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Every night for 10 minutes, just right after sunset, fireflies are throwing a festival in Fond Saint Denis, Martinique
A replica of the broad gauge Firefly at the Didcot Railway Centre on Sunday 1st May 2016.
This image was created from 30 separate shots, in groups of 3, which were then processed as HDR, with the resultant 10 sets subsequently stitched together to form the panorama.
The Firefly was a class of broad gauge 2-2-2 steam locomotives used for passenger services on the Great Western Railway. The class was introduced into service between March 1840 and December 1842, and withdrawn between December 1863 and July 1879.
Following the success of the Star class locomotives introduced to the Great Western Railway by Daniel Gooch, Gooch set to work to develop a new class based on North Star, but with larger boilers. The result was the Fire Fly, later followed by 61 similar locomotives designated the same class.
From about 1865, the Fire Fly Class locomotives became part of the Priam Class, along with the Prince Class locomotives.
The original Fire Fly is said to have covered the 30.75 miles (49.49 km) from Twyford to London Paddington in 37 minutes, an average speed of 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), which was unprecedented in 1840.
A quick custom I made. I probably won't be using him in any of my MOC's. But I just wanted to show him.
Fireflies at night with a long exposure. This is basically staring at an insects butt for 30 seconds.
Taken at Firefly Ridge: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mare/47/39/75
Taken by Drew Drakul-Blackheart, Co-Owner of Drakul-Blackheart Imagery Studios.
It was so much fun sitting next to what must be the largest Firefly display at a Lego convention.
1. Adrian's 7ft
2. Playset
3. Cuusoo version
4. Mini-in-a-jar (nominated for best micro)
5. Light-up micro model
Photinus pyralis. Eastern Firefly.
Canon 6D Mark II, Canon 16-35mm zoom @21mm. 16 30-second exposures @ ISO 800 and ƒ2.8. Layers combined in Photoshop CC with the top 15 layers in blending mode "Lighten," base layer "Normal." Post-processed in Lightroom Classic.
In spite of the 30-second exposure times there are relatively few motion streaks because the fireflies were flashing rapidly.
The camera was tethered via WiFi to an iPad Pro. Raw previews were uploaded quickly so that I was able to complete my exposure experimentation in a short time.
And in the sky, to my surprise, star trails. Surprise, because the sky was very bright with light pollution (looking north toward Baltimore) and no stars were visible to the unaided eye.
Gambrills, MD.
Firefly
Lampyridae is a family of insects in the beetle order Coleoptera. They are winged beetles, and commonly called fireflies or lightning bugs for their conspicuous crepuscular use of bioluminescence to attract mates or prey. Fireflies produce a "cold light", with no infrared or ultraviolet frequencies. This chemically-produced light from the lower abdomen may be yellow, green, or pale-red, with wavelengths from 510 to 670 nanometers.
About 2,000 species of firefly are found in temperate and tropical environments. Many are in marshes or in wet, wooded areas where their larvae have abundant sources of food. These larvae emit light and are often called "glowworms", in particular, in Eurasia. In the Americas, "glow worm" also refers to the related Phengodidae. In many species, both male and female fireflies have the ability to fly, but in some species, females are flightless.[2]