Day: May 17, 2016

Tuesday (17-May-2016) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

Daily walkabout. Flowers and Plants captured with a Nikon D810a camera and 105 mm f/2.8 VR macro lens.


Click on the above image to see the individual images in the slideshow in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Tuesday (17-May-2016) — New Jersey.

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

A groundhog using a rebar toothpick to clean its teeth. A squirrel with a nut, and a robin in the rain.

Groundhog sharpening its teeth with a piece of rebar. Backyard spring in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 360, 600 mm, f/5, 1/800 sec). (David J Mathre)
Groundhog sharpening its teeth with a piece of rebar. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 360, 600 mm, f/5, 1/800 sec). (David J Mathre)
Squirrel with a nut. Backyard spring in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 400, 500 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)
Squirrel with a nut. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 400, 500 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)
Robin in the rain. Backyard spring in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 400, 500 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)
Robin in the rain. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 400, 500 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)

Tuesday (17-May-2016) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

The cost of my new morning model is that she gets to nibble on the clover in the wildflower patch that I planted last fall. She is up every morning just about the time that the sun rises. So far she is very patient as I change cameras and lenses. I have been cleaning and testing the equipment I didn’t have with me on the Semester at Sea voyage. I had forgotten how big and heavy a DSLR and big telephoto lens can be. The real test will be the quality of these images vs. ones with the mirrorless kit that I used for the last 4 months. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 800, 600 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec).

Rabbit nibbling on a Italian clover flower. Backyard spring in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 800, 600 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)
Rabbit nibbling on a Italian clover flower.  Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 800, 600 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)

One-Year Ago (17-May-2015) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

Cluster of Rhododendron Flowers after an early morning rainstorm. Image taken with a Leica T camera and 23 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 23 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 sec).

Cluster of Rhododendron Flowers after an early morning rainstorm. Backyard spring nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Leica T camer and 23 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 23 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)
Cluster of Rhododendron Flowers after an early morning rainstorm. . Image taken with a Leica T camera and 23 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 23 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)

Two-Years Ago (17-May-2014) — Texas

South Texas Birding Photo Safari with Jason Odell Day 2.

Male Painted Bunting Having a Bird Bath at Dos Venadas Ranch in Southern Texas. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 560, 600 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 sec).

Male Painted Bunting Having a Bird Bath at Dos Venadas Ranch in Southern Texas. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 560, 600 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 sec). (David J Mathre)
Male Painted Bunting Having a Bird Bath at Dos Venadas Ranch in Southern Texas. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 560, 600 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 sec). (David J Mathre)