Friday (16-May-2014) — Texas

South Texas Birding Photo Safari with Jason Odell Day 1.

Male Northern Cardinal Feeding Breakfast to a Young Cardinal at Dos Venadas Ranch in Southern Texas. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 1600, 500 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec.

Male Northern Cardinal Feeding Breakfast to a Young Cardinal at Dos Venadas Ranch in Southern Texas. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 1600, 500 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec. (David J Mathre)
Male Northern Cardinal Feeding Breakfast to a Young Cardinal at Dos Venadas Ranch in Southern Texas. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 1600, 500 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec. (David J Mathre)

One-Year Ago (12-May-2013) — France

Gone to See Europe. Semester at Sea Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage on the MV Explorer. Ultimate Travel Photography Workshop IV with Michael Mariant. Day 17: Paris, France.

Bronze Foot of the Stairway. Paris Opera House. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/30 sec). Capture One Pro 7 conversion to B&W.

Bronze Foot of the Stairway. Paris Opera House. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/30 sec). Capture One Pro 7 conversion to B&W. (Photographer)
Bronze Foot of the Stairway. Paris Opera House. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/30 sec). Capture One Pro 7 conversion to B&W. (Photographer)

Six-Years Ago (09-April-2008) — Arizona

Page Arizona Photography Workshop with Winston Hall. Day 2: Upper Antelope Canyon.

Upper Antelope Canyon (with Ghost). Image taken with a Nikon D3 camera and 24 mm f/3.5 PC-E lens (ISO 200, 24 mm, f/11, 6 sec)

Upper Antelope Canyon, Page Arizona. Image taken with a Nikon D3 camera and 24-70 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 24 mm, f/11, 6 sec). Image processed with Capture One Pro. Converted to B&W with NIK Silver Efex Pro 2 (David J Mathre)
Upper Antelope Canyon, Page Arizona. Image taken with a Nikon D3 camera and 24-70 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 24 mm, f/11, 6 sec). Image processed with Capture One Pro. Converted to B&W with NIK Silver Efex Pro 2 (David J Mathre)

Thursday (03-April-2014) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

Spring Purple Crocus Flower. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Fuji 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens (ISO 200, 60 mm, f/8, 1/45 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 7.

I was pleased to see that the most recent updated to Capture One Pro is able to process Fuji X-T1 raw files! I still can’t work with these images with Lightroom, and only in Photoshop when using a beta (release candidate) of Camera Raw.

Spring Purple Crocus Flower in New Jersey. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Fuji 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens (ISO 200, 60 mm, f/8, 1/45 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 7. I was pleased to see that the most recent updated to Capture One Pro is able to process Fuji X-T1 raw files! Still can't do this with Lightroom, and only in Photoshop when using a beta (release candidate) of Camera Raw. (David J Mathre)
Spring Purple Crocus Flower. (David J Mathre)

Tuesday (11-March-2014) — Iceland

Gone to See Iceland 2014 – Winter Photography Trip. Day 3: Reykjavik.

I spent the much of the morning at the Solar Voyager (Sólfar) sculpture with the goal of making a time-lapse video of people visiting the sculpture. Hopefully, someday I will have time to process the images. While working on this four women with Viking helmets came up to me and asked me to take their picture in front of the sculpture. All in the days work of a photographer… Further down the walking path along  Sæbraut street on the Reykjavik coastline is The Partnership sculpture.

Four Women with Viking Helmets at the Sun Voyager (Sólfar) in Reykjavik. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Zeiss 12 mm f/2.8 lens. (David J Mathre)
Four Women with Viking Helmets at the Sun Voyager (Sólfar) in Reykjavik. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Zeiss 12 mm f/2.8 lens. (David J Mathre)
Four Women with Viking Helmets at the Sun Voyager (Sólfar) in Reykjavik. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Zeiss 12 mm f/2.8 lens. (David J Mathre)
Four Women with Viking Helmets at the Sun Voyager (Sólfar) in Reykjavik. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Zeiss 12 mm f/2.8 lens. (David J Mathre)
Four Women with Viking Helmets at the Sun Voyager (Sólfar) in Reykjavik. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Zeiss 12 mm f/2.8 lens. (David J Mathre)
Four Women with Viking Helmets at the Sun Voyager (Sólfar) in Reykjavik. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Zeiss 12 mm f/2.8 lens. (David J Mathre)
Partnership Sculpture in Reykjavik. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/4, 1/40 sec). (David J Mathre)
Partnership Sculpture in Reykjavik. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/4, 1/40 sec). (David J Mathre)