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Nine-Years Ago (09-September-2006) — California

Gone to See America 2006 Driving Tour. Day 15: North Coast of California.

My final day on the road before attending a scientific meeting in San Francisco. For whatever reason, I didn’t take any pictures while in San Francisco. After the meeting, the camera came back out for the return trip to New Jersey. Images for this post include three from Humboldt-Redwoods State forest and thirteen from along the coast. When reviewing the images again for this post I realized many of the images were not in focus. I obviously wasn’t or didn’t know how to think about composition.

Humboldt Redwoods State Forest. Image taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 18-70 mm kit lens. (David J Mathre)

Ferns in Humboldt Redwoods State Forest. Image taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 18-70 mm kit lens. (David J Mathre)

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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)

Five Years Ago (06-August-2010) — California

Gone to See America August 2010 Road Trip. Day 6: Eastern Sierra Photography Workshop with Michael Mariant. Bodie State Historic Park.

Our third stop on the second day of the Eastern Sierra Photo Workshop at Bodie State Historic park. This is a gold mining ghost town maintained by California in a state of arrested development or decline. There are lots, and lots of folks that visit to photograph the many buildings and artifacts in the park, so you often have to wait to get images free of tourists or other photographers. After a while, I didn’t mind including people in the images to give prospective. This is part two of three sets of images from Bodie.

Individual images in the slideshow can be viewed here.

One-Year Ago (05-August-2014) — At Sea

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 66: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Baltic Sea.

Summer Baltic Dawn Panorama from the Deck of the MV Explorer. Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Voyage. Composite of 32 images taken with a Nikon Df camera and 24 mm f/3.5 PC-E lens (ISO 1600, 24 mm, f/3.5, 1/60 sec). Raw images processed with Lightroom, Autopano Giga Pro, Capture One, Define, and Photoshop CC.

Summer Baltic Dawn Panorama from the Deck of the MV Explorer. Composite of 32 images taken with a Nikon Df camera and 24 mm f/3.5 PC-E lens (ISO 1600, 24 mm, f/3.5, 1/60 sec). Raw images processed with Lightroom, Autopano Giga Pro, Capture One, Define, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)

One-Year Ago (04-August-2014) — Sweden

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 65: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Stockholm, Sweden.

After spending an in-port “classroom day” in Stockholm, the MV Explorer departed at 17:30. I set up a couple of cameras to record images for a time-lapse video for our passage through the Stockholm archipelago. The music Semester at Sea Alma Mater “Off to Sea — The World” is by the voyage resident musician John M. Rosenberg.