Four-Years Ago (15-August-2012) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Kermit the Bullfrog in the pond at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Images taken with a Nikon 1 V1 camera + FT1 adapter + 70-300 mm VR lens.

Five uncropped images at different focal lengths. Because of the smaller size sensor on the Nikon 1 camera the equivalent field of view (FOV) is 2.7x larger than with a full frame (35 mm)  sensor camera. The equivalent FOV for the following images are: 70 mm (~190 mm); 100 mm (~270 mm); 135 mm (~365 mm); 200 mm (~540 mm); 300 mm (~810 mm). I don’t think anyone could hand-hold a 800 mm lens on a 35 mm DSLR camera for very long, let alone go for a long hike.


Kermit the Bullfrog Series. Click on the above image to access the individual images in the slideshow.


Four-Years Ago (15-August-2012) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Summer Insects at the Sourland Mountain Preserve and my backyard. Images taken with a Nikon N1 V1 + FT1 + 70-300 VR lens.

  1. Katydid (looks like a leaf)
  2. Dragonfly
  3. Tiger and Black (or Spicebush)  Swallowtail
  4. Large Milkweed Bugs on Milkweed Seed Pods
  5. Large Milkweed Bugs on Milkweed Seed Pods
  6. Large Milkweed Bugs on Milkweed Seed Pods
  7. Great Spangled Fritillary
  8. Locust
  9. Robber Fly (with prey)
  10. Bumble Bee


Click on the above image to access the individual images in the slideshow.


Sunday (14-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Silver-spotted Skipper Butterfly on a Thistle Flower at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens

Silver-spotted Skipper Butterfly on a Thistle Flower at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (David J Mathre)
Silver-spotted Skipper Butterfly on a Thistle Flower at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Summer Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (David J Mathre)

Sunday (14-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Great Spangled Fritillary on a Joe Pye Flower at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.  Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens.

Great Spangled Fritillary on a Joe Pye Flower at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.  Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 183 mm, f/5,6, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)
Great Spangled Fritillary on a Joe Pye Flower at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.  Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 183 mm, f/5,6, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)

Sunday (14-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) on a Black-Eyed Susan Flower. Note the back of the butterfly wing is camouflaged as a decoy of the front of the butterfly. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec).

Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) on a Black-Eyed Susan Flower. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) on a Black-Eyed Susan Flower. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) on a Black-Eyed Susan Flower. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) on a Black-Eyed Susan Flower. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)