Photo of the Day
Most of the photography I do is fast. Made in fractions of a second with nearly instantaneous image processing and feedback - made possible with the digital age. But photographing fireflies is slow. Real slow. Like being in a darkroom slow - waiting to see your photo, surrounded by flickering yellow/green lights instead of the red glow. So slow, that last night I shadowboxed in the woods for thirty minutes to pass time. For example, this photo is one 18 minute exposure — which also takes nearly 18 minutes for my camera to process. Maybe I’m doing something wrong - but this is slow.
Every late May/early June, "Snappy Sync” fireflies (Photuris frontalis) emerge from the forest floors where conditions provide for a suitable habitat in the midlands of South Carolina. It’s also where foxes play, alligators swim, biting bugs swarm, and the tree roots snatch at your ankles. Photo by Sean Rayford
