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Lightning Bugs, aka Common Eastern Fireflies, aka "Big Dipper" fireflies (Photinus pyralis) and abandoned farmhouse, Tennessee. This is the species of firefly with which people in the eastern half of the U.S. are most familiar. Because these fireflies are active at dusk, they are somewhat less bothered by light pollution than species which need to display in full darkness.
The Fireflies are out at night now and they are later than usual. I haven't been out to see them yet but I shall make it a priority this week.
My husband tells these wonderful "Jennifer" stories to our granddaughters. The latest series of stories involve some fairies and the girls were surprised to find this statue of a fairy in their garden on the morning of the day we left. They treasure this little fairy we found at a local second shop. I took a few pictures of the statue before we left which I made into cards for the girls. For Slider Sunday, I thought I would try a totally different editing effect using a sunset picture I took last week and an image of the Fairy statue. I think our granddaughters will like it on a card. Happy Slider Sunday!
Two species of fireflies in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The yellowish lights are synchronous fireflies (Photinus carolinus). The long, meandering green streaks are blue ghost fireflies (Phausis reticulata). These don't blink, but instead leave their lights on for up to a minute as they fly above the forest floor. Now, I know what you're thinking: Why are they called blue ghosts if they're green? I can say that they did look bluish-white to my eyes as they flew around; the camera, however, sees them as, well... lime lights. I assumed at first that it was like photographing auroras - perhaps the camera sensor can pick up color wavelengths to which our eyes are less sensitive. But after doing some reading, it's a bit more nuanced than that. It's due to the "Purkinje effect." As part of our eyes' adaptation to seeing in dim light, they shift their luminance sensitivity toward the blue end of the spectrum. Anything around those wavelengths is more visible, whereas colors toward the red end become dim or black. The camera doesn't have this night vision color shift, so it records all the wavelengths with the same sensitivity. Apparently if I had caught a blue ghost in my hand, and held it close to my eyes, the brightness would have overwhelmed my night vision and I, too, would have seen the light as yellow-green.
forest with fireflies.
the weather wasn't good tonight. Because of the rain poured steadily down and the temperatures only 13 Celsius degrees.
Parameters: 70mm MF(24-70)/ f2.8 / iso1600/ 5.5minutes/ wb 2890k
Photographing the fireflies from the porch was hard last night with the moon shining so brightly. I did manage to get quite a few.
I did replace the streak that was the moon with a separate shot that I took with a long lens.
I found a little faery living among my water lilies, her name is Cricket. She glows in the dark and I am completely in love with her!
She is a Charles Creature Cabinet Firefly Faery Fidelia.
FLINT HILLS, KANSAS, USA -- Fireflies flash their mating patterns over the Wild Alfalfa in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Taken at the Tallgrass Preserve near Strong City, the photo is a 76 second time exposure. It was so dark I couldn't see through viewfinder and had to focus by sheer guess. Taken a good hour after sunset the light was extremely blue adding to the natural blue of the alfalfa. You can see more at my web site: www.jimrichardsonphotography.com
'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
As they tried to teach me how to dance'
I simply love this song, and it has stuck in my mind for a few days now. :D
Fireflies effect by: stock-ashleyrwatts
Virgin West Coast Trains Class 57/3 Thunderbird No. 57314 'Firefly' heads 14.14 Holyhead to Manchester Piccadilly into Bangor station, 14.46 on 12/12/2005
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This is (obviously) not a firefly.
The first one to guess what this actually is gets $10! Act quick!*
Taken Delaware Water Gap, NJ, in near darkness. Light painted.
*no actual $10 will be given
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