Category: Photo Techniques

Four-Years Ago (31-March-2016) — Ghana

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 86: Depart Tema, Ghana.

This was our last day in Ghana. Prior to departing the ships chef and cooks created an artistic display of carved fruits and vegetables. Rooky mistake on the images, I had the ISO cranked up to 6400 from my early morning Sunrise Breakfast Club photoshoot. As a result, the aperture was nearly wide open with a shutter speed of 1/4000 second. Significant noise reduction via Nik Define, and tonal adjustments via Nik Color Efex.

The Cooks display their creative food art. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 35mm f/1.4 (ISO 6400, 35 mm, f/2.8, 1/4000 sec). (David J Mathre)
The Cooks display their creative food art. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 35mm f/1.4 (ISO 6400, 35 mm, f/2.8, 1/4000 sec). (David J Mathre)
The Cooks display their creative food art. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 35mm f/1.4 (ISO 6400, 35 mm, f/4, 1/4000 sec). (David J Mathre)
The Cooks display their creative food art. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 35mm f/1.4 (ISO 6400, 35 mm, f/4, 1/4000 sec). (David J Mathre)
The Cooks display their creative food art. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 35mm f/1.4 (ISO 6400, 35 mm, f/4.5, 1/4000 sec). (David J Mathre)
The Cooks display their creative food art. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 35mm f/1.4 (ISO 6400, 35 mm, f/4.5, 1/4000 sec). (David J Mathre)
The Cooks display their creative food art. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 35mm f/1.4 (ISO 6400, 35 mm, f/3.6, 1/4000 sec). (David J Mathre)
The Cooks display their creative food art. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 35mm f/1.4 (ISO 6400, 35 mm, f/3.6, 1/4000 sec). (David J Mathre)

Monday (30-March-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Spring Nighttime Nature in New Jersey.

There are now two raccoons. I need to set the trap before I start planting in the GrowTowers.

Daily Electric Energy Used (58.2 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (13.5 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Cloudy all day. A deficit of 44.7 kWh.

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Monday (30-March-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

In the morning, a Dark-eyed Junco looking for food. The sun came out for a bit in the late afternoon in time for the herd of deer to stop by and trim the grass. The grass has turned green and is growing fast. Unfortunately, one of the tires on my tractor is flat and I don’t know when I will be able to get it fixed…

Dark-eyed Junco looking for food on a rainy morning. Image taken with a Nikon D5 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 1600, 600 mm, f/4, 1/640 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)
Dark-eyed Junco looking for food on a rainy morning. Image taken with a Nikon D5 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 1600, 600 mm, f/4, 1/640 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)
Dark-eyed Junco looking for food on a rainy morning. Image taken with a Nikon D5 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 1600, 600 mm, f/4, 1/320 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)
Dark-eyed Junco looking for food on a rainy morning. Image taken with a Nikon D5 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 1600, 600 mm, f/4, 1/320 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)


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Daily Electric Energy Used (58.2 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (13.5 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Cloudy all day. A deficit of 44.7 kWh.

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Sunday (29-March-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Spring Nighttime Nature in New Jersey.

The raccoon is back, I may need to find the trap before I start planting in the GrowTowers.

Daily Electric Energy Used (57.4 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (7.6 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Cloudy all day. A deficit of 49.8 kWh.

Weekly Electric Energy Used (412 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Weekly Solar Electric Energy Produced (229 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. A deficit of 183 kWh.

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Saturday (28-March-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Spring Nighttime Nature in New Jersey.

Spider at night.

Daily Electric Energy Used (52.5 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (6.5 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Cloudy and rainy all day. A deficit of 46.0 kWh.

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