Category: Photo Techniques

Tuesday (19-June-2018) — New Jersey

Backyard Late Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

A yellow flower on the cucumber plant, a Blue Jay at the bird feeder, a male Northern Cardinal below the bird feeder.

Yellow Cucumber Flower. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS telephoto zoom lens (David J Mathre)
Yellow Cucumber Flower. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS telephoto zoom lens (David J Mathre)



Monday (18-June-2018) — New Jersey

Backyard Nighttime Nature in New Jersey.

It rained early in the evening, and then again early in the morning so I wasn’t able to leave the cameras out as long. I also reduced the shutter time to 30 seconds on the Fuji X-H1 camera due to sensor noise. I am wondering if the issue with the sensor noise is the temperature outside?

Firefly Trails. Composite of 476 images taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 56 mm f/1.2 lens. Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, Define 2, and Surface Pro Book 2. (David J Mathre)
Firefly Trails. Composite of 476 images taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 56 mm f/1.2 lens. Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, Define 2, and Surface Pro Book 2. (David J Mathre)
Firefly Trails. Composite of 472 images taken with a Nikon D5 camera and 200 mm f/2 lens. Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, Define 2, and Surface Pro Book 2. (David J Mathre)
Firefly Trails. Composite of 472 images taken with a Nikon D5 camera and 200 mm f/2 lens. Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, Define 2, and Surface Pro Book 2. (David J Mathre)
Firefly Trails. Composite of 472 images taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 58 mm f/1.4 lens. Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, Define 2, and Surface Pro Book 2. (David J Mathre)
Firefly Trails. Composite of 472 images taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 58 mm f/1.4 lens. Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, Define 2, and Surface Pro Book 2. (David J Mathre)

Monday (18-June-2018) — New Jersey

Backyard Late Spring Nature in New Jersey.

This hairy spider spent the day guarding my front door. I don’t know why it kept its rear leg up in the air anytime I got close to take a picture. During my daily walkabout I found a number of flowers (daisy, poppy, California poppy, Moth Mullen, yellow prickly pear cactus, etc). Still not as many as last year when I had the electric fence up. I see on my security video cameras the deer coming up every night and nibbling on the plants before they can bloom.

Hairy Spider at my Front Door. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens. (David J Mathre)
Hairy Spider at my Front Door. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens. (David J Mathre)
Daisy. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens. (David J Mathre)
Daisy. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens. (David J Mathre)
Day Lily. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens. (David J Mathre)
Day Lily. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens. (David J Mathre)




Violet Cosmos Flower. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens. (David J Mathre)
Violet Cosmos Flower. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens. (David J Mathre)
Yucca about to bloom. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens. (David J Mathre)
Yucca about to bloom. Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens. (David J Mathre)
Black and White Cat trying to Hide Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens. (David J Mathre)
Black and White Cat trying to Hide Image taken with a Leica TL2 camera and 60 mm f/2.8 macro lens. (David J Mathre)

Sunday (17-June-2018) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

Blue Jay’s and Northern Cardinals at my bird feeder. I don’t think that these images taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS telephoto zoom lens are as sharp as the ones taken with a Nikon D5 camera and 600 mm f/4 lens. Part of the issue may be that the images with the Fuji camera were taken hand-held vs. on a tripod for the Nikon camera.




Individual images from the slide shows can be viewed here.

Saturday (16-June-2018) — New Jersey

Backyard Nighttime Nature in New Jersey.

I heard that a neighbor recently trapped 8 raccoons. But apparently, not the ones getting into my Garden Tower. I refilled the composting tube with kitchen scraps, and last night the raccoon tried to get up on the Garden Tower to check for a free meal. Instead it found that the electric fence was on. Infrared Video recorded by an Arlo Security camera.