Tag: New Jersey

Monday (08-Feburary-2010) — New Jersey

Backyard Winter Nature in New Jersey: Winter Birds.

Yet another LBJ (Little Brown Jobber) as described by Thom Hogan for an image of a small brown bird. My only comment is that it is so cold out that it just wants to sit in the sun to warm up giving me long enough time to get an image in focus.

White-throated Sparrow. Winter in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3s and 70-200 mm lens with 2x converter (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/8, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
White-throated Sparrow. Winter in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3s and 70-200 mm lens with 2x converter (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/8, 1/400 sec).

Sunday (07-February-2010) — New Jersey

Backyard Winter Nature in New Jersey: Winter Birds.

Afternoon walkabout. Images of a White-throated Sparrow looking cold. One of the birds that stays here all winter.

White-throated Sparrow trying to keep warm. Nikon D3s and 70-200 mm VRII with TC-E 20 teleconverter (ISO 200, 400 mm f/8, 1/640 sec) (David J Mathre)
White-throated Sparrow trying to keep warm. Nikon D3s and 70-200 mm VRII with TC-E 20 teleconverter (ISO 200, 400 mm f/8, 1/640 sec) (David J Mathre)
White-throated Sparrow trying to keep warm. Nikon D3s and 70-200 mm VRII with TC-E 20 teleconverter (ISO 200, 400mm f/8, 1/640 sec) (David J Mathre)
White-throated Sparrow trying to keep warm. Nikon D3s and 70-200 mm VRII with TC-E 20 teleconverter (ISO 200, 400mm f/8, 1/640 sec) (David J Mathre)

Saturday (06-February-2010) — New Jersey

Backyard Winter Nature in New Jersey: After the Snow Storm.

Afternoon walkabout with a camera after the snow stopped.

Silver Rhino I and IV Covered by Snow. Nikon D3x and 50 mm f/1.4 (ISO 100 f/4, 1/800 sec) (David J Mathre)
Silver Rhino I and IV Covered by Snow. Nikon D3x and 50 mm f/1.4 (ISO 100 f/4, 1/800 sec) (David J Mathre)
Winter in New Jersey (David J Mathre)
Winter in New Jersey (David J Mathre)
White Ram Under Snow in New Jersey. Nikon D3x and 50 mm f/1.4 (ISO 100 f/4, 1/400 sec) (David J Mathre)
White Ram Under Snow in New Jersey. Nikon D3x and 50 mm f/1.4 (ISO 100 f/4, 1/400 sec) (David J Mathre)
Snow in New Jersey. Nikon D3x and 50 mm f/1.4 (ISO 100 f/4, 1/400 sec) (David J Mathre)
Snow in New Jersey. Nikon D3x and 50 mm f/1.4 (ISO 100 f/4, 1/400 sec) (David J Mathre)

Friday (11-December-2009) — New Jersey

Late Autumn Night Sky Over New Jersey: Star Trails and Time-lapse Video.

Images of star and jet trails plus a time-lapsed video looking south from my house in New Jersey. This was a couple of days before the Geminid meteor shower was supposed to peak, but I did catch a few meteors during the night.  A series of images were taken with a Nikon D3x and 24 mm f/3.5 PC-E lens (ISO 400, f/4, 30 sec). The star trail images are composites of 120 images combined with the Startrails program. A time-lapsed video of the entire set was also created using Adobe Photoshop CS5 export to video. When you see Orion, tell me what I did wrong…

Late Fall Night Sky Image of Star and Jet Trails. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 24 mm f/3.5 PC-E lens (ISO 400, f/4.0, 30 sec). Composite of 120 images over 1 hour combined with Startrails program. Hour 2. (David J Mathre)
Late Fall Night Sky Image of Star and Jet Trails. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 24 mm f/3.5 PC-E lens (ISO 400, f/4.0, 30 sec). Composite of 120 images over 1 hour combined with Startrails program. Hour 2. (David J Mathre)