Category: Nature

Views of nature and the natural world. Plants, animals, and wildlife from around the world.

Friday (28-February-2020) — New Jersey

Indoor Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Focus stacked image of a Red Poppy flower.

Red Poppy flower. Composite of 51 focus stacked images taken with a Nikon D850 camera and 105 mm f/2.8 macro lens + 2.0x TCE-III (ISO 100, 210 mm, f/8, 1/30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Helicon Focus Pro. (DAVID J MATHRE)
Red Poppy flower. Composite of 51 focus stacked images taken with a Nikon D850 camera and 105 mm f/2.8 macro lens + 2.0x TCE-III (ISO 100, 210 mm, f/8, 1/30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Helicon Focus Pro. (DAVID J MATHRE)

Daily Electric Energy Used (81.0 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (39.8 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Clouds and sun. A deficit of 41.8 kWh.


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Thursday (27-February-2020) — New Jersey

Indoor Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

A Red Poppy flower opened this morning. The seed was planted 124 days ago in one of my indoor AeroGarden hydroponic gardens. I have been watching the bud for the last several day wondering when it would finally open — each day setting up a camera to record a time-lapse video. Images taken every 10 seconds with a Nikon D850 camera and 105 mm f/2.8 macro lens with a 2.0x TC-E III teleconverter (ISO 100, 210 mm, f/8, 1/30 sec). Next time I need to do a better job trying to keep things in focus as the flower moved as it was opening.

Winter Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D850 camera and 105 mm f/2.8 macro + 2.0x TC-EIII (DAVID J MATHRE)
Winter Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D850 camera and 105 mm f/2.8 macro + 2.0x TC-EIII (DAVID J MATHRE)

Daily Electric Energy Used (66.1 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (48.1 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Cloudy, then more sun. A deficit of 18 kWh.


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Wednesday (26-February-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Day and nighttime deer near the house. At night they are outside the electric fence. During the day inside the electric fence.

Daily Electric Energy Used (63.1 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (9.9 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Lots of sun, still cold outside. A deficit of 17.1 kWh.


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Sunday (23-February-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Purple Crocus flowers. Spring must be coming.

Purple Crocus flowers. Image taken with a Leica TL-2 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 800, 35 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)
Purple Crocus flowers. Image taken with a Leica TL-2 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 800, 35 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)
Purple Crocus flowers. Image taken with a Leica TL-2 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 800, 35 mm, f/4.5, 1/500 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)
Purple Crocus flowers. Image taken with a Leica TL-2 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 800, 35 mm, f/4.5, 1/500 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

Daily Electric Energy Used (68.5 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (53.1 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Lots of sun, still cold outside. A deficit of 15.4 kWh.

Weekly Electric Energy Used (492 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Weekly Solar Electric Energy Produced (314 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. A deficit of 178 kWh.


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Saturday (22-February-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Daytime deer near the house.

Daily Electric Energy Used (70.8 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (53.7 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Lots of sun, still cold outside. A deficit of 17.1 kWh.


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