Fireflies mating

[christopher88]

I was out storm chasing for lightning and got lightning bugs instead.

Exif
f 8
10 sec exposure
iso 800
45 mm
tripod and RF remote on 2 sec timer

Post Production:
Duplicate layer twice,tone map middle layer to bring out highlights,set to screen.
Then dup. that layer and set to dodge and top most layer to soft light,
make curves adj. here and there then merge.
Thanks.

[JFSanders]

Now that is pretty cool! Nice work.


Jim

[First Light]

I like it, but how do you know they were mating ... ? Just wondering.

[slh]

I believe that only the female 'lights' to attract a mate, once they take care of business, she kills the male (eats him I think). Kinda like the our world, just kidding.

[Paul690]

WOW i have never seen this, it would be so cool to watch them flying about, not the eating each other...lol

[christopher88]

The fireflies flashing in the air are all males. Down in the grass, Dr. Lewis points out, females are sitting and observing. They look for flash patterns of males of their own species, and sometimes they respond with a single flash of their own, always at a precise interval after the male’s. Dr. Lewis takes out a penlight and clicks it twice, in perfect Photinus greeni. A female Photinus greeni flashes back.
Also there is a pretador called Photuris.the females of these predatory beetles mimic the light signals of other firefly species' males, to attract, kill, and eat them.
Photuris kills other fireflies only to retrieve bad-tasting chemicals from their bodies, which it uses to protect itself from predators.

[slh]

I stand corrected, thank you.

[Evn1ngStar]

How cool! And look how many of them there are out there. Great idea and image.

[christopher88]

I thank ya steve kuz I had no idea about females killing other ones,your comment intrigued me to look into it and I actually learned more about em,not a bad thing at all.Thanks and thanks to everyone else!

[paulkaranik]

very nice!! good job