Monday (04-June-2012) — New Jersey

Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

Early this morning while not really awake I felt this Dog/Wood Tick crawling up my arm. I collected and saved it for some macro images. Did I say “I Hate Ticks”

Dog/Wood Tick. Early Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 105 mm f/2.8 VR macro lens (ISO 100, 105 mm, f/22, 1/60 sec) with SB2-R200 flash. Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6 and Photoshop CS6. (David J Mathre)
Dog/Wood Tick. Early Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 105 mm f/2.8 VR macro lens (ISO 100, 105 mm, f/22, 1/60 sec) with SB2-R200 flash. Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6 and Photoshop CS6. (David J Mathre)
Underside of a Dog/Wood Tick. Early Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 105 mm f/2.8 VR macro lens (ISO 100, 105 mm, f/22, 1/60 sec) with SB2-R200 flash. Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6 and Photoshop CS6. (David J Mathre)
Underside of a Dog/Wood Tick. Early Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 105 mm f/2.8 VR macro lens (ISO 100, 105 mm, f/22, 1/60 sec) with SB2-R200 flash. Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6 and Photoshop CS6. (David J Mathre)