any tips on them? =)
2006-09-01 03:20:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Wow, that's a very good question. I'd like to know as well.
With a quick search and no straight forward answer I checked out Flickr's photostreams for "lightning bug" and "firefly", and I found some good ideas.
one involved catching the bugs and jarring them for photos while others photographed them on their hands. Setting a slower shutter speed also gave some neat results in some shots.
Check it out:
Lightning Bug
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=lightning+bug
Firefly
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=firefly&m=text
Here's a very good shot. It looks like they might have had a porch light on, get up a tripod and kept releasing the Firefly in from of the lens.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artfarmer/193115852/in/set-72057594050544651/
Good luck.
2006-09-01 03:34:23 · answer #1 · answered by dreft 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are various ways to catch fireflies on film depending on how you are visualizing your final image. Are you looking to capture their movement, i.e. light trails, or do you want to catch them as if they were frozen in time i.e, specks of light. I am assuming you want to capture the fireflies as if they were completely stopped in time, then here is what you will need to do.
If you are using a digital camera select a relatively high ISO setting of at least 800 or greater. For film the same holds true 800 ISO or greater. Set your camera to aperture priority if possible and open up your aperture as far as it can go. In photography when I say open up the aperture what I mean is to use the smallest number for the aperture for the lens, such as 1.8 or 2.8 so as to let in the maximum amount of light. Some cameras, especially zoom lenses may only open up as far as 5.6. In that case you will just have to use an even faster ISO rating such as 1600 or even 3200 ISO or greater. The only drawback to using high speed film or high speed ISO settings is that you generally will increase the noise or grain of the image. When you are photographing these fireflies chances are the shutter speed will still be somewhat slow so use a tripod. Another thing is that you probably want to photograph the fireflies with some ambient light, perhaps right at dusk when they first start to appear. Otherwise if you are photographing in absolute dark conditions your light meter will not be able to meter the bugs aat all and consequently select a long exposure thus resulting in lght trails of the bugs movement through the sky.
2006-09-01 22:16:12 · answer #2 · answered by wackywallwalker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oooh that's tough! You will need realy fast film and a camera that you can adjust the aperature and Fstop, and all that good stuff. I've tried, but unless there are a lot of them, it's just luck of the draw... or click as the case may be!
2006-09-01 03:30:03 · answer #3 · answered by MamaSunshine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, I recommand you to try google picasa.
picasa is a Google's photo software. It's what should've come with your camera.
It can Edit , organise and Share you picture and small video flips.
It's very easy to use and is free, just like Google
Download it free in here:
http://www.adcenter.net.cn/google-picasa/
Good Luck!
2006-09-04 02:33:14 · answer #4 · answered by great_picasa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time exposure will do it if you use a High ASA. It will take several trys and some experimentation but it can be done.
2006-09-01 12:07:55 · answer #5 · answered by The Druid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
long exposure, trial and error, and good luck
2006-09-01 13:32:37 · answer #6 · answered by мΛІ€ҢΛр™ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋