Thanks Frank. Grace has told me that they are indeed fairies. Paul On Jun 24, 2010, at 8:41 PM, frank theriault wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:15 PM, P N Stenquist <[email protected]> > 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 > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
