Photo Techniques - David Mathre Photography

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.

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/4.5, 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.

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.

Tuesday (18-February-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Nighttime Winter Nature in New Jersey.

Opossum showed up on the patio.

Daily Electric Energy Used (66.8 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (19.2 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Mostly cloudy all day. A deficit of 47.6 kWh.

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Monday (17-February-2020) — New Jersey

Outdoor Wintertime Nature in New Jersey. Signs of Spring.

When I woke up this morning, one of the “Images of the Day” that came up on my Echo Show was of a Purple Crocus flower. I went online to check the date, and found that the image was posted eight years ago 17-February-2012. After the sun came up, and it was warmer outside I went searching and found the Purple Crocuses had bloomed overnight. I didn’t see them the day before.

Early Purple Crocus Flower. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 lens + 1.4x TCE (ISO 320, 112 mm, f/8, 1/280 sec). Copyright © 2020 David J. Mathre

Early Purple Crocus Flowers. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 lens + 1.4x TCE (ISO 320, 112 mm, f/8, 1/250 sec). Copyright © 2020 David J. Mathre

Daily Electric Energy Used (67.7 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (49.4 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. More sun and warmer so the Geothermal HVAC didn’t have to work as hard. Still a deficit of 18.3 kWh.

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