Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey
The doe does like to eat acorns.
David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey
The doe does like to eat acorns.
Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey
A big mushroom in my lawn. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 14 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 14 mm, f/11, 1/180 sec).
Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey
A number of small birds are going after the sunflower seeds in my wildflower garden. I hope they let a few drop to the ground for next years crop. I definitely plan to expand the wildflower garden/meadow.
Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey
I noticed a Praying Mantis, the autumn insect warrior working in my backyard. It just ate a cricket for lunch. There are still a lot of flowers in the garden. A variety of Morning Glory and Cosmos blooms. The bees are still working hard to harvest nectar and pollen.
Indoor Abstract Art
While hand washing the dishes, I noticed a large number of bubbles in one pot. As I moved the colors kept changing. I assumed it was due to diffraction of a mono-molecular layer of soap. but wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to take an image that would capture the beauty of the colors, and the symmetry of the bubble packing. After a lot of trial and error, I was able to obtain some interesting images.
Backyard Autumn Night Sky in New Jersey — Star Trails
View looking south from my backyard. Night sky star and jet trails. Composite of 173 images taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 24 mm f/3.5 PC-E lens (ISO 200, 24 mm, f/8, 120 sec). Images processed with Capture One Pro (including conversion to B&W), then the composite generated using Photoshop CC (statistics, maximum). If you look closely, there is at least one meteor trail.