What an iPhone doesn’t see

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Heather Jarman

Last night after dinner I went for a walk. The dirt track from Ai Frati, the restored monastery where we’re staying on my ‘Cheese, Bread & Honey’ tour, leads through chestnut woods. It was 9.30 pm and nearly dark. The black tree trunks were wreathed in clouds of fireflies, so dense that they produced a continuous display of tiny pinpricks of light. I stood transfixed. Then I thought of sharing it, but my iPhone 4S was blind to the beauty around it.

no fireflies in iphone photo

iPhone's view of fireflies in the woods at dusk

I can still see the miniature fireworks in my head. I’m glad there are things that ordinary technology can’t deliver and you need to experience in the flesh.

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6 Responses to What an iPhone doesn’t see

  1. susan says:
    June 23, 2012 at 6:39 pm

    It just shows that the “eye” is indeed smarter than the “I” !! I can picture this in my mind from childhood. Love fireflies! They are like magic in the night.

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  2. Debra Kolkka says:
    June 23, 2012 at 11:45 pm

    I saw them the other night above Bagni di Lucca…..gorgeous. We get the picture.

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    • Heather Jarman says:
      June 24, 2012 at 11:29 am

      I just read that the fireflies (a type of beetle) use the light to attract mates and prey. Hope they can tell the difference!

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  3. Janine says:
    July 6, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    Your words are enough Heather. Hope you’re having a really magical summer!

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    • Heather Jarman says:
      July 7, 2012 at 6:55 am

      Thanks, Janine. Summer is really here and there are too many sagras and events to choose from. Last night I had to choose between a Slow Food dinner given by a group of responsible fishermen, a chamber concert at St Elisabetta in Barga and a friend’s pizza party under a spreading cherry tree with sublime pizzas from her wood-fired oven. I chose the latter of course but wanted to split myself in three and go to all.

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