Month: August 2016

Five-Years Ago (18-August-2011) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Bat in Flight at Dusk.  I am looking for suggestions how to better capture images of flying bats. This image was taken with a Nikon D3s camera  and 400 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 12800, f/2.8, 1/320 sec). The bats were moving too fast and it was too dark to autofocus. So I manually set the focus for about 10 meters (~33 feet), followed the bats, and tried to press the shutter button when they were in focus.


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Six-Years Ago (18-August-2010) — California

Photography Techniques — Focus Stacking.

Grandpa Reading a Book at Bodie Ghost Town. Focus stacked composite of 32 images taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens. (ISO 100, 60 mm, f/3.2, 1/60 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Helicon Focus.

Grandpa Reading a Book at Bodie Ghost Town. Focus stacked composite of 32 images taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens. (ISO 100, 60 mm, f/3.2, 1/60 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Helicon Focus. (David J Mathre)
Grandpa Reading a Book at Bodie Ghost Town. Focus stacked composite of 32 images taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens. (ISO 100, 60 mm, f/3.2, 1/60 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Helicon Focus. (David J Mathre)

Wednesday (17-August-2016) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Night Sky Over New Jersey.

Night Time Thunderstorm. Two minute time-lapse video. Moon, Clouds, Lightning. Approximately 3000 Images taken between midnight and 4 AM from my backdoor using a Nikon D810A camera and 24 mm f/3.5 PC-E lens (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/4, 4 sec). At one point I had to move the camera away from the door during a heavy downpour. Time-lapse video created from the in camera jpg images using Photoshop CC. This was the fourth night in a row that we have had thunderstorms.

Wednesday (17-August-2016) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Robber Fly on a “Mile a Minute” Vine. Backyard Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 400, 300 mm, f/6.3, 1/1000 sec).

The “Mile a Minute” vine is now my most hated plant. It is invasive and is invading the North East as the Kudzu has invaded the South. It is able to grow 6 inches a day, and out competes every other plant. I have lost many trees and bushes. Even if you spray, the small blue seeds remain viable for 5-6 years. The plant has spines, and I have pictures from several years ago with the vine stuck to a deer, that probably brought it to my yard.

Robber Fly on a "Mile a Minute" Vine. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 400, 300 mm, f/6.3, 1/1000 sec). (David J Mathre)
Robber Fly on a “Mile a Minute” Vine. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 400, 300 mm, f/6.3, 1/1000 sec). (David J Mathre)

Two-Years Ago (17-August-2014) – Poland

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 78: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Gdansk, Poland.

The Piano Man. Shipboard entertainment on an in-port day in Gdansk, while we were not allowed to get off the ship. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Define, and Photoshop CC.

John Rosenburg the Piano Man. Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Voyage stuck on an in-port day in Gdansk, Poland. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Define, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
John Rosenburg the Piano Man. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Define, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)