Category: Nature

Views of nature and the natural world. Plants, animals, and wildlife from around the world.

21-October-2006

Three deer in the backyard.

As hunting season approaches they know that they are safe as long as they stay close to houses.

The image was taken with a D200 and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 400, 400 mm, f/6.3, 1/160 sec) in New Jersey. Processed with Capture One Pro 5, Photoshop CS5, Focus Magic, Topaz DeNoise 5 and converted for the web (jpg, sRGB) using Photoshop CS5.

Five-Years Ago (08-October-2007) — New Jersey

Autumn Nature in New Jersey.

Monarch Butterfly. Five-years ago while driving home from work I saw purple wild flowers on the side of the road at an abandoned golf course in Hillsborough. I pulled over to see if there was a picture. The purple wildflowers attracted dozens of Monarch butterflies providing more colors.  I took this image with my favorite 80-400 mm telephoto zoom lens. The hard part was working at the minimum focus distance for the lens (~ 7 feet). I needed to keep stepping back to get the image in focus. One more reason I always have a camera with me.

Monarch Butterfly. Late Fall Nature in Central New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 100, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)
Monarch Butterfly. Late Fall Nature in Central New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 100, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)