Show me your firefly shots!

Firefly 101: take lots of shots and stack, these taken 7/9 between 10:03 and 10:23pm EDT, only images with actual firefly saved, here is result:
73 images stacked ; each 2 seconds @ ISO 800, f 5.6, 48mm (via kit lens 18-55 IS).
In hindsight next time I'll shoot ISO 400 @ 4 seconds, less digital noise for "better" PP ability.
Very little PP done in Aperture 3; exposure pushed +0.5, vibrancy +0.12, highlights dial down 18%, that's it.

Very cool concept, very creative with the stacking idea (reminds me of star trails stacking) . I like it

ryan the geek wrote in post #10518381
Very cool concept, very creative with the stacking idea (reminds me of star trails stacking) . I like it

Thx, I tried in June to capture fireflies but that failed; I shoot too wide (18mm) - hard to see the little buggers lighting their tails, so tried stacking close to 50mm and got the above result.
fwiw, I was doing star trails the past week - learned that software so what the heck.
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=898844

Ok;
I played some more last night with this firefly/stacking thing.

This is 160 images stacked, shot with my Ti1 and Canon 50mm 1.4 prime lens set at f1.4, ISO 100, 8 seconds exposure each. Exposures taken 10:02pm - 10:26pm continuous.
Too many mosquitoes outside besides all the fireflies!!

I like this better than my 1st shot, I was about 130' away from my home.
For 1 more, I'll move further back and shoot in Portrait mode to capture more fireflies in foreground.
C&C appreciated.

Here's one from last year:

kb9tdj wrote in post #10544141
Here's one from last year:

What was your technique for this shot, I really like it.
Did you stack like I did, if so how many images?

mtbdudex wrote in post #10544473
What was your technique for this shot, I really like it.
Did you stack like I did, if so how many images?

No stacking, it was a single image. I shot it with a Canon 50D and 17-55 f/2.8 IS. Exposure was 24 sec at ISO 400 at a focal length of 23mm and f/2.8 (the image should contain the EXIF data). I did not do much post-processing, just a bit of noise reduction and levels change and maybe a bit of sharpening in Lightroom.

kb9tdj wrote in post #10544789
No stacking, it was a single image. I shot it with a Canon 50D and 17-55 f/2.8 IS. Exposure was 24 sec at ISO 400 at a focal length of 23mm and f/2.8 (the image should contain the EXIF data). I did not do much post-processing, just a bit of noise reduction and levels change and maybe a bit of sharpening in Lightroom.

What I like about your shot is the stars, the blue/purple sky, and so many-many fireflies in 24 seconds!!

My stack of 24 minutes count of fireflies does not come close to your 24 second count, at least visually.

What kinda H20 are they drinking?

I'm out shooting more fireflies tonight, we just had a storm roll thru 2 hours ago and they seem quite active, still not at your shot level.

Heres my MW shot from 8-9-02 , this is film shot tho taken with a Pentax K1000 SLR and a 50mm f/2.8 . BTW incase you don't see the fireflies ... , they are the two big green globs close to the bottom . They had landed on an object for a period of time while i was taking this 45-minute long exposer .

Damn, good topic. And great shots. In my backyard there's a gold mine of these. At least a couple weeks ago it was, and I tried and failed to take any good shots. Need to attempt again.

Please post more shots, they look so magical.

Watching that sight in my backyard with thousands and thousands of them lighting up the dark and fading away were straight out of a fairytale.

mtbdudex wrote in post #10545149
What I like about your shot is the stars, the blue/purple sky, and so many-many fireflies in 24 seconds!!

My stack of 24 minutes count of fireflies does not come close to your 24 second count, at least visually.

What kinda H20 are they drinking?

I'm out shooting more fireflies tonight, we just had a storm roll thru 2 hours ago and they seem quite active, still not at your shot level.

We grow lots of 'em here in central Indiana in the summer! The numbers seem to be a bit down lately, but were way up about a month or so ago.

Celestron wrote in post #10545292
Heres my MW shot from 8-9-02 , this is film shot tho taken with a Pentax K1000 SLR and a 50mm f/2.8 .

I see your fireflies in the milky way.....

Below taken later in the evening than prior shot....much darker mood.
Just trying to nail down a decent firefly shot, this taken tonight (7/16)
Using my new Canon lens EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM;
285 images; 35 mm, 10 second exposures, ISO 100, f 4.5, stacked.
With wider shot the firefly trails become sorta dots......
Those are star trails in the western sky behind our home, due to combining images taken over 10:17 - 11:12 pm; 55 minutes.
The lights were on in the inside due to my wife making cake/stuff, tomorrow is 2 of our 3 kids b-day party.

kb9tdj wrote in post #10544141
Here's one from last year:

great shot! do i also see a shooting star in there??

blakeG! wrote in post #10552216
great shot! do i also see a shooting star in there??

Nope, it's an airplane.