Day: May 10, 2014

Three-Years Ago (10-May-2011) — Costa Rica

Gone to See Central America and the Panama Canal. Semester at Sea Spring 2011 Enrichment Voyage on the MV Explorer. Ultimate Travel Photography Workshop II with Michael Mariant. Day 14: Puerto Limon, Costa Rica.

Trogon with a red breast perched on a wire. Viewed while on a bird watching field trip in a rainforest in Costa Rica.

Trogon with a Red Breast. Rain Forest in Costa Rica. Image taken with a Nikon D3s and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 2000, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec). Raw image processed with Lightroom 4. (David J. Mathre)
Trogon with a Red Breast. Rainforest in Costa Rica. Image taken with a Nikon D3s and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 2000, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec). Raw image processed with Lightroom 4. (David J. Mathre)

Six-Years Ago (10-May-2008) — Colorado

Gone to See America. May 2008 Colorado Road Trip. Day 1: Great Sand Dunes National Park.

Black-Billed Magpie in Medano Creek. Most of the year this creek is dry, but in the spring the snow melt from the nearby mountains keeps it flowing.

Black-Billed Magpie in Medano Creek. Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado. Image taken with a Nikon D300 and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec). (David J Mathre)
Black-Billed Magpie in Medano Creek. Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado. Image taken with a Nikon D300 and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec). (David J Mathre)