really nice light trails on the flies. I like the shots with the foreground shadows boosted (or did you light paint? I think even getting almost close to an HDR look would fit these shots.

A little of both. My friend was doing a bit of light painting for us but she was shooting full frame so the long exposure times were different and I ended up having to lift shadows a bit but couldn’t do much because of the noise.

K9Kirk said:
Cool set. #3 for me. I like how the house lights are subdued a little and don't detract from the fireflies as much. I used to fish for bluegill with them in Indiana, they worked great because after you hooked them and threw them in they still lit up. You could see them blink as they sank and strike me dead if I'm lying, it didn't take more than 5 seconds after they hit the water that I would get a strike. Their light really attracted the fish.

My brother fishes, I’ll have to mention that to him.