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Lampyridae Must Live Outside
Lampyridae Must Live Outside
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Darkness (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 LD Aspherical IF for Nikon
Location: My kitchen.
Date: Jun 12, 2005
Aperture: F/5
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/8
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 13, 2005

 Even though we had a VERY accommodating firefly who hung around for over an hour, this was a challenging shot: how to light the subjects without overpowering the luminescence of the firefly, stationary fireflies do not flash and flashing fireflies are never stationary!

In the end, the best exposures were all handheld at a high ISO under natural lighting conditions.

Adjustments:
Curves, Hue/Saturation, Clarify, USM

Statistics
Place: 250 out of 373
Avg (all users): 4.6238
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 4.4651
Avg (non-participants): 4.7414
Views since voting: 747
Views during voting: 451
Votes: 303
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/21/2005 12:45:56 PM
How'd you get the kid to sit still for so long?!
 06/20/2005 10:51:19 PM
A kid playing with a firefly brings back memories of early childhood visits to Kansas. A good darkness activity. Composition, color and exposure are fine in this image. Good solid black background.

Items that will hold back its score are that the focus is very soft and the firefly looks artificial. It might be better if the child's eyes could be seen. Many viewer's might not make the connection between firefly and darkness.
 06/20/2005 12:23:22 PM
Never knew what these guys look like...pity you couldn't catch this a little darker or keep more darkened areas..
 06/17/2005 05:41:17 PM
Oh who`s that incredibly sweet kid? and who`s lampyridae? anyway it`s a very nice picture, but i think it`s more the 'fault' of the kid. also, i think that the focus should have been on the little bug. :)
 06/16/2005 08:48:39 PM
how is that dark?
 06/16/2005 08:04:40 PM
that bug (firefly?) is very interesting, the pic is a little grainy though (unless that was purposeful?)
 06/16/2005 03:18:04 PM
Charming image. My parents had to tell me this as a child too.
 06/16/2005 01:47:04 AM
I'm so happy to see a firefly in the challenge! I like the composition a lot. The only suggestion I might have is that either the firefly should be softer or they child should be sharper. As it is (and don't get me wrong, I like this shot a lot!), the firefly looks artificially pronounced. Otherwise nice in every way and a hgh score from me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/16/2005 12:46:58 AM
sorry, i don't really feel 'darkness' with this shot.
 06/15/2005 10:48:19 AM
sweet


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