Day: August 15, 2016

Three-Years Ago (15-August-2013) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Spider Web. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 70-300 mm VR lens. (185 mm, equivalent to 500 mm on a 35 mm sensor).

Spider Web. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 185 mm, f/5, 1/80 sec). (David J Mathre)
Spider Web. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 185 mm, f/5, 1/80 sec). (David J Mathre)
Spider Web. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 185 mm, f/5, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)
Spider Web. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 185 mm, f/5, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)
Spider Web. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 185 mm, f/5, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)
Spider Web. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 185 mm, f/5, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)

Four-Years Ago (15-August-2012) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Kermit the Bullfrog in the pond at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Images taken with a Nikon 1 V1 camera + FT1 adapter + 70-300 mm VR lens.

Five uncropped images at different focal lengths. Because of the smaller size sensor on the Nikon 1 camera the equivalent field of view (FOV) is 2.7x larger than with a full frame (35 mm)  sensor camera. The equivalent FOV for the following images are: 70 mm (~190 mm); 100 mm (~270 mm); 135 mm (~365 mm); 200 mm (~540 mm); 300 mm (~810 mm). I don’t think anyone could hand-hold a 800 mm lens on a 35 mm DSLR camera for very long, let alone go for a long hike.


Kermit the Bullfrog Series. Click on the above image to access the individual images in the slideshow.


Four-Years Ago (15-August-2012) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Summer Insects at the Sourland Mountain Preserve and my backyard. Images taken with a Nikon N1 V1 + FT1 + 70-300 VR lens.

  1. Katydid (looks like a leaf)
  2. Dragonfly
  3. Tiger and Black (or Spicebush)  Swallowtail
  4. Large Milkweed Bugs on Milkweed Seed Pods
  5. Large Milkweed Bugs on Milkweed Seed Pods
  6. Large Milkweed Bugs on Milkweed Seed Pods
  7. Great Spangled Fritillary
  8. Locust
  9. Robber Fly (with prey)
  10. Bumble Bee


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Five-Years Ago (15-August-2011) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Fawn and the Horse Fly. Summer Backyard Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3s and 400 mm f/2.8G lens


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Seven-Years Ago (15-August-2009) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Two views of a Red-Spotted Admiral (Purple) Butterfly with a Brilliant Blue Iridescent Back. Backyard Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D300 camera and 18-200 mm lens.

Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) Butterfly with a Brilliant Blue Iridescent Back. Image taken with a Nikon D300 camera and 18-200 mm lens (ISO 200, 200 mm, f/9, 1/200 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) Butterfly with a Brilliant Blue Iridescent Back. Image taken with a Nikon D300 camera and 18-200 mm lens (ISO 200, 200 mm, f/9, 1/200 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) Butterfly. Image taken with a Nikon D300 camera and 18-200 mm lens (ISO 200, 200 mm, f/11, 1/100 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) Butterfly. Image taken with a Nikon D300 camera and 18-200 mm lens (ISO 200, 200 mm, f/11, 1/100 sec). (David J Mathre)