These were photographed by putting a small dab of super glue to the head ends and sticking a super small, thin wire hook to hang each of these, one at a time, in a darkened light box. The camera was on a tripod and focused while the room was light, the shutter was remotely controlled. The plastic would get the charge, the lights turned off and when the plastic had se ttled a little, the remote was pushed to shoot the pic. The plastics were so light in weight that the activity of shuttling off the light even required a second person or the air in the room would set it in motion simply by walking past the light box. You'll notice how the tails seem to fade out on a couple....that was the tail actually having spun around to the rear a little and went out of focus. These three pics took over an hour to get. lol When the pics hit the computer, any visible portion of the wire was editted out of the pic.

One other aspect in the pics too is that the red and purple pigments are as fine as or finer than talcum powder while the green tends to be grainier and coarser. The green does however make it all the way into the whip end of the tail, just hard to see and get on film.

The glow purple is my all-around favorite glow color for crappies.