July 4th

[kkarpicki1]

the bomb

[britishsazzy]

Its very nice and relaxing :-)

[TheRatBurt]

its kind of pointless... yet so mezmorizing and cool

[yourlittlegirl01]

I have never seen a firefly! This is great! Thank you!

[hyphen782]

this might be the only reason i miss living in PA

i havent seen fireflies in years

[cooksterz]

Love it! A twinkle of summers goodness!

[popartproductions]

Cool! Those fireflies are magical! Guess they were celebrating the forth of July too! POPS

[sillysillytom]

yes relaxing. My only encounter with fireflies was during a family road trip from Cali to Oaklahoma... in Oaklahoma I met my first fireflies.

[Spammyguy712]

Sweet. We don't have too many fireflies down here in Florida, sometimes you can see them on the major rivers and waterways, but not like you guys in the midwest.  Great vid, can't believe you got hassled by the YT police over this, geez.

[MyRealityBytes]

This is very relaxing. To me it isn't offically summer until I see the 1st firefly! The fireworks in the background are cool too.

[soulwith4flames]

wow, that was very good

thanks for sharing

[dogpatchdebbie]

cool, I love fire flys;)

[azh01e]

:( I use to smash lightning bugs with a hammer to make the hammer glow.

[PappyStu]

Did you notice Jeff didn't yell at the fireflys?

[azh01e]

I think he pussed out.

[Gordieiati]

Very cool Squigg!!

[Chivalryaintdead]

The truth is out there!

[ervicito77]

To be quite honest, my friend, you could be a very awesome film-maker. Really! You may be just an average Joe in your eyes, but in your heart, Jeff, you are a true artist. I really hope you make more of these videos. This is the creative side of you I enjoy seeing very much, as well as your zany, funny 'schticks' :)

[UTubeSnob]

Squigg, that was AMAZING! Breathtaking!

Ever since I was a kid it's been a dream of mine to see real fireflies. Maybe it's one of those things that is really much cooler in your imagination then in reality, but your video fed that fire tonight.

[KimOsh72]

very nice! almost hypnotizing...cool!

[xRemx]

I remember catching fireflies in a jar as a kid. I never did catch that elusive snipe though. Cool footage.

[bowlingballout]

Wizard of Oz

[SquiggMonster]

Judy Garland was a BABE!

[delraecpa]

You are getting to be quite the cinematographer, Squigg. That and characters... would you consider showbiz as a vocation, given a chance?

[SquiggMonster]

It would have to pay more than I'm making now at my current job.

[thejoshfilms]

what a trip dude.

[SquiggMonster]

Yesh!

[citizenkong]

That was nice in a acid flashback kinda way!

[SquiggMonster]

Thank you Mr CK!

I know I haven't stopped by in awhile, I will very soon!

[citizenkong]

No worries Mr. Squigg. So much to do these days on youtube..

[bowlingballout]

I like the editing too.

[SquiggMonster]

What?  Are you GAY!?

[bowlingballout]

Shhhh.... let's not jump the shark just yet.

[SquiggMonster]

Thanks for the compliment....

...but it's just Windows Movie Maker!

[bowlingballout]

I was just acknowledging it wasn't just old footage... truth be known I was plum out of witty remarks. My neurons were resting.

BTW WMM must die... just an opinion.

[SquiggMonster]

More Old footage on the way...I finally have gotten around to putting all of my old VHS tapes onto DVD.

I LOVE WMM....it suits me fine, I don't use alot of effects anyway....which means I have to have GOOD material! HAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

[bowlingballout]

D'oh... "you cut me to the quick".

Name that movie quote.

After they are on DVD what do you use to get them on the hard drive?

[SquiggMonster]

Do a Google search for "DVD Decrypter"

[bowlingballout]

I got one once, it just seemed like it sucked. My son is in the DVD business and he never hooked me up with a preferred software name.

If you would recommend the software you're using, I'd be glad to check it out.

[SquiggMonster]

I have a seperate unit DVD burner that I have wired to an old VHS tape player to burn the DVDs. I use the "DVD Decrypter" to rip the DVD to my hard drive and then I use 'Cyberlink Power Director" to edit the files into time manageable clips. I then transfer the clips over to WMM and work my magic.

[bowlingballout]

Last question for awhile... sounds like what I did. Is it just a long process? It took hours to decrypt 1 DVD before I gave up.

[SquiggMonster]

Are you kidding me? The DVD Decrypter I have takes only a few minutes, usually less than five.

Do you want me to send you the version I have?

[bowlingballout]

Sure... That would be cool.

[SquiggMonster]

On it's way...

[bowlingballout]

Thanks... got it. Can't wait to see how it works.

[Maryoftoday]

WOW the ozone layer looks great!

[SquiggMonster]

Mary!!

Has anyone told you, you are beautiful today?

[SquiggMonster]

I don't know that movie quote.

[azh01e]

so you DIDN'T use Rewritable DVD's?

:(

[SquiggMonster]

Yes I did....but after about the third time of recording onto them, they picture starts to pixelate.

[azh01e]

Ohhh, that really sucks.

[NigelCrommwell]

Here in Florida.....something killed off most of the firefly species in the early 80's----they think it might have been a fungus------I believe it is something manmade!---enjoyed that Carl!

[boobtubious]

Looks almost like fireworks in a couple spots

[SquiggMonster]

The sparks you see in the sky ARE fireworks....

....it WAS filmed July 4th, you know.

[boobtubious]

The fire flies on the ground almost look like fireworks too, that's what I meant to say.. LOL

[SquiggMonster]

Oh.

Nevermind then.

[boobtubious]

S'alright, my brain isn't functioning quite right, I've had only 4 hours of sleep the last 3 nights in a row.

[SquiggMonster]

Enough of the methamphetamine!

[boobtubious]

LMAO!

[peglol]

That is so freaky! There is an area on our land that has so many fireflys (end of June I think) that it's like watching an incredible light show. I just might have to film it this year to outdo you, not that I could, but what the heck. I know AZ wouldn't do anything like that, he's too busy filming imaginary zebras :)

[SquiggMonster]

I would LOVE to see something like that!

[popsuckits]

Amazing what you can find while digging throw old clips...

[SquiggMonster]

Yes, indeed!