Has anyone ever successfully taken a shot of a firefly glowing? The other night I had my camera out in the early evening to take some photos of the lillies blooming in my front yard. As I was shooting with a tripod at the time I wondered if I could capture the fireflies that were lighting up.
It was dusk. I had the camera on the tripod and tried various shutter speeds ranging from 8 to 15 seconds. I tried various apertures from 8 down to 22. I figured if I had the lens open while a firefly flew into my field of view while the shutter was open I'd capture the light.
After about 30 attempts of shooting and praying for a firefly to light up in front of the camera I finally gave up. A few times they crossed in front of my lens but none of my shots captured a lighted firefly.
Andybod ever do this and if so, how did you do it?