I am a scientist by training (Eckerd College, BSc; Caltech, Ph.D.). I worked for 27 years as a Chemist in the Pharmaceutical Industry developing processes to manufacture medicines for human and animal health. I now spend my time as a photographer and world traveler. My interests include the natural world, wildlife, landscapes, sky, and seascapes, travel, and astrophotography. I look for unique ways of viewing the world and presenting my images. I have traveled to over 55 countries in six continents, often on Semester at Sea voyages. While at home in New Jersey, I spend time on home renovation and expansion of a wildflower garden/meadow.
Gone to See America 2008. Moab Utah Photography Workshop with Winston Hall. Day 5: Arches National Park.
Time-Lapse Video of a Hike down Park Avenue in Arches National Park. Winston Hall talked me into carrying a tripod on my shoulders so the DSLR camera would be above my head. We set the camera up with a fisheye lens and had it take images every 15 seconds. I used the ~900 images to make a time-lapse video of the hike.
Thanks to Jim Batey, I’ve added an image he took of me wearing the Tripod Headcam.
Tripod Headcam. Park Avenue Trail, Arches National Park. (Jim Batey)
When the conditions are right, you can see the Milky Way in New Jersey. Two views, a 5 minute and 15 minute exposure.
Summer Night in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3s and 16 mm f/2.8 mm Fisheye lens (ISO 400, 16 mm, f/2.8, 300 sec). (David J Mathre)Summer Night in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3s and 16 mm f/2.8 mm Fisheye lens (ISO 400, 16 mm, f/2.8, 900 sec). (David J Mathre)
I am back in New Jersey after a short trip to San Francisco. I hate flying and this trip was bad. I spent 4 hours in the plane before taking off in Philadelphia (we did get back to the gate for a short stop to avoid the 3 hour federal regulation rules). Ultimately it took 12 hours from the time I left my office to get to the hotel in San Francisco. I hate flying, and would rather drive. For the return flight, the airline decided there were too many empty seats and substituted a smaller plane (and bumped 20+ passengers). ARRG! I just wanted to get home, and was not interested in a $400 future credit. Ultimately I got a seat on the original flight. It was a middle seat, and I had to force the armrest down to separate me from the over sized person next to me oozing into my seat. I hate flying. I hate flying. I hate flying.
Lots of construction going on around the UCSF South Bay Campus. What recession?
Construction Site UCSF South Bay Campus. Image taken with a Leica X1 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 sec). (David J Mathre)UCSF Medical Center Construction Site. Image taken with a Leica X1 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/2000 sec). (David J Mathre)
While in the San Francisco area I had the opportunity to visit and have dinner with a couple of former colleagues that now live in the Bay Area. In the back yard one of their Yucca plant was blooming. There was a humming bird working the flowers. I never got a picture of the humming bird in the flowers, but did capture a sillouete of it in the some other trees. These images were all taken with a Leica X1 or D-Lux 5 camera.
Yucca in Bloom. San Mateo CA. Image taken with a Leica V-Lux 5 camera (ISO 80, 19.2 mm, f/8, 1/1250 sec). (David J Mathre)Hummingbird. San Mateo CA. Image taken with a Leica V-Lux 5 camera (ISO 160, 19.2 mm, f/8, 1/1250 sec). (David J Mathre)Francis and Alex. Image taken with a Leica X1 camera (ISO 400, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/30 sec). (David J Mathre)
I was in California to visit my team one final time before the South San Francisco SIRNA site shut down. We went out to lunch at Ambers, an Indian Restaurant. I took a picture of my team in front of the Contemporary Jewish Museum, just outside of the restaurant. I wished everyone luck in their future endeavors.
