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Uncategorized Tuesday, January 31st 2012 at 2:23 pm

Long Exposure Photographs of Fireflies Show Off Their Blinky Brilliance

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The neon signs of the animal world, fireflies have been impressing us non-luminescent humans for millenia. Though their flashes are just a gaudy advertisement for sex, it is no less beautiful — even more so when you photograph them with a long exposure camera. These photos from Japan capture fireflies as little more than beautiful points of light, while others capture the zigzagging path of the moving insects. It’s great stuff, making the forest look almost magical.

(Digital Photo Blog via The Fox is Black)

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  • http://twitter.com/jpreyes J. Paxon Reyes

    This can’t simply be a long exposure, unless Japanese fireflies flash very briefly. There’d be more light trails.

  • Max Eddy

    I thought that, too. I Wonder if it’s multiple exposures as well? I’m not sure.

  • seascone

    This is what a nightmare looks like to a sufferer of pollen allergies.

  • Itsamini1

    the fireflies I caught in my back yard as a child flashed or blinked they did not have a constant glow.

  • Jermiah

    Fireflies only flash briefly, they don’t just fly around with the lights on all the time.

  • Shazerz

    they do if you leave your shutter open for long periods of time.

  • ladychinaski

    They flash :)