Enchanted forest by Daniel Kordan

Enchanted forest by Daniel Kordan

A short series about fireflies in Japan. Watching fireflies is a very exciting thing. You arrive long before the night  to find spot, composition, talk to local photographers to understand best conditions (peak of fireflies may be just few days at certain locations). Then bring your chair and wait. Wait for miracle, and when the first firefly goes up – you are happy like a kid =)
Fireflies are very sensitive. They need clean water nearby, warm humid air (but not rain), and no lights. To photograph them you need to make a stack of hundreds images, because on exposures more than 1 minute you’ll get lots of hot pixels. But not a single photo can show how beautiful it is – shimmering and blinking forest full of little stars. 
Many thanks to my friend Kenji Yamamura bringing me to such beautiful places!
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