One-Year Ago (21-March-2014) — New Jersey

Backyard Spring Nature in New Jersey.

Honey Bee Working the Early Spring Purple Crocuses Blooms. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Fuji 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens (ISO 200, 60 mm, f/2.4, 1/4000 sec).

Honey Bee Working the Early Spring Purple Crocuses Blooms. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Fuji 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens (ISO 200, 60 mm, f/2.4, 1/4000 sec). (David J Mathre)
Honey Bee Working the Early Spring Purple Crocuses Blooms. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Fuji 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens (ISO 200, 60 mm, f/2.4, 1/4000 sec). (David J Mathre)

Thursday (03-April-2014) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

Spring Purple Crocus Flower. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Fuji 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens (ISO 200, 60 mm, f/8, 1/45 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 7.

I was pleased to see that the most recent updated to Capture One Pro is able to process Fuji X-T1 raw files! I still can’t work with these images with Lightroom, and only in Photoshop when using a beta (release candidate) of Camera Raw.

Spring Purple Crocus Flower in New Jersey. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Fuji 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens (ISO 200, 60 mm, f/8, 1/45 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 7. I was pleased to see that the most recent updated to Capture One Pro is able to process Fuji X-T1 raw files! Still can't do this with Lightroom, and only in Photoshop when using a beta (release candidate) of Camera Raw. (David J Mathre)
Spring Purple Crocus Flower. (David J Mathre)

Friday (21-March-2014) — New Jersey

Backyard Spring Nature in New Jersey.

First day of spring. Purple Crocus flower blooming. This is almost a month later that the Crocuses bloomed for the last several years. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Fuji 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens (ISO 250, 60 mm, f/16, 1/160 sec).

Spring Purple Crocus Flower in New Jersey. This is almost a month later that the Crocuses bloomed for the last several years. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Fuji 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens (ISO 250, 60 mm, f/16, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)
Spring Purple Crocus Flower in New Jersey. This is almost a month later that the Crocuses bloomed for the last several years. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and Fuji 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens (ISO 250, 60 mm, f/16, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)

Saturday (12-March-2011) — New Jersey

Backyard Late-Winter Nature in New Jersey. Spring is Near.

As Promised, Snow Drops (and more Purple Crocuses). This morning the sun was out and lighting up the flowers across the street. Snow Drops, a field of Snow Drops, Snow Drops in a field of Purple Crocuses, a field of Purple Crocuses, etc. Spring is Coming!

Snow Drops -- Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 14.9 mm, f/8, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)
Snow Drops — Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 14.9 mm, f/8, 1/320 sec).
Field of Snow Drops and Purple Crocuses -- Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 14.9 mm, f/8, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)
Field of Snow Drops and Purple Crocuses — Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 14.9 mm, f/8, 1/320 sec).
Field of Purple Crocuses -- Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 14.9 mm, f/8, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)
Field of Purple Crocuses — Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 14.9 mm, f/8, 1/320 sec).
Purple Crocuses Bloom -- Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 19.2 mm, f/8, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)
Purple Crocuses Bloom — Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 19.2 mm, f/8, 1/320 sec).
Field of Purple Crocuses -- Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 14.9 mm, f/8, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)
Field of Purple Crocuses — Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 14.9 mm, f/8, 1/320 sec).

Friday (11-March-2011) — New Jersey

Backyard Winter Nature in New Jersey. Purple Crocuses Blooming — Spring is Coming!

These images of Purple Crocuses Blooming were taken across the street from my home. Weather permitting I will try to get some macro images of the Snow Drops tomorrow. The Daffodils are only a week away from blooming.

Purple Crocuses -- Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 7.5 mm, f/2.8, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)
Purple Crocuses — Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 7.5 mm, f/2.8, 1/320 sec).
Purple Crocuses -- Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 19.2 mm, f/4, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Purple Crocuses — Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 19.2 mm, f/4, 1/400 sec).
Purple Crocuses -- Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 19.2 mm, f/4.5, 1/800 sec). (David J Mathre)
Purple Crocuses — Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 19.2 mm, f/4.5, 1/800 sec).
Purple Crocuses -- Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 7.5 mm, f/8, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)
Purple Crocuses — Spring is Coming. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 (ISO 100, 7.5 mm, f/8, 1/160 sec).