Month: October 2019

Sunday (13-October-2019) — New Jersey

Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey

I forgot to set the air-dancer scarecrow on the patio last night. The deer came up and ate leaves off the hot pepper plants in the GrowTower (but left the hot peppers).

Daily Electric Energy Used (55.2 kWh) from Sense and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (34.4 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Less sun than yesterday.  Overall a net deficit of 20.8 kWh.

Weekly Electric Energy Used (365 kWh) from Sense and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (190 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. A cloudy week. Overall a net deficit of 175 kWh.

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One-Year Ago (13-October-2018) — Atlantic Ocean

Gone to See Portugal. Street Photography Workshop with Steve Simon. Day -1: Travel to Portugal.

Dinner on the overnight TAP flight from Newark to Lisbon, Portugal. Later in the flight, I looked out the window and saw the Big Dipper. Not the sharpest night sky image I’ve ever taken, but I was really surprised it worked.

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Big Dipper from a commercial airline jet while crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 3200, 35 mm, f/1.4, 1 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)
Big Dipper from a commercial airline jet while crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 3200, 35 mm, f/1.4, 1 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

Four-Years Ago (13-October-2015) — New Jersey

Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey.

Autumn 360 degree panorama view of my backyard four-years ago. Renovation was in process. The new French doors to the Great Room were installed, the siding was being replaced, and the deck had been removed. The big rocks were going to be the foundation for the new patio. Four hundred and fifty images were taken using an Astro programmable rotating head on my tripod. Ten of the images were used to create the composite panorama (20755 x 4634 pixels). The image was cropped just to show the exterior home renovation in progress. The full set of 450 images were taken and used to create a rotating time-lapse video.

Autumn 360 Degree Backyard Panorama. Composite of 10 images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 14 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 1250, 14 mm, f/11, 1/125 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)
Autumn 360 Degree Backyard Panorama. Composite of 10 images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 14 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 1250, 14 mm, f/11, 1/125 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)
Crop from Autumn 360 Degree Backyard Panorama. Composite of 10 images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 14 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 1250, 14 mm, f/11, 1/125 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)
Crop from Autumn 360 Degree Backyard Panorama. Composite of 10 images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 14 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 1250, 14 mm, f/11, 1/125 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)

Five-Years Ago (13-October-2019) — New Jersey

Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey.

Cloudy autumn 180 degree panorama view of my backyard five-years ago. This was before the siding was replaced and the deck removed and replaced with a patio. Thirty-six images were taken using an Astro programmable rotating head on my tripod. Thirteen of the images were used to create the composite panorama (14006 x 4044 pixels). In a separate set 120 were taken and used to create a rotating time-lapse video.

Backyard Panorama. Composite of 13 images taken with a Nikon D700 camera and 28 mm f/1.8 lens (ISO 200, 28 mm, f/8, 1/100 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)
Backyard Panorama. Composite of 13 images taken with a Nikon D700 camera and 28 mm f/1.8 lens (ISO 200, 28 mm, f/8, 1/100 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)