Category: Fine Art

Views of art from around the world

One-Year Ago (13-July-2014) — Ireland

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 43: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Dublin, Ireland.

Mary Statue keeping Snakes out of Ireland at the Alexandra Road Entrance to the Port of Dublin. Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC.

Description near the statue: “O Mary Conceived Without Sin Pray For Us That Have Recourse To Thee” This Statue was Erected the Marian Year 1954 By the Workers of Alexandra Road and Their Friends. In Honour of the Blessed Lady.

Mary Statue at the Alexandra Road Entrance to the Port of Dublin. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Mary Statue at the Alexandra Road Entrance to the Port of Dublin. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)

Four-Years Ago (03-July-2011) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Wild Raspberry Cluster. Composite of 20 images taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 105 mm f/2.8 VR macro lens + TC-E III 20 teleconverter (ISO 100, 210 mm, f/6, 1/60 sec) with SB900 flash. Raw images processed with Capture One Pro 6 and Photoshop CS5. Helicon Focus used to make the focus-stacked composite of the images.

Wild Raspberry Cluster. Early Summer Backyard Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 105 mm f/2.8 VR macro lens + TC-E III 20 teleconverter (ISO 100, 210 mm, f/6, 1/60 sec) with SB900 flash. Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6 and Photoshop CS5. Helicon Focus composite of 20 images. (David J Mathre)
Wild Raspberry Cluster. Early Summer Backyard Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 105 mm f/2.8 VR macro lens + TC-E III 20 teleconverter (ISO 100, 210 mm, f/6, 1/60 sec) with SB900 flash. Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6 and Photoshop CS5. Helicon Focus composite of 20 images. (David J Mathre)

One-Year Ago (30-June-2014) — Spain

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 30: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Getxo, Spain.

Monument to Evaristo Churruca in Getxo, Spain. Composite of 3 images taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/14). Raw images processed with HDR Efex Pro, Capture One Pro, and Photoshop CC.

Monument to Evaristo Churruca in Getxo, Spain. Composite of 3 images taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/14). Raw images processed with HDR Efex Pro, Capture One Pro, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Monument to Evaristo Churruca in Getxo, Spain. Composite of 3 images taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/14). Raw images processed with HDR Efex Pro, Capture One Pro, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)

One-Year Ago (27-June-2014) — Spain

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 27: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Bilbao, Spain.

Maman the Spider Sculpture at the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain. Image taken with a Fuji XT1 camera and Bower 8 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 200, 8 mm, f/16, 1/320 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC.

Maman Spider outside the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 8 mm Fisheye (ISO 200, 8 mm, f/?, 1/320 sec) (David J Mathre)
Maman Spider outside the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 8 mm Fisheye (ISO 200, 8 mm, f/?, 1/320 sec) (David J Mathre)