Sunday (14-May-2017) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

I went for a walkabout in my backyard with the Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens. Plants, flowers, mushrooms, and a deer.


For individual images in the slideshow check out my PhotoShelter Gallery.

One-Year Ago (09-May-2016) — New Jersey

Indoor spring nature in New Jersey.

A Brown Marmorated stink bug climbing a cactus. The stink bugs are supposedly vegetarian. The cactus spines are making it difficult for the stink bug to get close enough to suck sap from the cactus. I have observed stink bugs on my cactus plants going back to 2007.

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug climbing a cactus. Indoor spring nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D810A camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 800, 60 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug climbing a cactus. Image taken with a Nikon D810A camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 800, 60 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)

Nine-Years Ago (08-May-2008) — Colorado

Denver Colorado Rockies Baseball Game.

One of the things I got to do while working part-time in Boulder was to take the SIRNA group to a Major League Baseball game at Coors field. This would be our second ballgame, but unfortunately the last one prior to the Boulder SIRNA site being shut down. I had a lot of fun taking pictures, both of the ball game and the folks I had been working with in Boulder. We took a bus from the Boulder site to the ball game, then had a great afternoon. Norm’s hotdog looks to be more than a foot long.

SIRNA Celebration -- Gone to see the Ball Game. Colorado Rockies vs. St. Louis Cardinals. Images taken with a Nikon D3 camera and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens or 24-70 mm f/2.8 lens, or 70-200 mm f/2.8 lens. (David J Mathre)
SIRNA Celebration — Gone to see the Ball Game. Colorado Rockies vs. St. Louis Cardinals. Images taken with a Nikon D3 camera and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens or 24-70 mm f/2.8 lens, or 70-200 mm f/2.8 lens. (David J Mathre)


You can view individual images from the slideshow at my PhotoShelter gallery.

For images from the previous years SIRNA trip to the ball game check out 17-May-2007.

Three-Years Ago (03-May-2014) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

American Robin Swallowing a Worm (or is it a Caterpillar?). Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 1600, 600 mm, f/4, 1/2000 sec). Note this is a 100% crop.

American Robin Swallowing a Worm (or is it a Caterpillar?). Backyard Spring Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 1600, 600 mm, f/4, 1/2000 sec). Note this is a 100% crop. (David J Mathre)
American Robin Swallowing a Worm (or is it a Caterpillar?). Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 1600, 600 mm, f/4, 1/2000 sec). (David J Mathre)

Five-Years Ago (10-March-2012) — New Jersey

Backyard Late Winter Nature in New Jersey.

Walkabout in my backyard on a late winter sunny day with a Nikon 1 V1 camera and some big Nikon lenses using a FT1 adapter. A bright yellow daffodil bloom, and a squirrel with an acorn that he just dug up.

Late winter, and spring is comming! Daffodil bloom in the afternoon sun. Winter nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V1 camera, FT1 adapter, and 300 mm f/2.8 VR lens (ISO 100, 300 mm, f/2.8, 1/1600 sec). (David J Mathre)
Late winter, and spring is comming! Daffodil bloom in the afternoon sun. Winter nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V1 camera, FT1 adapter, and 300 mm f/2.8 VR lens (ISO 100, 300 mm, f/2.8, 1/1600 sec). (David J Mathre)
Squirrel with an acorn in the afternoon sun. Winter nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V1 camera, FT1 adapter, and 200 mm f/2 VR lens (ISO 100, 200 mm, f/2.5, 1/800 sec). (David J Mathre)
Squirrel with an acorn in the afternoon sun. Winter nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V1 camera, FT1 adapter, and 200 mm f/2 VR lens (ISO 100, 200 mm, f/2.5, 1/800 sec). (David J Mathre)
Squirrel with an acorn in the afternoon sun. Winter nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V1 camera, FT1 adapter, and 200 mm f/2 VR lens (ISO 100, 200 mm, f/2, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)
Squirrel with an acorn in the afternoon sun. Winter nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V1 camera, FT1 adapter, and 200 mm f/2 VR lens (ISO 100, 200 mm, f/2, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)