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Firefly Express #36 named "Firefly's Flame", a Scania K440EB, Coach Concepts awaits departure time on V/Line Rail Replacement, filling in for the 17:32 Seymour Service
We might have had a flood not that long ago, but it didn't stop the fireflies from showing up tonight!
Silver tequila, blood orange and passion fruit juice, topped with champagne! Sweet, tart, fruity, light and refreshing. (via Foodspotting)
Well, wouldn't it be great if there were such things? This male Photinus firefly seems to be contemplating the whole rural scene, or maybe longing to hit the road.
The Governor joined Dover Motorsports Inc. executives and staff and Firefly Music Festival directors and coordinators at the opening press conference to kick-off the weekend festivities associated with the Firefly Music Festival.
A couple years ago the field across from our house was filled with 100's of fireflies. I was disappointed with the photos I took since they were so dark and I could barely pick out the fireflies. I tried fixing the photo with levels and curves without much luck. Just recently I tried again but used the Shadows/Highlights and had much better luck. I'm also guessing that it would have been much better if I shot in RAW instead of Jpeg.
Better viewed large on black (Press L).
This was just a random attempt at pseudo macro photography. This firefly just landed right next to me and I decided to use the opportunity.
This was actually a by-product of a failed photo mission to capture a free firefly lighting up. Like many animals, they face a tradeoff between advertising themselves to potential mates & advertising themselves to predators. Unfortunately, the behavioral adaptations that make it difficult for predators also make it difficult for photographers. :-) They don't start up in the evening until it's hard to see them except by their flash, they seldom flash except in flight, and by the time you can get a fix on them they've gone dark, then they've moved before their next flash. Then of course there are the photographic challenges of focusing on them, photographing them in the low light, or using camera flash without washing out the firefly flash. I might get 'em yet -- maybe I'll think about technique & try again next summer. And I'll try to remember the DEET next time.
Anyway, here I've settled for a flash photo of one that's resting. They're really quite pretty creatures. This one is different from the black-winged ones I'm used to seeing in suburban areas (ah -- those would be Photinus sp.). This was on a wooded canal bank near a swampy area.
Oh, my. Look what I just found on BugGuide: "Photuris sp. These are the ones in which the female fakes the flashing pattern of another species (Photinus sp.), thereby drawing in males, which she eats! There are several species of Photuris awaiting formal description, so ID beyond genus is pretty much impossible.
… Eric R. Eaton"