Category: Photo Techniques

Four-Years Ago (24-October-2016) — New Jersey

Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey.

Backyard Nisse with a Mushroom.

Backyard Nisse with Mushroom. (David J Mathre)
Backyard Nisse with a Fall Mushroom. Composite of 24 focus stacked images taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 200, 60 mm, f/3, 1/640 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, and the image stack processed with Helicon Focus. (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (45.5 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (15.6 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy. Geothermal HVAC system turned on to heat the house. Forced air dehydrator on to dry end of season hot peppers. A deficit of 29.9 kWh.

Eleven-Years Ago (23-October-2009) — California

Autumn in California.

Sunset view of San Francisco and Oakland from the Berkeley Hills.

Sunset Panorama of San Francisco Bay. (David J Mathre)
Sunset view of San Francisco and Oakland from the Berkeley Hills. Composite of 3 images taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 24 mm f/2.8 PC-E lens (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/5, 0.5 sec). (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (43.5 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (18.4 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy. Geothermal HVAC system turned on to heat the house. Forced air dehydrator on to dry end of season hot peppers. A deficit of 25.1 kWh.

Two-Years Ago (22-October-2020) — Over the Atlantic Ocean

Gone to See Portugal. TAP Air Portugal Return Flight from Lisbon, Portugal.

Remembering pre-pandemic airline food.


TAP Air Portugal. Airline meal on the return flight from Lisbon, Portugal. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (45.6 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (13.3 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy. Geothermal HVAC system turned on to heat the house. Forced air dehydrator on to dry end of season hot peppers. A deficit of 28.3 kWh.

Two-Years Ago (21-October-2020) — Portugal

Gone to See Portugal. Street Photography Workshop with Steve Simon. Day 7: Lisbon, Portugal.

I did not pose this shot. You get to imagine what they were shooting.

Street Photographers. (David J Mathre)
Street Photographer’s or Paparazzi’s. Image taken with a Leica CL camera and 23 mm f/2 lens (ISO 200, 23 mm, f/3.5, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (42.3 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (14.0 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy and rain. Geothermal HVAC system turned on to heat the house. Forced air dehydrator on to dry end of season hot peppers. A deficit of 28.3 kWh.

Four-Years Ago (20-October-2020) — New Jersey

Autumn Backyard

Little Planet view of the backyard. Patio construction in progress. Note the solar panels.

Backyard. (David J Mathre)
Little Planet view of the backyard. Composite of 36 images taken with a Nikon D800 camera. Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and stitched together with AutoPano Giga. (David J Mathre)
Daily Electric Energy Used (43.7 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (18.9 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Clouds and rain. A deficit of 24.8 kWh.