Category: Landscape

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Five-Years Ago (22-August-2011)– New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Fawn and Doe. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 300 mm f/2.8 VR lens (ISO 400, 300 mm, f/2.8, 1/500 sec).

Fawn and Doe. Summer Backyard Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3s and 300 mm f/2.8 VR lens (ISO 400, 300 mm, f/2.8, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)
Fawn and Doe. Image taken with a Nikon D3s  camera and 300 mm f/2.8 VR lens (ISO 400, 300 mm, f/2.8, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)

Sunday (21-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Pastel Sky at Dawn. Composite of 13 Images taken with a Leica X2 camera and 24 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 125, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and the panorama generated using AutoPano Giga Pro. The program had a bit of a problem the the dark right bottom corner. To take the images I pulled over to the side of the road and took the pictures holding the camera out of the driver side window. I haven’t used this camera for a while, but keep it with me in the car for just this type of opportunity.

Pastel Sky at Dawn. Composite of 13 Images taken with a Leica X2 camera and 24 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 125, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and the panorama generated using AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)
Pastel Sky at Dawn. Composite of 13 Images taken with a Leica X2 camera and 24 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 125, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and the panorama generated using AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)


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Sunday (21-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

A Shy immature Green Heron in a Tree Next to the Pond at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Images taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 300 mm f/4 lens. Every time I walked around the pond this bird flew to the other side of the pond or up into a tree. It is so well camouflaged that I never see it until it flies away. I now know why the frogs are so skittish.

[Note I originally thought this was an American Bittern, now think it is an immature Green Heron.]

Immature Green Heron (originally thought it was an American Bittern). Image taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 300 mm f/4 lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Immature Green Heron (originally thought it was an American Bittern). Image taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 300 mm f/4 lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Immature Green Heron (originally thought it was an American Bittern). Image taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 300 mm f/4 lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Immature Green Heron (originally thought it was an American Bittern). Image taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 300 mm f/4 lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Immature Green Heron (originally thought it was an American Bittern). Image taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 300 mm f/4 lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Immature Green Heron (originally thought it was an American Bittern). Image taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 300 mm f/4 lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Immature Green Heron (originally thought it was an American Bittern). Image taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 300 mm f/4 lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Immature Green Heron (originally thought it was an American Bittern). Image taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 300 mm f/4 lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)

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.

No Skating Sign in the middle of the pond at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Must be a sign of Global Warming on this hot day in the middle of the summer. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-200 mm f/2.8 lens with a 2.0 TC-E teleconverter (ISO 200, 210 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec).

No Skating Sign in the Middle of the Pond 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, 210 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
No Skating Sign in the Middle of the Pond 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 . (David J Mathre)