Category: Landscape

Views of the land around the world

One-Year Ago (21-June-2012) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Three Young Wild Turkeys Grazing in My Backyard. Image taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 800, 500 mm, f/4, 1/250 sec).

Young Wild Turkeys. Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D800 and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 800, 500 mm, f/4, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)
Young Wild Turkeys. Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 800, 500 mm, f/4, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)

Five-Years Ago (21-June-2008) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature in New Jersey: Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Female Red-Winged Blackbird with an Insect. First Day of Summer at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Image taken with a Nikon D300 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/8, 1/200 sec).

Female Red-Winged Blackbird with an Insect. First Day of Summer at the Sourland Mountain Preserve in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D300 and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/8, 1/200 sec). (David J Mathre)
Female Red-Winged Blackbird with an Insect. First Day of Summer at the Sourland Mountain Preserve in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D300 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/8, 1/200 sec). (David J Mathre)

Wednesday (12-June-2013) — Germany

Gone to See Europe. Semester at Sea Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage on the MV Explorer. Day 47: Kiel Canal, Germany.

I was part of a team of six photographers that took ~30,000 images as the MV Explorer (Semester at Sea Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage) transits the Kiel Canal in Germany.Howard Ignatius used the images to create this time-lapse video of the passage through the canal.

Six-Years Ago (10-June-2007) — New Jersey

New Jersey Springtime Nature: Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Canada Geese Couple + Two Goslings. Pond at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 280 mm, f/4, 1/250 sec).

Two + Two Synchronized Swim. Two Canadian Geese + Two Goslings. Sourland Mountain Preserve in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 280 mm, f/4, 1/250 sec). . (David J Mathre)
Two + Two Synchronized Swim. Two Canadian Geese + Two Goslings. Sourland Mountain Preserve in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 280 mm, f/4, 1/250 sec). . (David J Mathre)

Wednesday (05-June-2013) — Russia

Gone to See Europe. Semester at Sea Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage on the MV Explorer. Day 40: St. Petersburg, Russia.

Kronstadt Lighthouse and St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral in Kronstadt on Kotlin Island.  Viewed from the deck of the MV Explorer while leaving St. Petersburg, Russia. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 160, 80 mm, f/8, 1/640 sec).

Kronstadt Lighthouse and Naval Cathedral on Kotlin Island on the Gulf of Finland. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 80-400 mm VRII lens ISO 160, 80 mm, f/8, 1/640 sec). Viewed from the MV Explorer while leaving St. Petersburg, Russia. Semester at Sea Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage (David J Mathre)
Kronstadt Lighthouse and Naval Cathedral on Kotlin Island on the Gulf of Finland. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 80-400 mm VRII lens ISO 160, 80 mm, f/8, 1/640 sec). Viewed from the MV Explorer while leaving St. Petersburg, Russia. (David J Mathre)