David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Texas Bird of Paradise) About to Take Flight in Southern Texas. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 400, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec).
Several birds drinking water at a pond at a private ranch in southern Texas. We were set up in a blind on the other side of the pond, and didn’t have to be patient very long before the birds showed up.
I went out for a walk this morning at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. I saw a large snapping turtle moving from the pond to a marsh area. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and the new 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 400, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Define, and Photoshop CC. This image is not cropped, and if you look closely you can see my reflection in its eye.
Tree Fungus on a Dying Birch Tree in My Backyard. Image taken with a Leica T camera and 18-56 mm lens (ISO 500, 56 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec).
Out of the camera jpg because Capture One doesn’t recognize the RAW/DNG file created by the Leica T camera at this time. By the end of the afternoon, the birch trees were gone along with several other dying trees. I have lost over 30 trees due to storms, disease, and vines over the last 4 years.
I decided to have the dead pine trees next to the transformer that feeds power to my house removed. The power has gone out too many times in the last few years. Image taken with a Leica T camera and 18-56 mm lens (ISO 100, 18 mm, f/5, 1/160 sec). Raw image converted to TIFF using Lightroom, then processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC 2014.
