Landscape - David Mathre Photography

Monday (19-June-2017) — New Jersey

Backyard Late Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

It got dark in the early afternoon as a line of thunderstorms rolled in. A couple of hours of heavy rain helped cool the house down. I was sitting down processing some images and all of sudden it started getting bright outside. As I looked out the clouds were getting lit by the setting sun. Then I saw a rainbow appear. By the time I got outside with a camera the color of the sky was changing, first to orange, then to pink. I got a few shots before the rainbow disappeared.

Rainbow at Sunset. Backyard spring nature in New Jersey. Composite of three images taken with a Fuji X-T1 Camera and 16-55 mm f/2.8 zoom lens (ISO 800, 16 mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro and AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)

Tuesday (13-June-2017) — Florida

Gone to See Florida. Day 2: St. Petersburg..

Walkabout in an urban farm & garden in St. Petersburg, Florida. After below normal rain at the beginning of the year, they are now in the daily monsoon season — with heavy thunderstorms and rain every afternoon. My troll got a chance to get out and sit on a large mushroom. The red chicken manages the location, as well as providing an egg every morning.

Troll with a purple wildflower on a big mushroom. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 138 mm, f/5.6, 1/170 sec). (David J Mathre)

Old Red Hen -- Garden Manager. Backyard urban garden in St. Petersburg. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/100 sec). (David J Mathre) — Old Red Hen — Garden Manager. Backyard urban garden in St. Petersburg. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/100 sec). (David J Mathre)

Five-Years Ago (09-June-2012) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

Yucca Bloom After Being Nibbled by the Deer. Image taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 300 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 400, 300 mm, f/2.8, 1/200 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 8, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC.

Thursday (08-June-2017) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

For my backyard walkabout today I used a Leica T camera with a wide-angle 11-23 mm zoom lens. I was pleased that I could focus this lens at relatively close distances. This first image is of a yellow California poppy flower. The first of these that I was fully open this season. These flowers close at night, and when cold — so I was glad to see it open this morning. You can read between the lines that I was happy that the sun was out this morning. Many more images of red and pink poppies. I planted four tomato seedlings. We will see if they make it this year. Progress is being made with the home renovation — the first section of the copper gutter was installed, and the first stone step to the patio was installed.

Yellow California poppy in my front yard. Spring nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Leica T camera and 11-23 mm lens (ISO 100, 22 mm, f/7, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)

Wednesday (07-June-2017) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

Walkabout in my wildflower garden with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 90 mm f/2 lens. Lots of red poppies, some large and some small. One series at different apertures (including a close-up crop). Still only one blue bachelor button (cornflower) blooming.