Thursday (05-March-2015) — Argentina

Gone to See Patagonia 2015 Photography Tour with Thom Hogan. Day 4: Hosteria Helsingfors.

Wet Crested Caracara at Hosteria Helsingfors in Patagonia (southern Argentina). The bird was sitting outside the kitchen window in the rain (begging for bacon). Images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 55-200 mm lens (ISO 800, 200 mm, f/4.8, 1/30 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC.

I think I am going to like this lens. The images were taken hand-held with the optical image stabilization (OIS) on at 1/30 sec.

Crested Caracara at Hosteria Helsingfors in Patagonia (southern Argentina). Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 55-200 mm lens (ISO 800, 200 mm, f/4.8, 1/30 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Crested Caracara at Hosteria Helsingfors in Patagonia (southern Argentina). Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 55-200 mm lens (ISO 800, 200 mm, f/4.8, 1/30 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Crested Caracara at Hosteria Helsingfors in Patagonia (southern Argentina). Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 55-200 mm lens (ISO 800, 200 mm, f/4.8, 1/30 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Crested Caracara at Hosteria Helsingfors in Patagonia (southern Argentina). Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 55-200 mm lens (ISO 800, 200 mm, f/4.8, 1/30 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)

Tuesday (03-March-2015) — Argentina

Gone to See Patagonia 2015 Photography Tour with Thom Hogan. Day 2: Calafate to Helsingfors, Argentina

Early Morning Clouds in Patagonia. View from outside the Kau Yatun hotel before leaving for Helsingfors. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 400, 23 mm, f/8, 1/30 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC.

There is something special about the clouds in Patagonia. The wind coming over the mountains forms the lenticular clouds with their unique shapes. Also the sun coming over the mountains lights up the clouds with sometimes intense and unique colors.

Early Morning Clouds viewed from the Kau Yatun hotel in El Calafate. Image taken with Fuji XT-1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 400, 23 mm, f/8, 1/30 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Early Morning Clouds viewed from the Kau Yatun hotel in El Calafate. Image taken with Fuji XT-1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 400, 23 mm, f/8, 1/30 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)

Seven-Years Ago (26-February-2008) — Colorado

Elderhostel “Photography in the Southwest” Workshop Day 2. Kelly’s Place & Canyon of the Ancients National Monument.

Sunbeam in an Underground Kiva at Kelly’s Place near Cortez, Colorado. Image taken with a Nikon D3 camera and 14-24 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 20 mm, f/2.8, 1/20 sec).

Sunbeam in an Underground Kiva at Kelly’s Place near Cortez, Colorado. Image taken with a Nikon D3 camera and 14-24 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 20 mm, f/2.8, 1/20 sec). (David J Mathre)

Six-Years Ago (18-February-2009) — New Jersey

Winter Nature in New Jersey.

Black-capped Chickadee trying to keep warm above my doorway on a cold winter night. Image taken with a Nikon D300 and 18-200 mm VR lens (ISO 800, 200 mm, f/7, 1/60 sec, flash).

Black-capped Chickadee trying to keep warm. Image taken with a Nikon D300 and 18-200 mm VR lens (ISO 800, 200 mm, f/7, 1/60 sec, flash). (David J. Mathre)
Black-capped Chickadee trying to keep warm. Image taken with a Nikon D300 and 18-200 mm VR lens (ISO 800, 200 mm, f/7, 1/60 sec, flash). (David J. Mathre)

Two-Years Ago (14-February-2013) — Norway

Gone to See Norway 2013 Chasing the Northern Lights. Day 17: Tromsø.

Northern Lights in Norway. The entire sky just exploded just after midnight on Valentines day. My fisheye lens was not wide enough to capture it all!!!. If you watch closely you can see the Big Dipper. Image taken with a Nikon D800 and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 3200, 16 mm, f/2.8, 2 sec). The sequence of 18 images was automatically converted into an animated video by G+.