Category: Landscape

Views of the land around the world

Tuesday (23-May-2017) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

Walkabout with a Leica T camera and 18-56 mm zoom lens. Rhododendron flowers, wildflower daisies flowers, and poppies buds about to open. My most hated weed — the “Mile-a-Minute” vine. The vine is not native, and was probably brought in by the deer. It gets its name from how fast it grows. In the last few years it has killed and destroyed many of my trees. I am trying to find wildflowers that grow faster and will keep the vine from further expansion. Also, some insect appears to be nibbling on the leaves of the vine — just not fast enough.

My most hated weed -- the "Mile a Minute" vine. Backyard spring nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Leica T camera and 18-56 mm lens (ISO 100, 21 mm, f/5, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)
My most hated weed — the “Mile a Minute” vine.  Image taken with a Leica T camera and 18-56 mm lens (ISO 100, 21 mm, f/5, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)


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Saturday (20-May-2017) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

This deer can’t wait for my Yucca plant to bloom with its sweet and fragrant flowers.


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Ten-Years Ago (20-May-2007) — Colorado

Springtime Nature in Colorado.

I had a great time while working part-time in Boulder, Colorado. Nearly every weekend I visited Rocky Mountain National Park ultimately being able experience all four seasons in the park. On this day there were lots of spring wildflowers, at least in the lower elevations. Someone told me the yellow thing that looked like flowers on a conifer tree was some type of fungus. Later during the afternoon, rain clouds came in and captured a stormy panorama.

Yellow fungus(?) growing on a conifer in Rocky Mountain National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 105 mm f/2.8 VR macro lens. (David J Mathre)
Yellow fungus(?) growing on a conifer in Rocky Mountain National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 105 mm f/2.8 VR macro lens. (David J Mathre)
Springtime storm clouds over Rocky Mountain National Park. Composite of two images taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 17-55 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 17 mm, f/6, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)
Springtime storm clouds over Rocky Mountain National Park. Composite of two images taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 17-55 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 17 mm, f/6, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)


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Two-Years Ago (19-May-2015) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

American Sycamore tree on a foggy morning. Image taken with a Leica T camera and 11-23 mm lens (ISO 200, 11 mm, f/11, 1/2 sec).

Sycamore tree on a foggy morning. Backyard Spring Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Leica T camera and 11-23 mm lens (ISO 200, 11 mm, f/11, 1/2 sec). (David J Mathre)
American Sycamore tree on a foggy morning. Image taken with a Leica T camera and 11-23 mm lens (ISO 200, 11 mm, f/11, 1/2 sec). (David J Mathre)

Ten-Years Ago (19-May-2007) — Colorado

Springtime Nature in Colorado.

Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, and Boulder Falls.

Lily Lake panorama. Rocky Mountain National Park. Composite of three images taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 17-55 mm f/2.8 lens. (David J Mathre)
Bear Lake panorama. Rocky Mountain National Park. Composite of three images taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 17-55 mm f/2.8 lens. (David J Mathre)


Individual images from the slideshow can be viewed here.