That's a wonderful image. I like the long trail in the upper right; I think that it makes the image, rather than distracting from it. It shows what a determined little bug can do!
dan On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Paul Sorenson <allarou...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Like this one a lot better than the first. The guy in the UR corner is a > little distracting because of the length of the trail and draws my eyes away > from the rest of the image. I'd consider cloning him/her out. > > -p > > On 6/24/2010 11:15 AM, P N Stenquist 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 >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.830 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2960 - Release Date: 06/24/10 >> 01:35:00 >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
