Category: Landscape

Views of the land around the world

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)

Saturday (20-August-2016) — New Jersey.

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Late Afternoon Walkabout at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Six images of a Clearwing Hummingbird Moth working a Thistle flower. Images taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens.


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Saturday (20-August-2016) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Troll Sitting With the Mushrooms. It has rained almost every day recently, and we have mushrooms popping up all over the yard. Composite of 15 focus stacked images taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 VR macro lens (ISO 100, 60 mm, f/3, 1/60 sec). Images processed with Capture One Pro and Helicon Focus (method C pyramid).

Troll Sitting With the Mushrooms. Composite of 15 focus stacked images taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 VR macro lens (ISO 100, 60 mm, f/3, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)
Troll Sitting With the Mushrooms. Composite of 15 focus stacked images taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 VR macro lens (ISO 100, 60 mm, f/3, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)

Friday (19-August-2016) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Night Sky Over New Jersey.

After several nights with thunderstorms, the sky was clear.  Star (and jet) trails looking south. Composite of 220 images taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 200, 16 mm, f/2.8, 60 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, and the composite processed using Photoshop CC: Statistics, maximum.

Star and Jet Trails Looking South. Composite of image takens with a Nikon D810a camera and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 200, 16 mm, f/2.8, 60 sec). (David J Mathre)
Star and Jet Trails Looking South. Composite of image takens with a Nikon D810a camera and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 200, 16 mm, f/2.8, 60 sec). (David J Mathre)

Five-Years Ago (19-August-2011) — New Jersey

Summertime at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Clearwing Hummingbird Moth on a Thistle Bloom. Image taken with a Nikon D700 camera and 28-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6, Nik Define, and Photoshop CS5.

Hummingbird Clearwing Moth on Thistle Bloom. Sourland Mountain Preserve, Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D700 and 28-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6, Nik Define, and Photoshop CS5. (David J Mathre)
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth on Thistle Bloom. Image taken with a Nikon D700 camera and 28-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec). (David J Mathre)