Category: Landscape

Views of the land around the world

Seven-Years Ago (01-June-2008) — Colorado

Springtime Nature in Rocky Mountain National Park: Lily Lake.

Red-Winged Blackbird Singing at Lily Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Image taken with a Nikon D3 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 1100, 400 mm, f/8, 1/400 sec).

Red-Winged Blackbird Singing at Lilly Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Image taken with a Nikon D3 and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 1100, 400 mm, f/8, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red-Winged Blackbird Singing at Lilly Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Image taken with a Nikon D3 and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 1100, 400 mm, f/8, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)

Seven-Years Ago (01-June-2008) — Colorado

Springtime Nature in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird at Lily Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D300 and 70-200 mm f/2.8 VR lens + TC-E II 20 teleconverter (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/8, 1/160 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 8, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC 2014.

Male Broad-tailed Humming Bird at Lilly Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D300 and 70-200 mm f/2.8 VR lens + TC-E II 20 teleconverter (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/8, 1/160 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CS5. (David J Mathre)
Male Broad-tailed Humming Bird at Lilly Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D300 and 70-200 mm f/2.8 VR lens + TC-E II 20 teleconverter (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/8, 1/160 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CS5. (David J Mathre)

Two-Years Ago (28-May-2013) — Norway

Gone to See Europe. Semester at Sea Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage on the MV Explorer. Day 32: Oslo, Norway.

Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo, Norway.  Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 200, 24 mm, f/16, 1/2000 sec).

Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo, Norway. Semester at Sea, Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage Day 32. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 200, 24 mm, f/16, 1/2000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo, Norway. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 200, 24 mm, f/16, 1/2000 sec) (David J Mathre)

Two-Years Ago (25-May-2013) — England

Gone to See Europe. Semester at Sea Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage on the MV Explorer. Ultimate Travel Photography Workshop IV with Michael Mariant. Day 29: Dover, England.

Walking a bicycle on a trail above the White Cliffs of Dover, England.

Walking a bicycle on a trail above the White Cliffs of Dover, England. (David J Mathre)
Walking a bicycle on a trail above the White Cliffs of Dover, England. (David J Mathre)

Sunday (24-May-2015) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Night Sky Over New Jersey.

Startrails Looking North From My Backyard in New Jersey. Composite of 400 images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 14 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 14 mm, f/2.8, 30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC. In the past I used the startrails.exe program to create the composite image. This time I made the composite using Scripts/Statistics Stack Mode = Maximum within Photoshop CC 2015.

Startrails looking North from Backyard. Composite of 400 images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 14 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 14 mm, f/2.8, 30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC. In the past I used Startrails.exe to create the composite. This time I used Scripts/Statistics Stack Mode = Maximum within Photoshop CC 2015. (David J Mathre)
Startrails looking North from Backyard. Composite of 400 images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 14 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 14 mm, f/2.8, 30 sec). (David J Mathre)