Category: Skyscape

Views of the sky. Sunrise, sunset, clouds, and weather

Five-Years Ago (24-August-2011) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Night Sky Over New Jersey.

Into the Vortex. North View Star and Jet Trails with a Bonus of a Meteor Trail. Summer Night in New Jersey. Composite of 442 images taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 16 mm f/2.8 mm Fisheye lens (ISO 800, 16 mm, f/5.6, 30 sec). Images processed with Capture One Pro, and the composite created using Photoshop CC (statistics, maximum).

Back then, I still had a lot of trees right next to the house, and one partially blocked Polaris, the North Star. Most of the trees are gone either to disease or the “mile a minute” invasive vine. I am now looking into putting some solar panels on the roof.

North View Star Trails. Summer Night in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3s and 16 mm f/2.8 mm Fisheye lens (ISO 800, 16 mm, f/5.6, 30 sec). (David J Mathre)
North View Star Trails. Composite of 422 images taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 16 mm f/2.8 mm Fisheye lens (ISO 800, 16 mm, f/5.6, 30 sec). (David J Mathre)

Seven-Years Ago (24-August-2009) — North Dakota

Gone to See North America Road Trip. Day 03: Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota.

Painted Canyon Panorama. Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D3 and 85 mm f/2.8 PC-E lens. Composite of 9 images using AutoPano Giga. With and without using the Kolor neutralhazer filter. I know that there are several dehaze filters now available (DxO, Photoshop, Lightroom). This was one of the first going back at least four years. The individual images going into the panorama are included below.

Painted Canyon Panorama. Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D3 and 85 mm f/2.8 PC-E lens (ISO 200, 85 mm, f/16, 1/40 sec). Composite of 9 images combined with AutoPano Giga. (David J Mathre)
Painted Canyon Panorama. Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D3 and 85 mm f/2.8 PC-E lens (ISO 200, 85 mm, f/16, 1/40 sec). Composite of 9 images combined with AutoPano Giga. (David J Mathre)
Painted Canyon Panorama. Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D3 and 85 mm f/2.8 PC-E lens (ISO 200, 85 mm, f/16, 1/40 sec). Composite of 9 images combined with AutoPano Giga and Dehaze Filter. (David J Mathre)
Painted Canyon Panorama. Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D3 and 85 mm f/2.8 PC-E lens (ISO 200, 85 mm, f/16, 1/40 sec). Composite of 9 images combined with AutoPano Giga and Dehaze Filter. (David J Mathre)


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Monday (22-August-2016) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Night Sky Over New Jersey.

Star and Jet Trails Looking South. It rained Sunday night, and after the front came through we had very clear skies last night. Composite of 240 images taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 14-24 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 14 mm, f/5.6, 60 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, and the composite generated using Photoshop CC (statistics, maximum).

Star and Jet Trails Looking South. Composite of 240 images taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 14-24 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 14 mm, f/5.6, 60 sec). (David J Mathre)
Star and Jet Trails Looking South. Composite of 240 images taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 14-24 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 14 mm, f/5.6, 60 sec). (David J Mathre)

Sunday (21-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Pastel Sky at Dawn. Composite of 13 Images taken with a Leica X2 camera and 24 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 125, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and the panorama generated using AutoPano Giga Pro. The program had a bit of a problem the the dark right bottom corner. To take the images I pulled over to the side of the road and took the pictures holding the camera out of the driver side window. I haven’t used this camera for a while, but keep it with me in the car for just this type of opportunity.

Pastel Sky at Dawn. Composite of 13 Images taken with a Leica X2 camera and 24 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 125, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and the panorama generated using AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)
Pastel Sky at Dawn. Composite of 13 Images taken with a Leica X2 camera and 24 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 125, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and the panorama generated using AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)


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Two-Years Ago (21-August-2014) — English Channel

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 82: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Disembark MV Explorer, Southampton, England.

RV EGS Pioneer at Sunrise in the English Channel from the Deck of the MV Explorer.  Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 400, 200 mm, f/16, 1/250 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic and Photoshop CC 2014.

RV EGS Pioneer at Sunrise in the English Channel from the Deck of the MV Explorer. Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Voyage. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 400, 200 mm, f/16, 1/250 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic and Photoshop CC 2014. (David J Mathre)
RV EGS Pioneer at Sunrise in the English Channel from the Deck of the MV Explorer. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 400, 200 mm, f/16, 1/250 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic and Photoshop CC 2014. (David J Mathre)