Steve859
Night Lights on Fishing Creek
This is probably my final effort to photograph lightning bugs this season. It hasn't been easy to find scenic locations with lots of lightning bugs where I'm allowed to be after dark.This is composed of a series of exposures taken between about 8:15PM and 10:00PM with the camera in the same position. I've learned a lot about layers, blend modes, ETC. while spending a great deal of time composing firefly photos. I posted another version of this for a bout 3 hours this morning but had second thoughts and brightened the scene. Hopefully I'll discover some shortcuts for next year.
Sony DSLR A580
Tokina AT-X116 PRO DX 11 - 16 f2.8
Scene settings: ISO 200, 25 seconds, f/11, 11mm
Firefly settings: Later, as the sky darkened, the settings went from ISO 3200, 10 seconds, f/4 to ISO 3200, 30 seconds, f/2.8.
Night Lights on Fishing Creek
This is probably my final effort to photograph lightning bugs this season. It hasn't been easy to find scenic locations with lots of lightning bugs where I'm allowed to be after dark.This is composed of a series of exposures taken between about 8:15PM and 10:00PM with the camera in the same position. I've learned a lot about layers, blend modes, ETC. while spending a great deal of time composing firefly photos. I posted another version of this for a bout 3 hours this morning but had second thoughts and brightened the scene. Hopefully I'll discover some shortcuts for next year.
Sony DSLR A580
Tokina AT-X116 PRO DX 11 - 16 f2.8
Scene settings: ISO 200, 25 seconds, f/11, 11mm
Firefly settings: Later, as the sky darkened, the settings went from ISO 3200, 10 seconds, f/4 to ISO 3200, 30 seconds, f/2.8.