Kudos for attempting such an elusive subject. Love the overall lighting. Don't know what the ISO setting was, but I see a pretty noise free image for an exposure of that length. There are no such "lightning bugs" (that's what we called them years ago when living in Iowa) in California. Certainly not that I'm aware off. We used to catch them and smash them on our faces. Messy, but innocent summer evening "fun."
Jack --- On Thu, 6/24/10, P N Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > From: P N Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > Subject: Peso - another stab at fireflies > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 9:15 AM > Another great firefly show last > night, and I again tried to capture it on pixels, perhaps > with a bit more success. I've found that without letting the > background go almost black, I get nothing. Of course, it's > not much of a picture if you can't see some of the > environment, so black and midrange work in post is > necessary. > > I'm shooting from about 50 feet away with a 60mm focal > length to compress it all, while avoiding a need for > critical focus. Note that the fireflies which move faster > while lit have long trails. I believe it's also a function > of how close to camera they are. I think that guy at top > right was only about 15 feet away. Jack > > Exposure was f 13, 30 seconds, ISO 320. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11174831&size=lg > > --PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
