Tuesday (23-June-2015) — New Jersey

Backyard Early Summer Nature in New Jersey.

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)
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.

6 thoughts on “Tuesday (23-June-2015) — New Jersey”

  1. 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.

  2. +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.

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