Category: Landscape

Views of the land around the world

Nine-Years Ago (19-May-2007) — Colorado.

Early Springtime Nature in Colorado. Rocky Mountain National Park and Boulder Falls.

Back in 2007 I was assigned to do a technology transfer project where I got to live in Boulder, Colorado two weeks a month for ~18 months. This allowed me to spend my weekends discovering Colorado, and see all four seasons of Rocky Mountain National Park. It was a great opportunity to better learn how to use a digital camera. Three of the images were taken in Rocky Mountain National Park – A Red Crossbill (the bird is yellow), Purple Columbine wildflowers at Lily Lake, and a Panorama at Bear Lake (best viewed full screen).  I remember that he hike around the lake was a bit difficult as there was still a lot of snow on the trail. The final image is Patrick at Boulder Falls — one of the folks I hired to help with the technology transfer. I wonder what the waterfall looks like now after the flash floods a couple years ago.

Red Crossbill in Rocky Mountain National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 70-200 mm f/2.8 lens with TC-E 1.4 teleconverter (ISO 100, 280 mm, f/4, 1/750 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red Crossbill in Rocky Mountain National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 70-200 mm f/2.8 lens with TC-E 1.4 teleconverter (ISO 100, 280 mm, f/4, 1/750 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red Crossbill in Rocky Mountain National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 70-200 mm f/2.8 lens with TC-E 1.4 teleconverter (ISO 100, 280 mm, f/4, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red Crossbill in Rocky Mountain National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 70-200 mm f/2.8 lens with TC-E 1.4 teleconverter (ISO 100, 280 mm, f/4, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Purple Columbine flower in Rocky Mountain National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 70-200 mm f/2.8 lens with TC-E 1.4 teleconverter (ISO 100, 280 mm, f/4, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)
Purple Columbine flower in Rocky Mountain National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 70-200 mm f/2.8 lens with TC-E 1.4 teleconverter (ISO 100, 280 mm, f/4, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)
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)
Boulder Falls. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 17-55 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 23 mm, f/2.8, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)
Boulder Falls. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 17-55 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 23 mm, f/2.8, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)

Wednesday (18-May-2016) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum). Thanks to Mary Sperley for help with the identification. I remember seeing them when growing up in the woods in Minnesota. I didn’t know that I have them in my backyard — and that they are native wildflowers that apparently the deer don’t eat.

Jack in the Pulpit flower. Backyard spring nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens (ISO 500, 60 mm, f/8, 1/125 sec). (David J Mathre)

Two-Years Ago (18-May-2014) — Texas

South Texas Birding Photo Safari with Jason Odell Day 3.

Meadowlark Drinking at a Pond in Southern Texas. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 640, 600 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec).

Meadowlark Drinking at a Pond. Campos Viejos Ranch in Southern Texas. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 640, 600 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec). (David J Mathre)
Meadowlark Drinking at a Pond. Campos Viejos Ranch in Southern Texas. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 640, 600 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec). (David J Mathre)

Tuesday (17-May-2016) — New Jersey.

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

A groundhog using a rebar toothpick to clean its teeth. A squirrel with a nut, and a robin in the rain.

Groundhog sharpening its teeth with a piece of rebar. Backyard spring in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 360, 600 mm, f/5, 1/800 sec). (David J Mathre)
Groundhog sharpening its teeth with a piece of rebar. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 360, 600 mm, f/5, 1/800 sec). (David J Mathre)
Squirrel with a nut. Backyard spring in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 400, 500 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)
Squirrel with a nut. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 400, 500 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)
Robin in the rain. Backyard spring in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 400, 500 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)
Robin in the rain. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 400, 500 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)

Tuesday (17-May-2016) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

The cost of my new morning model is that she gets to nibble on the clover in the wildflower patch that I planted last fall. She is up every morning just about the time that the sun rises. So far she is very patient as I change cameras and lenses. I have been cleaning and testing the equipment I didn’t have with me on the Semester at Sea voyage. I had forgotten how big and heavy a DSLR and big telephoto lens can be. The real test will be the quality of these images vs. ones with the mirrorless kit that I used for the last 4 months. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 800, 600 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec).

Rabbit nibbling on a Italian clover flower. Backyard spring in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 800, 600 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)
Rabbit nibbling on a Italian clover flower.  Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 800, 600 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec). (David J Mathre)