Category: Food

Views of food from around the world

Wednesday (24-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Robber Fly with a meal. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 800, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 sec).

Robber Fly with a Meal. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Robber Fly with a Meal. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec) (David J Mathre)

Two-Years Ago (22-August-2014) — England

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 83: London, England.

The Semester at Sea 2014 Summer Semester Voyage was over. This was the final Summer Semester Voyage as the program was selling the MV Explorer. Yesterday we disembarked in Southampton and took a bus to Heathrow, and waited for our flights back home at the Heathrow Hilton Hotel. Images taken with a Leica X2 camera.


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Five-Years Ago (21-August-2011) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Male American Goldfinch on a Thistle. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 300 mm f/2.8 VR lens + TC-E III 20 teleconverter (ISO 250, 600 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 sec). I got almost an identical picture yesterday at the same location. The Goldfinch really like when the Thistle goes to seed.

American Goldfinch on a Thistle. Sourland Mountain Preserve, Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3s and 300 mm f/2.8 VR lens + TC-E III 20 teleconverter (ISO 250, 600 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6, Nik Define, and Photoshop CS5. (David J Mathre)
American Goldfinch on a Thistle. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 300 mm f/2.8 VR lens + TC-E III 20 teleconverter (ISO 250, 600 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)

Six-Years Ago (21-August-2010) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Monarch butterfly feasting on a thistle flower at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-200 mm f/2.8 lens with a 2.0 TC-E teleconverter (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec).

This year, I have only seen three Monarch butterflies and only been able to get a picture of one. None of them were feeding. In the past they favored Thistle flowers and Joe Pye Weed flowers. I saw many Monarch butterflies on this day six years ago.

Monarch Butterfly Feasting on a Thistle Bloom at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-200 mm f/2.8 lens with a 2.0 TC-E teleconverter (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Monarch Butterfly Feasting on a Thistle Bloom at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-200 mm f/2.8 lens with a 2.0 TC-E teleconverter (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)

Five-Years Ago (17-August-2011) — New Jersey 

Backyard Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Rambunkshus teenage Fawns — “Got Milk”. Images taken with a Nikon


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