Category: Seascape

Views of the oceans and seas

One-Year Ago (21-January-2016) — Pacific Ocean

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 16: Crossing the Pacific Ocean.

Charlie’s Angels or the sunrise photography group waiting for the sun to rise. The dawn colors are gone, and it is still 27 minutes until the sun is up. I normally don’t do people pictures, so they took me out of my comfort zone during the voyage to include people in my images. This is really a composite of two images taken with a Leica T camera and 55-135 mm lens (ISO 500, 90 mm, f/4.4, 1/200 sec). You might ask, why is it a composite image? Rookie mistake doing people pictures. One image they all have their eyes open, but I cut off the feet. The other image they don’t all have their eyes open, but I did have the feet. There still are some artifacts from merging the images that need to be fixed.

Sunrise and Breakfast Club. Composite of 2 images taken with a Leica T camera and 55-135 mm lens (ISO 500, 90 mm, f/4.4, 1/200 sec). (David J Mathre)
Sunrise and Breakfast Club. Composite of 2 images taken with a Leica T camera and 55-135 mm lens (ISO 500, 90 mm, f/4.4, 1/200 sec). (David J Mathre)

One-Year Ago (20-January-2016) — Pacific Ocean

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 15: Crossing the Pacific Ocean From Hawaii to Japan.

Sun rising through the orange clouds viewed from the aft deck of the MV World Odyssey.  The first image was taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens. The last two images taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens.

Sunrise panorama from the aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200m, 35 mm, f/16, 1/250 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, noise reduction with NIK Define 2. (David J Mathre)
Sunrise panorama from the aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200m, 35 mm, f/16, 1/250 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, noise reduction with NIK Define 2. (David J Mathre)
Sun rising through the orange clouds viewed from the aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/8, 1/500 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, noise reduction with Topaz DeNoise 5 (David J Mathre)
Sun rising through the orange clouds viewed from the aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/8, 1/500 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, noise reduction with Topaz DeNoise 5 (David J Mathre)
Sun rising through the orange clouds viewed from the aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 144 mm, f/8, 1/2000 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, noise reduction with Topaz DeNoise 5 (David J Mathre)
Sun rising through the orange clouds viewed from the aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 144 mm, f/8, 1/2000 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, noise reduction with Topaz DeNoise 5 (David J Mathre)

One-Year Ago (20-January-2016) — Pacific Ocean

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 15: Crossing the Pacific Ocean From Hawaii to Japan.

Students at dawn waiting for the sun to rise. Aft deck of the MV World Odyssey.

Sunrise Photography Club waiting for the sun to rise. Aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 1600, 35 mm, f/2, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, noise reduction with NIK Define 2. (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Photography Club waiting for the sun to rise. Aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 1600, 35 mm, f/2, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, noise reduction with NIK Define 2. (David J Mathre)
Students waiting for the sun to rise. Aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. Semester at Sea. Spring 2016 Semester Voyage -- Day 15. Crossing the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to Japan. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 800, 112 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, noise reduction with Topaz DeNoise 5 (David J Mathre)
Students waiting for the sun to rise. Aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. Semester at Sea. Spring 2016 Semester Voyage — Day 15. Crossing the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to Japan. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 800, 112 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, noise reduction with Topaz DeNoise 5 (David J Mathre)

One-Year Ago (19-January-2016) — Pacific Ocean

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 14: Crossing the Pacific Ocean From Hawaii to Japan.

Time-lapse video of sunset viewed from the forward deck of the MV World Odyssey while crossing the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to Japan. Images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Bower 8 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.

One-Year Ago (19-January-2016) — Pacific Ocean

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 14: Crossing the Pacific Ocean From Hawaii to Japan.

Pacific Ocean Sunrise Panorama viewed from the aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. Composite of 20 images taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 82 mm, f/8, 1/250 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and the panorama created using AutoPano Giga Pro.

I never got tired of going out to see the sunrise and sunset during the voyage. Each day they were unique (weather permitting) and a new challenge to decide on how to best compose an image. I was more than willing to miss an extra hour or two of sleep just to see what the next day would bring. I also was always on the lookout for a ship passing in front of the disk of the sun at sunrise or sunset. That goal was a lot harder while crossing the Pacific Ocean than it was on previous Semester at Sea voyages in and around Europe.

Pacific Ocean Sunrise Panorama viewed from the aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. Composite of 20 images taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 82 mm, f/8, 1/250 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and the panorama created using AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)
Pacific Ocean Sunrise Panorama viewed from the aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. Composite of 20 images taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 82 mm, f/8, 1/250 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and the panorama created using AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)
Pacific Ocean Sunrise Panorama viewed from the aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. Image 11 of 20 taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 82 mm, f/8, 1/250 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and the panorama created using AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)
Pacific Ocean Sunrise Panorama viewed from the aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. Image 11 of 20 taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 82 mm, f/8, 1/250 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and the panorama created using AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)