Fireflies in the garden
Jun 20, 2020 08:50:47 #
Jun 20, 2020 08:55:26 #
Really nice. Well done. We have fireflies that show up in our backyard . Got to experiment and see if i can capture them on my camera.
Jun 20, 2020 08:59:34 #
Jun 20, 2020 09:00:04 #
Jun 20, 2020 09:07:23 #
At some point yesterday a firefly got in my house and I watched it fly around my bedroom last night, it was pretty cool.
Jun 20, 2020 09:10:38 #
venkatesh_eng wrote:
Really nice. Well done. We have fireflies that show up in our backyard . Got to experiment and see if i can capture them on my camera.
Thanks, backyard makes it hard to get no ambient light. I need to go out driving and find a darker spot.
Jun 20, 2020 09:11:59 #
Longshadow wrote:
Neat. I tried that once.
I can't wait every year for June. Love the Summer light show.
Jun 20, 2020 09:13:31 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Quite magical!
Yes it is. I love it every year. It is like Mother Nature looked at our attempt to light up trees at Christmas and said hold my beer.
Jun 20, 2020 09:50:25 #
wmurnahan wrote:
I can't wait every year for June. Love the Summer light show.
Jun 21, 2020 09:06:12 #
Jun 21, 2020 09:13:49 #
Well done! Would you share your camera's settings, for those of us who want to try it? Looks to be about a 10-second exposure, based on the number of flashes, by each firefly.
Jun 21, 2020 11:35:01 #
Wonderful. No fireflies out here of course but they are one of the few things I miss from Indiana. Thanks for posting.
Jun 21, 2020 12:16:24 #
fourlocks wrote:
Well done! Would you share your camera's settings, for those of us who want to try it? Looks to be about a 10-second exposure, based on the number of flashes, by each firefly.
Yes, please! I tried recently with almost no success!
Jun 21, 2020 12:37:26 #
fourlocks wrote:
Well done! Would you share your camera's settings, for those of us who want to try it? Looks to be about a 10-second exposure, based on the number of flashes, by each firefly.
I've found ISO 3200 gives best flash color and picks them up. I'm using an a7II ISO 3200, 55mm 1.8 set at 2.8 for 20 seconds, but you need darkness, the red streak of light in the field is coming from the streetlight about 500 ft away and the light lighting the yard is from a solar light about 10 ft behind me. Here is another shot but with my 35 2.8 set at 2.8 and 15 seconds. As long as you don't get stars in, you can go longer.
Jun 21, 2020 12:46:16 #
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