David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Views of the land around the world
South Lake, Inyo National Forest. What is the Subject? The Person Fly Fishing, The Grass around the Pond, The Reflection of the Eastern Sierra Mountains, The Snake Swimming in the Pond? Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 24 mm f/1.4G lens (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/16, 0.4 sec).
Moving and Still Waters. Merced river in Yosemite National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D3 camera and 24 mm f/3.5 PC-E lens (ISO 200, 24 mm, f/16, 2 sec).
A short time-lapse video taken with a Fuji XT1 camera and Bower 8 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens. Viking boat ride in Rovaniemi. Like Hitchcock, I did a cameo at the end.
Kermit the Bullfrog in a pond at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 400 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 560, 400 mm, f/8, 1/400 sec).
Young Buck sticking its Tongue out. Note it has “mile-a-minute” vine stuck to its side. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 70-200 mm f/2.8 VR II lens (ISO 280, 200 mm, f/2.8, 1/200 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 6 and Photoshop CS5.
How and when the mile-a-minute vine (invasive weeds) were transported into my yard. Within a few years the vines took over much of my backyard – killing many trees. The vines are more aggressive than the wild grape vines and poison ivy vines. It has taken significant effort to reclaim the yard.
