Just wondering —
Why can I see fireflies blinking but not capture them on my phone?
I took about 4 minutes of video on my phone the other night, but when I rewatched it, I couldn’t see the fireflies!
Here’s are two screenshots, fractions of a second apart. Can you spot the difference?
It is so infinitesimally small.
Miniscule.
But I saw it.
Again.
And again.
I watched them out my window, marveling at the ability of an insect manufacturing light.
It’s pretty amazing.
One of my “JW”s – – the many things I just wonder about.
I wrote a poem the night when I was watching fireflies.
I tried repeatedly
Admittedly defeatedly
To capture the light
Of a firefly’s blink
And though you can’t see them there
Their light exists, I swear!
The problem’s not the fireflies —
It’s my camera, I think!
This post is in response to Linda Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt: Acronyms.
The writing is not totally stream of consciousness. I wrote the poem several nights ago.
But I really do wonder about a lot of things — in an SoC way.
Hot Dogs and Marmalade 
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I think by the time you click, the firefly light is gone. We watch them too.
I love watching the fireflies! I took a video and both of those shots are frames from the video. They are tiny fractions of a second apart. One of them — the second — has the faintest bit of light from a firefly.
A pixel, I do see it! Fireflies seem like something out of a fairy tale. I enjoyed your poem about the struggle of capturing their magic on camera.
No idea.
Interesting, maybe they are camera shy? Love the poetic response! 💞💞💞