Tag: Winter

Sunday (01-March-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Blue Jay eating sunflower seeds at the bird feeder. Unlike the cardinals and finches, the Blue Jays need to work harder to open the sunflower seeds.




Individual images in the above slideshows can be accessed in my PhotoShelter gallery here.

Daily Electric Energy Used (73.7 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (58.8 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Sunny with some clouds. A deficit of 14.9 kWh.

Weekly Electric Energy Used (492 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (250 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. A deficit of 242 kWh. It was relatively cold at the end of the week requiring the Geothermal HVAC system to run most of the time.

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Friday (28-February-2020) — New Jersey

Indoor Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Focus stacked image of a Red Poppy flower.

Red Poppy flower. Composite of 51 focus stacked images taken with a Nikon D850 camera and 105 mm f/2.8 macro lens + 2.0x TCE-III (ISO 100, 210 mm, f/8, 1/30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Helicon Focus Pro. (DAVID J MATHRE)
Red Poppy flower. Composite of 51 focus stacked images taken with a Nikon D850 camera and 105 mm f/2.8 macro lens + 2.0x TCE-III (ISO 100, 210 mm, f/8, 1/30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Helicon Focus Pro. (DAVID J MATHRE)

Daily Electric Energy Used (81.0 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (39.8 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Clouds and sun. A deficit of 41.8 kWh.


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Thursday (27-February-2020) — New Jersey

Indoor Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

A Red Poppy flower opened this morning. The seed was planted 124 days ago in one of my indoor AeroGarden hydroponic gardens. I have been watching the bud for the last several day wondering when it would finally open — each day setting up a camera to record a time-lapse video. Images taken every 10 seconds with a Nikon D850 camera and 105 mm f/2.8 macro lens with a 2.0x TC-E III teleconverter (ISO 100, 210 mm, f/8, 1/30 sec). Next time I need to do a better job trying to keep things in focus as the flower moved as it was opening.

Winter Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D850 camera and 105 mm f/2.8 macro + 2.0x TC-EIII (DAVID J MATHRE)
Winter Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D850 camera and 105 mm f/2.8 macro + 2.0x TC-EIII (DAVID J MATHRE)

Daily Electric Energy Used (66.1 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (48.1 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Cloudy, then more sun. A deficit of 18 kWh.


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Wednesday (26-February-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Day and nighttime deer near the house. At night they are outside the electric fence. During the day inside the electric fence.

Daily Electric Energy Used (63.1 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (9.9 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Lots of sun, still cold outside. A deficit of 17.1 kWh.


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Tuesday (25-February-2020) — New Jersey

Daily Electric Energy Used (57.3 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (9.7 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Cloudy all day. A deficit of 47.6 kWh.


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