fireflies!
You may or may not be able to see, but this nightscape is full of FIREFLIES! (Or whatever you call them. I grew up calling 'em "lightning bugs" but slipped into calling them "fireflies" at some point. Either term is acceptable around here.)
Some of those fireflies might be the same ones, as this photo is actually a composite (of like 10 of the FOUR THOUSAND PHOTOS--okay, more like 40-- that I took. I've been trying to photograph these guys for a few days now, but my camera's longest shutter speed is 4 seconds [and highest decent ISO is 200], which... just wasn't enough. Google confirmed that this is a supremely tricky task that's virtually impossible with a shutter less than 60 seconds. So I gave up and cheated).
2 comments:
Wow, if this is a composite of a bunch of pictures that's a pretty damn good line up! And you can definitely see some fireflies (I think I grew up with lightning bugs as well...).
By "composite" I mean I cut and pasted the fireflies from a bunch of photos into this one. ::sheepish grin::
I guess it'd be more accurate to say the photo is "doctored." But I've never been one for accuracy.
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