Some things just demand respect....
By Theresaaiza
@Theresaaiza (10487)
Australia
October 6, 2010 8:52am CST
This should be on photography section but anyway, have you ever tried taking pictures of a firefly? Have you succeeded? Well I haven't with my digital camera, just like my cousins with SLR cameras haven't as well.
There is a tourist destination here in Bohol, Philippines called Rio Verde where tourists ride a small ferry down the river, with lights off, so that they could appreciate the fireflies at night.
Sometimes, millions of those fireflies gather in one tree, appearing like tiny Christmas lights or like glittering pixies! Very breathtakingly wonderful.
Unfortunately, our cameras couldn't take pictures as souvenirs. An external light source overpowers their light, and without external light source, the light they emit is also insufficient for the cameras to capture them. In short, we were left with no choice but to respect that some things are just FOR YOUR EYES ONLY.
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@IoanaBI (494)
• Romania
6 Oct 10
Hello Theresaaiza! I have seen in a movie once when i was little, a man that agitated the stik and provoke a lot of fireflys to make their appearence noticed, by raising up from the reed. It was like an amazing star curtain and, since than, it has been one of my wishes to actually see it in real life. Unfortunately. till now, i haven't seen not even one firefly :(
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@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
15 Oct 10
Hi IoanaBI, we have lots of them here in the Philippines. Not much in the city though. Those amazing bugs probably hate being overpowered by the city lights. I think it's ego.
I wish your wish will be granted soon, though.
If you could take a trip down to some tropical climates, you might actually just witness them in person.
I wish your wish will be granted soon, though.
If you could take a trip down to some tropical climates, you might actually just witness them in person.
@hardworkinggurl (37062)
• United States
6 Oct 10
Yes I would have to imagine the high immersed lighting of such a tiny fly would be interceeded by the flash of a camera.
But I did some online searching and found a picture that I find beautiful to see, so I will share with you my friend and hope you too can enjoy it as much as I did to see it.
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
15 Oct 10
Hiya there! How are you?
I am not sure if that insect in the picture was indeed a firefly. The last one I saw looked like a tiny brown beetle with a flickering butt. Another specie, perhaps?
Another specie, perhaps?
@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
6 Oct 10
It does sound as if this would be a wonderful site to see. I understand what you are saying about the difficulty of actually snapping the picture, though. Perhaps a camera at a very slow shutter speed would be able to pick up the awesome twinkling lights.
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@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
19 Oct 10
Hi GG, I agree that there must be some sort of setting or a particular type of camera used for such but so far I have not discovered any.
I even tried googling it 2 no avail.
@jdyrj777 (6528)
• United States
6 Oct 10
Unfortunately we dont have them where im living now. Last summer my daughter and i traveled back to my home state because of a family illness. As soon as evening came the fireflies were out just above the grass. We call them lightening bugs there. The state im from is more humid than where we are living now thats probably the reason we dont have them here.
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@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
19 Oct 10
Yes I think they don't thrive in cold places because here in the Philippines, they are very abundant. Well, not so in the city though. I think it's because of pollution.
