Jesse V. Bass Photography

Jesse V. Bass Photography Storm chase photography, wildlife, birds, portraits and weddings. I have a lot of interests. PM me if interested in any images.

Been busy lately and just not had the camera in my hands as much. Lots going on in personal life. Started a new positio...
06/07/2026



Been busy lately and just not had the camera in my hands as much. Lots going on in personal life. Started a new position at work, along with other life event. However, I have continued to try and improve on at least the editing front and believe I have gotten sort of the "look" I've been searching for in my edits. Gonna start with a new one from February of 2023. I had set up my new at the time Flashpoint XPLOR 600 on the deck and a soft box to pop a bit of light into the bluebirds hitting our feeder.



Nikon D500
Nikon 200-500mm @ f/5.6
ISO 500 @ 1/125

Editing some older images I've never messed with. This is from November 2024 of a hawk hanging out in the early morning ...
05/08/2026

Editing some older images I've never messed with. This is from November 2024 of a hawk hanging out in the early morning sunlight at work in Suffolk. They usually take off when I pull up, but this one was apparently comfortable and just hung out and watched me.
Nikon Z8
Nikon 200-500mm @ f/5.6
ISO 500 @ 1/3200

Me and Stormy playing in the floor this afternoon. I changed, or screwed up shooting banks in my camera this weekend, an...
05/05/2026

Me and Stormy playing in the floor this afternoon. I changed, or screwed up shooting banks in my camera this weekend, and had to redo them. I set up a few different things and thought it would be a good chance to give them a test run. He was yelling at me to come get his paper ball from behind the cabinet...where he pushed it.

I really need to practice and use this lens more. The depth of field is so shallow even slightly stopped down. The focus falls off quickly from his eyes to just the sides of his head.





Nikon Z8
Viltrox 135mm @ f/2.5
ISO 11400 Auto @ 1/640

Summer snowflake or snowdrop from my mother-in-laws backyard. Been trying to get some images of them recently but the w...
04/07/2026

Summer snowflake or snowdrop from my mother-in-laws backyard. Been trying to get some images of them recently but the wind has just been to crazy lately for a good closeup focus stack, but tonight work out. I could do better I think, and I have many more to go through. This is a 51 image focus stack in Helicon Focus to get the sharp focus across the subject. Portsmouth Va





Nikon Z8
Nikkor 105mm macro @ f/3.5
ISO 400 @ 1/800

Decided to get out in the backyard this cold afternoon and do a little "flower" photography. Set up the tripod and did a...
03/25/2026

Decided to get out in the backyard this cold afternoon and do a little "flower" photography. Set up the tripod and did a 30 image focus stack to give helicon focus stacking software a try finally. This is a small, no bigger than the size of a nickel or so flower known as a spring star. A little macro, a little focus stacking and some chilly air!



Nikon Z8
Nikon 105mm macro @ f/4
ISO 200 @ 1/250

So, I went out with friend and fellow photographer William Coyle to Lesner Bridge last night in Virginia Beach. He had m...
03/01/2026

So, I went out with friend and fellow photographer William Coyle to Lesner Bridge last night in Virginia Beach. He had me test fly his drone for the first time yesterday, which was pretty awesome. Below are some of the images with the drone of the beach and Lesner Bridge as well as some more image I shot with my gear later in the evening.



Lesner Bridge in Virginia Beach tonight. Felt good to get back out with the camera. Nikon Z8Sigma Art 35mm ...
03/01/2026

Lesner Bridge in Virginia Beach tonight. Felt good to get back out with the camera.



Nikon Z8
Sigma Art 35mm @ f/8
ISO 40 @ 8 seconds

New sunspot 4366 top front and center this afternoon. It has grown in just about 2 days to be one of the largest and mos...
02/02/2026

New sunspot 4366 top front and center this afternoon. It has grown in just about 2 days to be one of the largest and most active of this solar cycle. Yesterday launching 3 X flares with several M class flares close to X levels. This thing is very large and popping off like crazy so it is something we need to keep a close eye on. This should continue to be active in the coming days with more X class flares possible. Waiting to see if we get any auroras later this week from the flares yesterday.




Nikon Z8
Nikon 200-500mm @ f/11
ISO 500 @ 1/1250

Late for the Happy new year but nonetheles…Happy New Year Gonna start off with a few images of our cat Stormy. Haven’t b...
01/18/2026

Late for the Happy new year but nonetheles…Happy New Year

Gonna start off with a few images of our cat Stormy. Haven’t been able to get out and shoot much lately. Got a new lens for Christmas, so here are a few of him with that lens

Nikon z8
Nikon 105mm macro @ f/8
ISO 3200 @ 1/125

Well... I posted a video link of my best of for 2025 here a few days ago. But seems Facebook blocks or shoves those lin...
12/30/2025

Well... I posted a video link of my best of for 2025 here a few days ago. But seems Facebook blocks or shoves those linked videos to the bottom of feeds. So, Im going to post the images here in several posts the next few days.
PART 1 of the best of 2025
Osprey being attacked by pelicans to small young hawks and eagles just before the big snow back in February. The osprey were in April



nikon Z8

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