Five-Years Ago (22-June-2011) — New Jersey

Backyard Early Summer Nighttime Nature in New Jersey.

Backyard Fireflies. Early Summer in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3s and 200 mm f/2 lens (ISO 400, 200 mm, f/2, 25 sec). Images processed with Lightroom 3, Startrails (used to stack 150 images), and Photoshop CS5. (David J Mathre)
Backyard Fireflies. Early Summer in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3s and 200 mm f/2 lens (ISO 400, 200 mm, f/2, 25 sec). Images processed with Lightroom 3, Startrails (used to stack 150 images), and Photoshop CS5.
Backyard Fireflies. Early Summer in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3s and 200 mm f/2 lens (ISO 6400, 200 mm, f/2, 25 sec). Images processed with Lightroom 3, Startrails (used to stack 100 images), and Photoshop CS5. (David J Mathre)
Backyard Fireflies. Early Summer in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3s and 200 mm f/2 lens (ISO 6400, 200 mm, f/2, 25 sec). Images processed with Lightroom 3, Startrails (used to stack 100 images), and Photoshop CS5.

Tuesday (21-June-2016) — New Jersey

Backyard Summer Nature in New Jersey

Testosterone pumped-up male Brown-headed Cowbird. This guy keeps attacking its reflection in the window. It kept up with this all day yesterday and is back this morning. Some of the time his girlfriend sits and watches his antics. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 450, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec).

Testosterone Pumped-Up Male Brown Headed Cowbird. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 450, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)
Testosterone Pumped-Up Male Brown Headed Cowbird. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 450, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)

Two-Years Ago (20-June-2014) — Portugal

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 20: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Portugal.

After a Long Night of Dancing and Drinking. Customers Departing the LUX Night Club Just Before 6 AM on a Friday Morning. Viewed from the deck of the Semester at Sea MV Explorer docked right next to the night club in Lisbon, Portugal. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 800, 116 mm, f/4, 1/15 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Define 2, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC.

Nightclub Lux closing at 06:00. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 80-200 mm f/4 lens (ISO 800, 116 mm, f4, 1/15 sec) (David J Mathre)
Nightclub Lux closing at 06:00. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 80-200 mm f/4 lens (ISO 800, 116 mm, f4, 1/15 sec) (David J Mathre)

Tuesday (19-June-2016) — New Jersey

Backyard Late Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

Spotted Fawn Walking Into the Sun. The Doe is still wary with her new child and stays more than 150 feet from the house. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 500, 600 mm, f/4, 1/640 sec).

Spotted Fawn Walking Into the Sun. The Doe is still wary with her new child and stays more than 150 feet from the house. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 500, 600 mm, f/4, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)
Spotted Fawn Walking Into the Sun. The Doe is still wary with her new child and stays more than 150 feet from the house. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 500, 600 mm, f/4, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)

Thursday (16-June-2016) — New Jersey.

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

Poppy Seed Pod. Composite of 16 focus stacked images taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 105 mm f/2.8 VR macro lens (ISO 100, 105 mm, f/3.8, 1/20 sec) using Helicon Focus. The pink in the background is a way out of focus pink poppy flower.

Poppy Seed Pod. Composite of focus stacked images taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 105 mm f/2.8 VR macro lens. Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, and Helicon Focus. (David J Mathre)
Poppy Seed Pod. Composite of focus stacked images taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 105 mm f/2.8 VR macro lens. Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, and Helicon Focus. (David J Mathre)