Backyard Summertime Night Sky Over New Jersey.
Right Angle Star Trails. Operator error, didn’t tighten the ball head on the tripod. Images taken with a Nikon D3 camera and 24 mm f/3.5 PC-E lens.
Seven-Years Ago (17-August-2009) — New Jersey
Tag: summer
Tuesday (16-August-2016) — New Jersey
Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.
I’ve seen this bird for the last few days. I thought is was a heron, but anytime I got within 100 feet it would fly to the other side of the pond and I was not fast enough to get an image. Today, I did get some images – but they are significantly cropped, and not all are in great focus. Once I saw its chest in the last images I knew it was an American Bittern. I need to go back with a bigger lens and maybe a tripod to get some better images.
The Reclusive American Bittern at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Images taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens.
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Post note — I now think this is an immature Green Heron 24-August-2016.
Seven-Years Ago (16-August-2009) — New Jersey
Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.
Two Butterflies and a Crab Spider on a Thistle Bloom. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 640, 300 mm, f/11, 1/250 sec).
Eight-Years Ago (16-August-2008) — New Jersey
Indoor Summertime Nature in New Jersey.
Spider Hatchery in My Garage. Image taken with a Nikon D3 and 105 mm f/2.8 VR macro lens (ISO 200, 105 mm, f/40, 1/60 sec) and Ring Flash.
Monday (15-August-2016) — New Jersey
Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.
My Troll found some big white mushrooms in the woods at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens.
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