On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:15 PM, P N Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > 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. > > Exposure was f 13, 30 seconds, ISO 320. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11174831&size=lg
A hundred years ago you could have called it "evidence of fairies" or "forest nymphs at night" or something like that. Pretty cool stuff! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
