Category: Photo Techniques

Nine-Years Ago (03-September-2006) — Montana

Gone to See America 2006 Driving Tour. Day 9: Glacier National Park, Montana.

Glacier National Park. Somewhere I want to go back again before the glaciers are all gone. Lots of waterfalls along the road. I do remember traffic being bad. All images taken with a brand new (at the time) Nikon D200 DSLR camera.

Small Island. Glacier National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens. (David J Mathre)
Small Island. Glacier National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens. (David J Mathre)


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Glacier National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens. (David J Mathre)
Glacier National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens. (David J Mathre)
Glacier National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 18-70 mm kit lens. (David J Mathre)
Glacier National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 18-70 mm kit lens. (David J Mathre)

Three-Years Ago (02-September-2012) — Ireland

Gone to see Europe. Semester at Sea. Fall 2012 Semester Voyage on the MV Explorer. Day 11: Arrive in Dublin, Ireland.

Dublin Sunset from the deck of the  MV/Explorer. Composite of twenty-nine images taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 17-35 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 35 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC. Little Planet view created using AutoPano Pro.
Dublin Sunset from the deck of the Semester at Sea MV/Explorer. Composite of 29 images taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 17-35 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 35 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC. Little Planet view created using AutoPano Pro. (David J Mathre)
Dublin Sunset from the deck of the MV/Explorer. Composite of 29 images taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 17-35 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 35 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). Little Planet view created using AutoPano Pro. (David J Mathre)
Dublin Sunset from the deck of the Semester at Sea MV/Explorer. Composite of 29 images taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 17-35 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 35 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC. Panorama created with AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)
Dublin Sunset from the deck of the MV/Explorer. (David J Mathre)


Three-Years Ago (02-September-2012) — Ireland 

Gone to see Europe. Semester at Sea. Fall 2012 Semester Voyage on the MV Explorer. Day 11: Arrive in Dublin, Ireland.

International Restroom directions and reflections Selfie in Granite. Image take with a Nikon 1 V1 camera and 10 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 10 mm, f/4, 1/125 sec).

International Way to the Restroom Sign and Reflections in Granite. Image take with a Nikon 1 V1 and 10 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 10 mm, f/4, 1/125 sec). (David J. Mathre)
International Way to the Restroom Sign and Reflections in Granite. Image take with a Nikon 1 V1 and 10 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 10 mm, f/4, 1/125 sec). (David J. Mathre)

Nine-Years Ago (02-September-2019) — Wyoming

Gone to See America 2006 Driving Tour. Day 8: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.

I spent the night in Jackson Hole and got up early to see Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park before going to Yellowstone National Park. I remember that it was very cold at Jenny Lake with a little bit of ice just at the shore. Even at 18 mm with the D200 camera (equivalent to 27 mm on a full frame camera) you could not get the entire view across the lake with one image. I took several images because I was told that there was software that could stitch several images together for a panorama. I didn’t have the software when I took the images. Back then I only had a flimsy tripod, no remote shutter,  and my fingers were getting really cold.

What is right or wrong with these two images? You need to open and look at the images in a full screen mode. One panorama was done with Photoshop CS5 and the other with an early version of either AutoPano or PTGui. If I have time later today I will redo a panorama using newer/current versions of the software.

Early Morning Jenny Lake Reflections Panorama. Composite of nine images taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 18-75 mm kit lens (ISO 100, 18 mm, f/7.1, 1/180 sec). Images processed with Nikon Capture NX2 and composite created with Photoshop CS5. (David J Mathre)
Early Morning Jenny Lake Reflections Panorama. Composite of nine images taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 18-75 mm kit lens (ISO 100, 18 mm, f/7.1, 1/180 sec). Images processed with Nikon Capture NX2 and composite created with Photoshop CS5. (David J Mathre)
Early Morning Jenny Lake Reflections Panorama. Composite of nine images taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 18-75 mm kit lens (ISO 100, 18 mm, f/7.1, 1/180 sec). Images processed with Nikon Capture NX2 and composite created with PTGui or AutoPano Giga. (David J Mathre)
Early Morning Jenny Lake Reflections Panorama. Composite of nine images taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 18-75 mm kit lens (ISO 100, 18 mm, f/7.1, 1/180 sec). Images processed with Nikon Capture NX2 and composite created with PTGui or AutoPano Giga. (David J Mathre)

Tuesday (01-September-2015) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

The second set of images for today. Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly, Hummingbird Clearwing moth, Praying Mantis (that just missed catching a Hummingbird Clearwing moth for Lunch), and a Bee. They were all attracted to the Thistle flowers. I missed most of the butterfly and clearwing butterfly moth season while having my cataract surgery. My eyes are healing, I am seeing better, and now finally getting used to being out in the sun (with wrap-around sunglasses).


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Praying Mantis hunting on a Thistle flower. Image taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens. (David J Mathre)
Praying Mantis hunting on a Thistle flower. Image taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens. (David J Mathre)
Honey Bee approaching a Thistle flower. Image taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens. (David J Mathre)
Honey Bee approaching a Thistle flower. Image taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens. (David J Mathre)