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Apr 20, 2019 11:43:31   #
Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan
 
Never seen one.

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Apr 20, 2019 13:06:06   #
AircraftGuru
 
Thank you for sharing ... I’ve never seen one before. What part of the country are they found ??

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Apr 20, 2019 13:19:28   #
imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida
 
RedAdmiral wrote:
I recently caught a glow worm of a species I hadn't seen before (Zarhipis intergrippinnes (sp?)). She was lively, crawling about the piece of graph paper I put her on to give a size reference. They don't glow very brightly, too much supplemental light washes out the glow. Macro distances dictate a shallow depth of field unless you stop it down, and high ISO produces lots of grain. HDR suffers from the same motion issues as long exposures. This is about the best I managed. Curled up like that is a defensive position assumed because I gently shook her up. Sony A7RII, Sony 90mm Macro lens, supplemental light by LED flashlight. All images downsampled to reduce bandwidth. (For which I pay extra)
OBTW I released her unharmed very near where I found her.

Any suggestions?
I recently caught a glow worm of a species I hadn'... (show quote)


Sony has a noise reduction mode where it takes 6 exposures in very rapid succession - I have used it on birds.....could not see motion blur !
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Apr 20, 2019 13:44:03   #
sirlensalot Loc: Arizona
 
Well done. Thanks for sharing.

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Apr 21, 2019 08:15:01   #
robertjsmith
 
Very nice photos, I shall keep them if you don't mind. Have you tried turning off the lights?
Bob

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Apr 22, 2019 16:08:09   #
RedAdmiral Loc: Humboldt County, California
 
markwilliam1 wrote:
That’s Awesome! Would be cool to get a picture of her in her natural environment?


I found her in the middle of a road, apparently investigating a squashed millipede their natural prey.

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Apr 22, 2019 16:09:38   #
RedAdmiral Loc: Humboldt County, California
 
Turning off the lights made it so dark even at some of the highest ISOs possible in my Sony only the birght bands showed. I was mainly trying to show glow and structure.

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Apr 22, 2019 16:11:10   #
RedAdmiral Loc: Humboldt County, California
 
Western USA. I found this one in very Northwestern California.

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Apr 22, 2019 16:13:37   #
RedAdmiral Loc: Humboldt County, California
 
First one I've seen in nearly 60 years of bug observation. Had to be out walking about in the dark in the spooky old woods near midnight. The glow is washed out when the critter is illuminated with even a dim flashlight.

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