David Mathre Photography

This Day of the Year

  • Fifteen-Years Ago Today. Semester at Sea Spring 2010 Enrichment Voyage.

    An early morning rainbow visible from the deck of the MV Explorer as we approached San Juan, Puerto Rico. Several of the photographers in Michael Mariant’s Ultimate Travel Photography workshop were up early to check out the sunrise before arriving in Puerto Rico when the rainbow appeared.

    Rainbow and clouds over the Atlantic Ocean from the deck of the M/V Explorer. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 50 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 100, 50 mm, f/11, 1/125 sec).

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  • Twelve-Years Ago Today. Semester at Sea Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage Day 32. Walkabout in Oslo, Norway.

    When in Oslo, I always like to visit the Vigeland Sculpture Park. A target rich environment for photographers.

    Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo, Norway. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 200, 24 mm, f/8, 1/800 sec).

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  • Five-Years Ago Today. Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey.

    This was the first of the hatchlings to leave the Eastern Phoebe’s nest above my front door. Was it an Eastern Phoebe, or Brown-headed Cowbird. Since it was bigger than the other hatchlings, I think it was a Brown-headed Cowbird. The Cowbirds lay their eggs in other bird species nests.

    First fledgling from Eastern Phoebe nest -- Brown-headed Cowbird or Eastern Phoebe??? Image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 200 mm f/2 lens and 1.4x teleconverter.
    First fledgling from Eastern Phoebe nest — Brown-headed Cowbird or Eastern Phoebe??? Image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 200 mm f/2 lens and 1.4x teleconverter (ISO 500, 280 mm, f/2.8, 1/420 sec)

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  • Twelve-Years Ago Today. Semester at Sea Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage, North Sea.

    HM Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter (Stac Pollaidh, G-BIMU) hovered near the MV Explorer as we traveled across the North Sea from Dover to Oslo. It may have been a training exercise as no one from the Enrichment Voyage needed to be transported for medical treatment. I am not sure where the helicopter was based, but the Stac Pollaidh name is a mountain in the northwest Scottish Highlands.

    Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter (G-BIMU, Stac Pollaidh) Hovering Near the Semester at Sea M/V Explorer in the North Sea. Image taken with a Nikon D4 and 80-400 mm VRII lens
    HM Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter (G-BIMU, Stac Pollaidh) Hovering Near the Semester at Sea M/V Explorer in the North Sea. Image taken with a Nikon D4 and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 800, 80 mm, f/14, 1/800 sec).
    Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter (G-BIMU, Stac Pollaidh) Hovering Near the Semester at Sea M/V Explorer in the North Sea.
    HM Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter (G-BIMU, Stac Pollaidh) Crew. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 800, 400 mm, f/13, 1/640 sec).

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  • Twelve-Years Ago Today. Semester at Sea, Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage Field Trip in Dover.

    This yellow “Snail on the Trail” was observed while on a hike to the base of the Cliffs of Dover from the National Trust South Foreland Lighthouse in St. Margaret’s Bay. The field trip took us to see the sights in and around Dover. The snail reminded me of a bright yellow Banana Slug I saw in Big Sur, California several years earlier.

    Snail on the Trail. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux-6 camera (ISO 100, 17.7 mm, f/2.3, 1/60 sec).
    Snail on the Trail. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux-6 camera (ISO 100, 17.7 mm, f/2.3, 1/60 sec). Image processed with Capture One Pro, Photoshop CC, Nik Silver Efex Pro.

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