Late Summertime Nature in New Jersey.
Honey Bee Working the Yellow Bearded Beggarticks Wildflowers. Near the pond at the nearby Sourland Mountain Preserve. Image taken with a Nikon D4 and 300 mm f/2.8 VR lens (ISO 100, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec).

David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Honey Bee Working the Yellow Bearded Beggarticks Wildflowers. Near the pond at the nearby Sourland Mountain Preserve. Image taken with a Nikon D4 and 300 mm f/2.8 VR lens (ISO 100, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec).

Lone Stalk of Grass at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 80-400 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 5600, 260 mm, f/11, 1/4000 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC 2014.

Vigilant Doe with Two Fawns. The Deer have not seen me for the last 3 months while I was away on the Semester at Sea MV Explorer. This doe stared at me for almost 15 minutes — probably thinking “who is this stranger in my backyard”. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 1600, 600 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC 2014.

Kermit the Frog at the Pond. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 80-400 mm VR II lens (ISO 5600, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC.

Now that I am back from my Semester at Sea voyage, I went out to find some late summer butterflies. I didn’t see many butterflies, but did find more bumble bees.
Bumble Bee Working the Late Summer Flowers at the Sourland Mountain Preserve, in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 100, 200 mm, f/4, 1/1600 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC 2014.
