Fireflies and Home
iaian7 » blog John Einselen, 25.06.07While my project is waiting on a few effects elements from another artist, I’m taking the opportunity to visit my parents. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a break, (not counting my being sick a couple weeks ago) and it’s been especially nice to kick off and drive up to north central Indiana. I get an amazing “this is home” feeling about the time I turn off the interstate and hit SR3; rolling hills and endless fields, all spattered with woods and copses and towns. It’s awesome.
North central Indiana also has some of the best fireflies you can find. I’m not sure if it’s the large quantities of fields, the midlands locale, or that it’s totally “the boondocks”. Since I can’t find my tripod I’ve ended up borrowing my dad’s, and spent from 10:30 till well past midnight photographing the fireflies. And stars. And some long exposure madness with the moon. It’s crazy how bright it gets with a near-full moon and a 30 second exposure.
Those pictures are great! I can’t decide which one is my favorite.
That long-exposure shot is AMAZING! Wow!!
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Those photos are amazing! Quite inspirational.
On another note, you’ve also introduced me to a new word: copses. I looked it up, giving you the benefit of the doubt by assuming that you didn’t simply mistype corpses.