Firefly
Mar 28, 2021 12:13:01 #
When I was a young lad it would be a magical night when it was lighted by thousands of glowing fireflies. Things have changed over those oh so many years now and sadly, so has the number of fireflies in the nights sky.
Perhaps it's due to the loss of their habitat for those fields that I would roam when young are now subdivisions and commercial spaces lighting up the night with the lights of cars traveling to who knows where.
This is one that I preserved last summer that I stage for a focus stacking session from time to time. I wanted to see how it was doing and while it was out to make the most of it. This session consists of 326 images taken at step increments of 10-micrometers each. Illumination was three LED desk lamps diffused through layers of vellum tracing paper placed on the lens much like that of a lens hood. The stack of images were processed in Zerene Stacker for this resulting image.
Perhaps it's due to the loss of their habitat for those fields that I would roam when young are now subdivisions and commercial spaces lighting up the night with the lights of cars traveling to who knows where.
This is one that I preserved last summer that I stage for a focus stacking session from time to time. I wanted to see how it was doing and while it was out to make the most of it. This session consists of 326 images taken at step increments of 10-micrometers each. Illumination was three LED desk lamps diffused through layers of vellum tracing paper placed on the lens much like that of a lens hood. The stack of images were processed in Zerene Stacker for this resulting image.
Mar 28, 2021 12:16:34 #
Awesome, sippy. I remember those days when fireflies were numerous. I rarely see them anymore and I live away from the city.
Mar 28, 2021 12:27:09 #
kpmac wrote:
Awesome, sippy. I remember those days when fireflies were numerous. I rarely see them anymore and I live away from the city.
Thanks, Kpmac. Here's hoping that they make a resounding comeback for tomorrow's children to enjoy seeing as much as we had.
Mar 28, 2021 13:01:39 #
Mar 28, 2021 13:15:09 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Very fine work!
Thanks, Mark. Each passing day is showing a few insects. Flowers have either bud or opened now. Leaves on trees and brush have yet to show. The striped garter snake that inhabits my yard has been sunning in the gravel of our dog yard (not wise on its part). I've got a new Laowa twin "bendy arm" flash that I am itching to try out.
Mar 28, 2021 14:37:20 #
Another great job. Theoretically there are Fireflies / Lightning bugs in Montana. I live in the middle of nowhere and I sure haven't seen one in better than a dozen years. I can recall when I was a kid growing up the whole neighborhood got together and caught enough for a Mason jar lantern. Of course, there were lots of them there /then.
Mar 28, 2021 14:49:54 #
quixdraw wrote:
Another great job. Theoretically there are Fireflies / Lightning bugs in Montana. I live in the middle of nowhere and I sure haven't seen one in better than a dozen years. I can recall when I was a kid growing up the whole neighborhood got together and caught enough for a Mason jar lantern. Of course, there were lots of them there /then.
Thanks, Quixdraw. I suspect that their decline is attributed to many factors. My hopes are that they remain to bring memories to future generations in their later years as they have me.
Mar 29, 2021 07:08:26 #
A beautiful shot, I have never seen one up close. It looks as if he has a sun hat on.
Mar 29, 2021 07:45:16 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
When I was a young lad it would be a magical night... (show quote)
Another fantastic image!!! Gary
Mar 29, 2021 09:59:29 #
I haven't seen Fireflies in years - they used to be abundant. Excellent stack, Gary.
Mar 29, 2021 10:18:51 #
Like others, I grew up seeing fireflies, lightning bugs, all the time by the thousands. I haven't seen one for years that I can recall. I would love for my granddaughters to be able to see and enjoy them.
Your photograph is superb. I love the, hat like, top of its head.
Can you please explain to me what measurement is a micrometer? I know what a micrometer is and use one occasionally when measuring bullets for reloading but have never heard of a micrometer measurement.
Dennis
Your photograph is superb. I love the, hat like, top of its head.
Can you please explain to me what measurement is a micrometer? I know what a micrometer is and use one occasionally when measuring bullets for reloading but have never heard of a micrometer measurement.
Dennis
Mar 29, 2021 12:09:28 #
dennis2146 wrote:
Like others, I grew up seeing fireflies, lightning... (show quote)
Thanks, Dennis. A micrometer is a unit of measurement where there are 1,000 units in a millimeter or 24,500 increments in an inch. The industrial microscope objective that I use only has a depth of field of 0.017 millimeter so unless an image is perfectly flat, like a piece of film or a stamp, only the tip of a hair would be in sharp focus.
This is the Nikon TM (tool makers) microscope objective that I use as the lens for the camera. I mount it on a bellows and extend it to a distance of 160mm measured from the sensor of the camera to the thread mount of the objective which produces a 5-times magnification.
Mar 29, 2021 12:11:47 #
EnglishBrenda wrote:
A beautiful shot, I have never seen one up close. It looks as if he has a sun hat on.
Brenda, thanks ever so much for viewing and the reply and I too love the little sun bonnet it appears to be wearing.
Mar 29, 2021 12:12:29 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Another fantastic image!!! Gary
Thanks, Manglesphoto for viewing and for the reply.
Mar 29, 2021 12:14:02 #
ecobin wrote:
I haven't seen Fireflies in years - they used to be abundant. Excellent stack, Gary.
Thanks, Elliott. I hope they make a comeback in my lifetime for it would be a joy to watch them light up the fields once more.
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