Glow worms (really bad)
Corehead
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So, I'm walking home from doing my cave laser shots and right on the road, I spot a "glow worm" (So the Verde Valley riparian area will have fireflies in a couple months).
Setting my dying old Canon A520 at 2" focus, ISO 400, Aperture f 2.6, and 1/20 sec shutter speed...and with my UV LED penlight (probably peaks at 365nm), I spent the next half hour hunched over in the middle of a dark country road, desparately trying to get one--just ONE--decent shot of yet another bug that just wouldn't sit still for anyone!
No good. Not even after post processing.
But I'll share what I got anyway. The glow worm was an inch long; the purplish cast is from the UV but the yellow-green is bioluminescence from its head.
Setting my dying old Canon A520 at 2" focus, ISO 400, Aperture f 2.6, and 1/20 sec shutter speed...and with my UV LED penlight (probably peaks at 365nm), I spent the next half hour hunched over in the middle of a dark country road, desparately trying to get one--just ONE--decent shot of yet another bug that just wouldn't sit still for anyone!
No good. Not even after post processing.
But I'll share what I got anyway. The glow worm was an inch long; the purplish cast is from the UV but the yellow-green is bioluminescence from its head.
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Brian v.
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I was thinking the same thing Brian, a very Astronomical looking shot
Interesting shot Corehead
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:skippy Everyone has the right to be stupid, but some people just abuse the privilege :dgrin
I feel your pain. I came across a glow worm cave on the south island in New Zealand, and had even worse results. Yours is a masterpiece compared to mine. Well done!