A fine attempt here Sriharsha to do something different. I am keen to know why you used remote trigger in this case. I agree with you that fireflies are beautiful. Unfortunately making images of them may be extreamly tough. I think you almost got it through - I can see the plant and leaves in this image. A little more exposure on the plant and leaves and some more definition of fly would have made this wonderful. But I know it is easier said than done due to huge exposure difference that is needed between the fly and unlit regions. Don't give up, think out of the box, think about other tools - long exposures, other sources of light to compensate, multiple exposures, reflectors, bulb mode and this list goes on - only limitation is our willingness to think differently. I am sure it is not easy, if you have the will you will have your way and believe me you can do it !!

Behind every successful image is lots imagination and hours of hard work (and may be a bit of luck too). Never give up, if not the image you will learn a lot. In my view there is no point in taking those known paths, at best we can make images similar to those done by hundred thousdand nature photgraphers out there.

Good luck!

Thanks for the words Ganesh. I am sorry I should have been more specific, I used a IR remote shutter release to avoid camera shake. You must be thinking of a remote trigger which gets activated when the subject triggers it by crossing paths or something like that.
Yes even I felt a definition of the firefly itself was missing here. But it was a 45 second exposure and these buggers never sit still. If you want some of the habitat in the BG you ought to have a long exposure, but you risk subject movement, and a shorter exposure would get you the subject and no habitat. Its a compromise actually. And yes a multiple exposure of the same scene would have definitely helped in this matter. Now thats what I guess people call a rookie mistakes.

Sriharsha, Great attempt here in capturing this light beauty. Yes tough challenges in making images of this fly. Ganesh has said all to make better image(s) next time. Did you try to make image with long exposure to capture just the random movement of these insects (as you mentioned they weer in 100s) . Loved the composition here. Keep trying.

Shankar I did capture the fireflies dancing in the dark. That was my primary intention initially. But somehow I preferred the image on this forum to the fireflies dance picture. The dance of the fireflies can be seen here
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3094/268 ... ec11_o.jpg
It would be nice to know which image you prefer.

What are those red dots on the floor Sriharsha ? Just curious to know how that happened..
I prefer this one compared to the other..

This is simply amazing considering that this is a near impossible situation to shoot, the flickering is so unpredictable and the movement so disoriented I am glad this is certainly the best of the species I have seen, I would love to see many in the frame. I must say your recent images are a real treat and indicates so well you seem to think and execute, keep this on for the joy of lovely images will follow automatically.

Ganesh the red dots are dry bamboo leaves. Even I was surprised when I saw the color they took on after downloading the images (even clearly visible in the landscape fireflies dance shot). Must be something to do with the (firefly's) light I guess. It definitely was not due to PP

Sure it is not due to PP Sriharsha. I was keen to know how did we get it in the first place. We probably will have opportunities to creatively use them in other situations if we know how we got it, how to reproduce them next time..

A very well made attempt Sriharsha. fireflies open up amazing opportunities to explore some very creative images. Even though it is very very difficult to make a successful image with these beauties, the effort is surely not a waste. Great idea behind this image and keep treating our eyes!