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A macro shot of a mating pair of fireflies showing off their glow lights

A macro shot of a mating pair of fireflies showing off their glow lights
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 800 Shutter 1/200

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upload_date

Aug, 2013

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Awards

Contest Finalist in Small Things In Nature Photo Contest

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Peer Award

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Absolute Masterpiece

+143

Superb Composition

+122

Top Choice

+105

Superior Skill

+66

Outstanding Creativity

+57

Magnificent Capture

+32

Jaw Dropping

+28

All Star

+16

Genius

+4

Exceptional Contrast

Great Find

Master Editing

Top Class Lighting

One Of A Kind

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nice..what are those??

They're fireflies :)

Very nice work!

Fantastic shot, nicely composed and great detail in these little critters.

Wonderful shot, great timing.

This is an amazing shot! Perfect timing!

great capture!

Wow Amazing congrats!

Incredible

Nice shot

fantastic catch! I love it

PRO+

Very nice Congrats

whoaaaa

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What an awesome catch !! Congrats on your feature (:

Platinum

Amazing, congrats on feature!

i'm not into insect pics but this is really brilliant!

Really great shot!

Beautiful capture.Congrats!

Speechless - such an epic macro shot. Awesome work!

Great work

Fantastic shot!!!! Congrats on being featured!!!

Congratulations on your feature,great shot

that is an awesome shot!!!

Oh cool. I always see pics of their light but I've never seen a pic of one close up. Thanks for sharing. :) fav

Great work....congrats

.....wonderful capture.....!!!

Platinum

So amazing you got that shot!!! Congratulations on your Feature.

PRO

Congratulations......spectacular shot.....

Beautiful I always wanted to see fireflies no pictures I've seen have ever captured them so beautifully.

Phenomenal!!!!!

brilliant capture!

Completely Awesome.

Brilliant capture! Congrats!

Congrats!

Amazing capture, congrats!!

AMAZING CAPTURE

thumbs up!

Ultimate

Fabulous!

congratulations on your award. beautiful image. great photograph fantastic shot

Oh, this shot is very cool! Congrats on the feature :)

this is epic!

Super well-timed capture. Congratulations.

Platinum

Beautiful shot! Congrats!

Ultimate

Great shot

Amazing!

Great show..Carrol

Great shot.

so great

A real cracking shot, well caught.
Ian

A real cracking shot, well caught.
Ian

WoW! Awesome shot!

Congrats! Wow! Fantastic capture!

congrats

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Brilliant shot

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Wow...Congrats!

Send this to Hallmark!
Wonderful top drawer shot!

Such a great capture! Congratulations!!!!!

Your timing is perfect!!! Absolutely beautiful shot!

great shot

Fabulous capture! Thank you for sharing!! :)

Nice shot!

Beautiful shot!

Beautiful

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This is beautiful. I've never seen a firefly before. Now I really want to see one. Terrific capture.

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excellent...congrats!

Fantastic!

PRO

beautiful

Amazing :)

Premium

awesome !!!!!!!

Wow...awesome shot ")

fantastic shot,bravo

amazing shot

Premium

I tired to capture this but couldn't , Wonderful !!!!!!

Great shot of the fireflies.

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Wonderful capture !

this is not an easy one to capture. well done!

Great composition, well done !

Great image !!!

love fireflies, none out here where I am at. Such a terrific shot. Amazing detail

What a capture !!!!!

very nice

Ultimate

Fantastic shot.....they are constantly on the move.....wow.

This is an outstanding image. Very talented!

Platinum

Congrats on making finalist. It is amazing you caught the tail light.

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wow.

Outstanding!!

No words to describe the beauty!!

***INCREDIBLE*** wow wow wow! ????????????????????????

this is my first time i see a fireflie' s picture in daylight.
Wonderful!
thank you

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Amazing

Wow

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Wow great shot

Beautifully captured.👌🏼 Love it! 😍

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