Tag: Kermit

Friday (26-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Kermit the Bullfrog Chilling in the Sourland Mountain Preserve Pond. If you look closely, there are several mosquitoes on the frog. Summer Nature New Jersey. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/7, 1/180 sec).

Kermit the Bullfrog in the Pond. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/180 sec). (David J Mathre)
Kermit the Bullfrog in the Pond. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/180 sec). (David J Mathre)
Kermit the Bullfrog in the Pond. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/210 sec). (David J Mathre)
Kermit the Bullfrog in the Pond. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/210 sec). (David J Mathre)

It was too hot Wednesday when I did my walkabout through the Sourland Mountain Preserve. I didn’t try it yesterday, but gave it a short try today as I am still recovering from Lyme disease. I told myself that I wouldn’t stay out more than an hour, but ended up spending almost two hours. I have three goals at this time of the year: 1) Monarch Butterflies, 2) Hummingbird Clearwing Hummingbird Moths, and 3) Praying Mantis. Bonus points for Praying Mantis with prey. I got all three plus a couple of  bonus images I wasn’t expecting today. I ended up spending nearly two hours out on my walkabout and was really overheated when I got home. A short list of images I took : 1) Turtle; 2) Fritillary butterfly; 3) Hummingbird Clearwing moth; 4) Praying Mantis; 5) Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly mating; 6) Monarch butterfly; 7) Praying Mantis with a Tiger Swallowtail for lunch; 8) American Goldfinch; 9) Frog in the pond; and 10:) American Bittern. I ended up spending two hour in the Sourland Preserve, and was exhausted after getting home. It was way too hot.

Question for those that actually read this far. Should I only do single image in a post, or are albums/collections OK? If albums/collections are OK, only 4 images (so all will be seen, and users understand how to see the image in full screen mode) or as many images as I feel are good? Is it OK when I post images from this day of the year (going back 10 years)? Should they be as processed when first posted, or reprocessed using current photo editing tools (or both)? Is it OK when I post time-lapsed videos? It doesn’t seem like anyone views the time-lapse videos.

Both my “Image of the day” photo blog https://david.mathre.com
and my photo gallery http://davidmathre.com need significant updates and/or redesign. I am interested in comments about what does and doesn’t work as I start on a redesign project.

Wednesday (24-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Kermit the Bullfrog staying cool in the mud at the Sourland Mountain Preserve pond. Image taken with a Nikon N1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 160 mm, f/5.3, 1/25 sec).

Kermit the Bullfrog in the Mud. Image taken with a Nikon One V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 160 mm, f/5.3, 1/25 sec) (David J Mathre)
Kermit the Bullfrog in the Mud. Image taken with a Nikon One V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 160 mm, f/5.3, 1/25 sec) (David J Mathre)

Saturday (20-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature a the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Late Afternoon Walkabout at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Four images of Bullfrogs. I especially like the last one “Grumpy”. After all the smaller frogs jumped into the water, he just stayed and stared at me. Images taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens.

Kermit the Bullfrog at the Sourland Mountain Preserve Pond. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (David J Mathre)
Kermit the Bullfrog at the Sourland Mountain Preserve Pond. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (David J Mathre)
Kermit the Bullfrog at the Sourland Mountain Preserve Pond. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (David J Mathre)
Kermit the Bullfrog at the Sourland Mountain Preserve Pond. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (David J Mathre)
Kermit the Bullfrog at the Sourland Mountain Preserve Pond. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (David J Mathre)
Kermit the Bullfrog at the Sourland Mountain Preserve Pond. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (David J Mathre)
Kermit the Bullfrog at the Sourland Mountain Preserve Pond. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (David J Mathre)
Kermit the Grumpy Bullfrog at the Sourland Mountain Preserve Pond. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (David J Mathre)

Monday (15-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Walkabout at the Sourland Mountain Preserve this morning. Images of Dragonflies (having sex), Butterflies, a Canada Goose with an attitude, and a frog. Images of the Clearwing Hummingbird Moth, American Goldfinch, and my Troll with some large white mushrooms are in different posts. Images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens.


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Three-Years Ago (12-August-2013) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Kermit the Bull Frog in a Pond in the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Image taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 560, 500 mm, f/4, 1/200 sec).

Kermit the Bull Frog in a Pond in the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D800 and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 560, 500 mm, f/4, 1/200 sec). (David J Mathre)
Kermit the Bull Frog in a Pond in the Sourland Mountain Preserve.Image taken with a Nikon D800 and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 560, 500 mm, f/4, 1/200 sec). (David J Mathre)