Month: April 2020

Wednesday (08-April-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Night Sky Over New Jersey.

One day past the Full Moon. Comparison images taken with a Nikon D850 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens with and without a 2.0x TC-EIII teleconverter. Both images zoomed to project as the same size. To my eye, the one without the teleconverter is sharper.

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One day after full moon. Image taken with a Nikon D850 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 800, 400 mm, f/11, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)
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One day after full moon. Image taken with a Nikon D850 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens + 2.0x TC-EIII (ISO 800, 800 mm, f/11, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (56.1 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (59.6 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Sunny with intermittent clouds. A surplus of 3.5 kWh.

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Tuesday (07-April-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

The first of my Tulips up on the patio (that the deer didn’t eat) bloomed. This one’s pink. I see another one that is a darker red about to open. I have lots of Daffodil flowers. The deer don’t nibble on these.

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First Tulip of the Season. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro OIS lens (ISO 800, 80 mm, f/11, 1/120 sec). (David J Mathre)
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First Tulip of the Season. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro OIS lens (ISO 800, 80 mm, f/11, 1/120 sec). (David J Mathre)
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First Tulip of the Season. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro OIS lens (ISO 320, 80 mm, f/8, 1/125sec). (David J Mathre)
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Daffodil Flower. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro OIS lens (ISO 320, 80 mm, f/8, 1/240 sec). (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (53.3 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (65.1 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Sunny with clouds in the afternoon. A surplus of 9.8 kWh.

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