Category: Landscape

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Six-Years Ago (08-January-2011) — Chile

Gone to See Patagonia 2010/2011. Photography Workshop with Thom Hogan. Day 13: Estancia Lazo, Chile.

The hound guarding Mirador del Payne Hosteria at dawn. Overlooking Lago Verde and Torres del Paine National Park at Estancia Lazo in Patagonia. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 24-120 mm f/4 lens (ISO 100, 40 mm, f/16, 1/60 sec).

One issue with using a DSLR to take images in Patagonia is the wind, and the potential for dust to land on the camera sensor when changing lenses. I had to spend a lot of time removing the dust spots from this image.

Hound At Dawn in Patagonia. Estancia Lazo on the shore of Lago Verde. Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 24-70 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 48 mm, f/16, 1/25 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6 and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Hound At Dawn in Patagonia. Estancia Lazo on the shore of Lago Verde. Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 24-70 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 48 mm, f/16, 1/25 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6 and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Red Hot Poker Flower (Kniphofia uvaria), Mirador del Payne Hosteria in Chile. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 cameara (ISO 125, 5.1 mm, f/4, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red Hot Poker Flower (Kniphofia uvaria), Mirador del Payne Hosteria in Chile. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 cameara (ISO 125, 5.1 mm, f/4, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)

Saturday (07-January-2017) — New Jersey

Backyard Winter Nature in New Jersey.

Walkabout after the second snow storm in two days with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 90 mm f/2 lens.

Lawn tractor parked in the snow. Our second snowstorm in two days. Winter has finally arrived. Fuji X-T1 camera and 90mm f/2 lens (ISO 200, 90 mm, f/2, 1/300 sec). (David J Mathre)
Lawn tractor parked in the snow. Our second snowstorm in two days. Winter has finally arrived. Fuji X-T1 camera and 90mm f/2 lens (ISO 200, 90 mm, f/2, 1/300 sec). (David J Mathre)
Tree in the snow. Our second snowstorm in two days. Winter has finally arrived. Fuji X-T1 camera and 90mm f/2 lens (ISO 200, 90 mm, f/2, 1/900 sec). (David J Mathre)
Tree in the snow. Our second snowstorm in two days. Winter has finally arrived. Fuji X-T1 camera and 90mm f/2 lens (ISO 200, 90 mm, f/2, 1/900 sec). (David J Mathre)
Holly berries in the snow. Our second snowstorm in two days. Winter has finally arrived. Fuji X-T1 camera and 90mm f/2 lens (ISO 200, 90 mm, f/2, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Holly berries in the snow. Our second snowstorm in two days. Winter has finally arrived. Fuji X-T1 camera and 90mm f/2 lens (ISO 200, 90 mm, f/2, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Icicle dripping. Our second snowstorm in two days. Winter has finally arrived. Fuji X-T1 camera and 90mm f/2 lens (ISO 200, 90 mm, f/2, 1/340 sec). (David J Mathre)
Icicle dripping. Our second snowstorm in two days. Winter has finally arrived. Fuji X-T1 camera and 90mm f/2 lens (ISO 200, 90 mm, f/2, 1/340 sec). (David J Mathre)

Six-Years Ago (07-January-2011) — Patagonia

Gone to See Patagonia 2010/2011. Photography Workshop with Thom Hogan. Day 12: Calafate, Argentina to Estancia Lazo, Chile.

This was a travel day, starting out in Argentina and ending up in Chile. For lunch we stopped at an Estancia (sheep ranch). I don’t think we crossed the border yet. We had a demonstration of the sheepdogs herding the sheep, and then one of the sheep getting sheared. That is where wool comes from. After lunch we proceeded to Hosteria Mirador del Payne on Estancia Lazo. A long drive.

Bienvenidos (Welcome) Wagon Wheel Along a Wood and Barbed Wire Fence at an Estancia in Patagonia. Image taken with a Nikon D3s and 50 mm f/1.4G lens (ISO 200, 50 mm, f/4, 1/2000 sec). (David J Mathre)
Bienvenidos (Welcome) Wagon Wheel Along a Wood and Barbed Wire Fence at an Estancia in Patagonia. Image taken with a Nikon D3s and 50 mm f/1.4G lens (ISO 200, 50 mm, f/4, 1/2000 sec). (David J Mathre)



Individual images from the slide show are available here.



Individual images from the slide show are available here.

Photographer Working the Windmill at Lazo Estancia in Patagonia. Paine National Park, Lago Verde, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 16-35 mm f/4 lens (ISO 100, 35 mm, f/11, 1/80 sec). (David J Mathre)
Photographer Thomas Working the Windmill at Lazo Estancia in Patagonia. Paine National Park, Lago Verde, Chile. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 16-35 mm f/4 lens (ISO 100, 35 mm, f/11, 1/80 sec). (David J Mathre)



Individual images from the slide show are available here.

Friday (06-January-2017) — New Jersey

Backyard Winter Nature in New Jersey.

It snowed last night! Statue standing on a bench. Composite of three images taken with Fuji X-T1 camera and 16 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200, 16 mm, f/2.8, 1/2000 and 1/4000).

It snowed last night! Statue standing on a bench. Composite of three images taken with Fuji X-T1 camera and 16 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200, 16 mm, f/2.8, 1/2000 and 1/4000). (David J Mathre)
It snowed last night! Statue standing on a bench. Composite of three images taken with Fuji X-T1 camera and 16 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200, 16 mm, f/2.8, 1/2000 and 1/4000). (David J Mathre)

Four-Years Ago (06-January-2013) — Florida

Gone to See America. January 2013 Florida Road Trip. Day 4: St. Petersburg.

Foggy morning in St. Petersburg from a balcony at the Vinoy Hotel. Then a Lonely chair on the balcony in the Early Morning Fog. You couldn’t even see across the Vinoy basin.

Foggy Morning in St. Petersburg from a Balcony at the Vinoy Hotel. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/3.5, 1/80 sec). Converted to B&W with NIK Silver Efex Pro 2. (David J Mathre)
Foggy Morning in St. Petersburg from a Balcony at the Vinoy Hotel. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/3.5, 1/80 sec). Converted to B&W with NIK Silver Efex Pro 2. (David J Mathre)
Lonely chair on the balcony in the Early Morning Fog. Image taken at the Vinoy Hotel in St. Petersburg with a Nikon 1 V1 camera and 10 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 10 mm, f/4.5, 1/250 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One 7 Pro (including conversion to B&W). (David J Mathre)
Lonely chair on the balcony in the Early Morning Fog. Image taken at the Vinoy Hotel in St. Petersburg with a Nikon 1 V1 camera and 10 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 10 mm, f/4.5, 1/250 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One 7 Pro (including conversion to B&W). (David J Mathre)
Lonely Chair on a Balcony at the Vinoy Hotel. Early Morning Fog in St. Petersburg, Florida. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera and 18.5 mm f/1.8 lens (ISO 200, 18.5 mm, f/4.5, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)
Lonely Chair on a Balcony at the Vinoy Hotel. Early Morning Fog in St. Petersburg, Florida. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera and 18.5 mm f/1.8 lens (ISO 200, 18.5 mm, f/4.5, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)