July, 2011 - David Mathre Photography

Wednesday (20-July-2011) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Harvey the Backyard Rabbit. Another hot summer evening in New Jersey. Each of my tomato pots on the deck took 2 gallons of water. As I was sitting out on my deck I took some images of a young fawn, a grey cowbird, and Harvey the backyard rabbit. All were taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens. Because the D3x camera has a 24 MP sensor, I was able to do significant crops and still retain significant detail. I will break this into 3 posts (one for each animal) because of the number of images.

Harvey the Rabbit Looking at you. Backyard Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 200, 600 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Define 2, and Photoshop CS5. (David J Mathre) — Harvey the Rabbit Looking at you. Backyard Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 200, 600 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Define 2, and Photoshop CS5.

Harvey the Rabbit. Backyard Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 200, 600 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Define 2, and Photoshop CS5. (David J Mathre) — Harvey the Rabbit. Backyard Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 200, 600 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Define 2, and Photoshop CS5.

Harvey the Rabbit Resting after Dinner. Backyard Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 200, 600 mm, f/5.6, 1/30 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Define 2, and Photoshop CS5. (David J Mathre) — Harvey the Rabbit Resting after Dinner. Backyard Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 200, 600 mm, f/5.6, 1/30 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Define 2, and Photoshop CS5.

Tuesday (19-July-2011) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Hot Summer Evening. While out sitting on my deck, I took some images of a Doe. I also caught an image of a distant commercial jet passing in front of a rapidly growing storm cloud.

Doe. Outdoor Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 400, 500 mm, f/4, 1/200 sec). Image processed with Capture One Pro 6, and Nik Define, and Photoshop CS5. (David J Mathre) — Doe. Outdoor Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 400, 500 mm, f/4, 1/200 sec). Image processed with Capture One Pro 6, and Nik Define, and Photoshop CS5.

Distant Jet Passing a Growing Thunder Cloud. Summer in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 100, 600 mm, f/4, 1/1250 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Silver Efex Pro, and Photoshop CS5 (David J Mathre) — Distant Jet Passing a Growing Thunder Cloud. Summer in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 100, 600 mm, f/4, 1/1250 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Silver Efex Pro, and Photoshop CS5

Monday (18-July-2011) — New Jersey

Indoor Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

My New Pet?? If I don’t have anything better to shoot for my “image of the day” I can always find one of the house centipedes to pose. I just wish that they were outside and going after what ever is nibbling on my tomato plants.

Scutigera coleoptrata (House Centipede) -- Not a Silverfish. Image taken with a Nikon D3 and 105 mm f/2.8 VR Macro + TC-E 20 (ISO 200, 210 mm, f/16, 1/60 sec) with SB-900 Flash. Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6, and Photoshop CS5. (David J Mathre) — Scutigera coleoptrata (House Centipede) — Not a Silverfish. Image taken with a Nikon D3 and 105 mm f/2.8 VR Macro + TC-E 20 (ISO 200, 210 mm, f/16, 1/60 sec) with SB-900 Flash. Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6, and Photoshop CS5.

Sunday (17-July-2011) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Freshly cut round hay bales at a local farm.

Freshly Mown Round Hay Bail. Summer Farm in New Jersey. Image taken with a Leica X1 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/6.3, 1/800 sec). Out of the camera jpg image (no post processing). (David J Mathre) — Freshly Mown Round Hay Bale. Summer Farm in New Jersey. Image taken with a Leica X1 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/6.3, 1/800 sec). Out of the camera jpg image (no post processing).

Saturday (16-July-2011) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Night Sky Over New Jersey.

Multi-Exposure Waxing Gibbous Moon — Going Up, Going Down. A ten exposure image of the waxing gibbous moon going up or down using the in camera multi-exposure function. The exposure times were varied in 1/3 EV increments (1/1000, 1/800, 1/640, 1/500, 1/400, 1/320, 1/250, 1/200, 1/160, 1/125, second). The exposures were taken every 30 seconds and used mirror up to minimize camera/lens vibration.

In Camera Multi-Exposure of Waxing Gibbous Moon over New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 600 mm f/4 VR telephoto lens + TE-E III 20 teleconverter (ISO 400, 1200 mm, f/4 1/1000 to 1/125 in 1/3 EV). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6, and Photoshop CS5.. (David J Mathre) — In Camera Multi-Exposure of Waxing Gibbous Moon over New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 600 mm f/4 VR telephoto lens + TE-E III 20 teleconverter (ISO 400, 1200 mm, f/4 1/1000 to 1/125 in 1/3 EV). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6, and Photoshop CS5..