Category: Fine Art

Views of art from around the world

Four-Years Ago (23-October-2009) — California

Gone to See California. SIRNA Business Meeting in San Francisco.

Sunset Panorama View of the Moon, Night Sky, Oakland and San Francisco from the Berkeley Hills. Composite of three images taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 24 mm f/3.5 PC-E lens (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/5, 0.5 sec).

Sunset view of San Francisco and Oakland from Berkeley Hills (David J Mathre)
Sunset view of San Francisco and Oakland from Berkeley Hills (David J Mathre)

Wednesday (02-October-2013) — Colorado

Gone to See America 2013. Autumn Rocky Mountain Photography Safari in Colorado with Jason Odell. Day 2: Ashcroft Ghost Town.

Lone Building and Fall Colors in Ashcroft. A Ghost Town in Colorado. Composite of 15 images taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 85 mm f/2.8 PC-E lens (ISO 100, 85 mm, f/16) combined with Google/NIK HDR Efex Pro and AutoPano Giga Pro 2. Additional processing with Capture One Pro 7 and Adobe PhotoShop CC.

Lone Building and Fall Colors (David J. Mathre)
Lone Building and Fall Colors in Ashcroft. A Ghost Town in Colorado. (David J. Mathre)

Six-Years Ago (26-September-2007) — Wyoming

Gone to See America 2007 Road Trip. Nikonians ANPAT 7 Day 6: Yellowstone National Park.

Quoth the raven, “Nevermore” Edgar Allan Poe. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs and 200 mm f/2 VR lens (ISO 100, 200 mm, f/2, 1/100 sec). Image converted to B&W with NIK Silver Efex Pro.

Quoth the raven, "Nevermore" Edgar Allan Poe..Image taken with a Nikon D2xs and 200 mm f/2 VR lens (ISO 100, 200 mm, f/2, 1/100 sec). Image converted to B&W with NIK Silver Efex Pro. (David J Mathre)
Quoth the raven, “Nevermore” Edgar Allan Poe. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 200 mm f/2 VR lens (ISO 100, 200 mm, f/2, 1/100 sec). Image converted to B&W with NIK Silver Efex Pro. (David J Mathre)

Friday (13-September-2013) — New Jersey

Backyard Late Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Harvey my backyard Rabbit feeding on some late summer grass. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter and 180 mm f/2.8 D lens (ISO 200, 180 mm, f/2.8, 1/1000 sec). Sepia conversion using Capture One Pro 7.

This is an older prime lens that does not have VR and needed to be manually focused with this camera, but with the lens wide open I was able to shoot at 1/1000 sec. The camera was set to use the electronic shutter so no noise to scare the rabbit. The FOV for this camera lens combination is equivalent to 486 mm with a full frame sensor DSLR.

Harvey near my garden. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera and 180 mm f/2.8 lens with a FT1 adapter (ISO 200, 180 mm, f/2.8, 1/1000 sec). (David J Mathre)
Harvey near my garden. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera and 180 mm f/2.8 lens with a FT1 adapter (ISO 200, 180 mm, f/2.8, 1/1000 sec). (David J Mathre)

Seven-Years Ago (05-September-2006) — Washington

Gone to See America 2006 Driving Tour. Day 11:  Lake Chelan, Washington.

Female Mallard Duck on Lake Chelan in Washington from rear deck of the Lady of the Lake Ferry. Image taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 400, 400 mm, f/9, 1/320 sec). I took this image with my first DSLR while driving across the country back in 2006. I really like the catch light in the eye, and the ripples and reflections. This image is one of the reasons that I decided to spend more time with photography.

Female Mallard Duck on Lake Chelan. Image taken with a Nikon D200 and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 400, 400 mm, f/9, 1/320 sec). (David J. Mathre)
Female Mallard Duck on Lake Chelan. Image taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 400, 400 mm, f/9, 1/320 sec). (David J. Mathre)