Day Lily Theft in Progress. One thing I like about these flowers is deer don’t eat them. Image taken with a Nikon D810A camera and 70-200 mm f/4 lens (ISO 200, 102 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec). Raw image processed differently since my imaging software (Phase One/Capture One) doesn’t recognize the raw image format for this camera. Only joking about the theft — just liked the Bokeh of the hand in the background.
Day Lily. One thing I like about these flowers is deer don’t eat them. Image taken with a Nikon D810A camera and 70-200 mm f/4 lens (ISO 200, 102 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)
Author: David Mathre
I am a scientist by training (Eckerd College, BSc; Caltech, Ph.D.). I worked for 27 years as a Chemist in the Pharmaceutical Industry developing processes to manufacture medicines for human and animal health. I now spend my time as a photographer and world traveler. My interests include the natural world, wildlife, landscapes, sky, and seascapes, travel, and astrophotography. I look for unique ways of viewing the world and presenting my images. I have traveled to over 55 countries in six continents, often on Semester at Sea voyages. While at home in New Jersey, I spend time on home renovation and expansion of a wildflower garden/meadow.
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6 thoughts on “Tuesday (23-June-2015) — New Jersey”
Beautiful Shots. Just curious, but you seem to have enough equipment to start your own Camera Shop. I would like to know what you have in your arsenal of editing presets.
+John Hockridge Hope things are going well. How far have you gotten on your road trip?
Actually, my extended family gets the gear I am no longer using. The D810A is for mainly for night and night sky work. Shutter broke on my "trusty Df DSLR that I wanted to use for bird photography when in Antarctic. So I would try to get as close as I could safely with the Leica T (with an 18-55 lens) and the Fuji X-T1 with a 55-200 lens). Even that almost didn't work when the Leica camera computer would stop working if it was below freezing (32 F). All I had to do was take the battery out and put it right back in and the camera would start working again. When I got back and complained to Leica, I was told that the working range in the specifications was only 32 F!!! Doesn't it get colder than that in Germany??? I have used Nikon DSLRs at -15 F with no problem. Anyway, getting back to your question about processing – I use Capture One for the initial processing. There a number of useful presets. After that I transfer the image to Photoshop CC. I mainly use the NIK filters (Color Efex, Silver Efex, HDR Efex, and Define). I also have the onOne filters and the Topaz filters but don't use them as much.
Beautiful Shots. Just curious, but you seem to have enough equipment to start your own Camera Shop.
I would like to know what you have in your arsenal of editing presets.
+John Hockridge Hope things are going well. How far have you gotten on your road trip?
Actually, my extended family gets the gear I am no longer using. The D810A is for mainly for night and night sky work. Shutter broke on my "trusty Df DSLR that I wanted to use for bird photography when in Antarctic. So I would try to get as close as I could safely with the Leica T (with an 18-55 lens) and the Fuji X-T1 with a 55-200 lens). Even that almost didn't work when the Leica camera computer would stop working if it was below freezing (32 F). All I had to do was take the battery out and put it right back in and the camera would start working again. When I got back and complained to Leica, I was told that the working range in the specifications was only 32 F!!! Doesn't it get colder than that in Germany??? I have used Nikon DSLRs at -15 F with no problem. Anyway, getting back to your question about processing – I use Capture One for the initial processing. There a number of useful presets. After that I transfer the image to Photoshop CC. I mainly use the NIK filters (Color Efex, Silver Efex, HDR Efex, and Define). I also have the onOne filters and the Topaz filters but don't use them as much.
Ah ok, Wondered about the D810a for floral work 🙂
Great shot with the background.
+Dieter Fröhling Now if the clouds and thunderstorms would go away I can try it doing night skies…
Yup. So much for a uncluttered sky for a moonlightlighted scenery…. (btw, f5,6, 3mins. On film, 5mins.)
+David Mathre, these are magnificent! I hope you'll add them to my botanical group!