Author Archives: Andrew Sabai

Nikon Lite Touch Zoom

It is an old, and at the time of introduction it was a relatively inexpensive, no frills point-and-shoot film camera, so why bother reviewing it when the digital photography revolution has long been since one and digital is the entrenched … Continue reading

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Lake Time Lapse Video

  This time-lapse video was taken with a GoPro Hero 3+ camera in its waterproof housing for easy mounting on a MeFoto tripod.  .  The video begins at 9:16 am and runs to 11:05 am.  This video then compresses just … Continue reading

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The ins and outs of the Cable Release

The cable release or shutter release was once a required piece of every serious photographer’s gear.  It is was and is the most important accessory to the tripod to ensure razor-sharp images.   Today cable releases have been largely replaced by … Continue reading

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Porcupine Mountains Road Blur

While my wife was driving through Porcupine Mountains State Park in Michigan, I stuck my camera out the window to take some blurred photos of the forest.  It was a dark day with rain off and on and a good … Continue reading

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Today is lens cap appreciation day

That’s right in case you haven’t heard today is in fact lens cap appreciation day.  This is the day we take out our lens caps, admire them and thank them for their service to our lenses.  In photography it is … Continue reading

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Just Bark

Photos of bark, just plain old tree bark.  The textures found in nature can be very interesting, sometime sensuous, but not so much with bark. Visit my tree page on my lake and wetland website for more information and photos … Continue reading

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Glowing Mushrooms Bitter Oyster (Panellus stipticus)

About Glow-in-the-Dark Mushrooms I have seen mushrooms that glow before when I was a kid, and since I have longed to see them again, and to photograph these fungi.  The glowing of mushrooms, and animals is sometimes called of foxfire and … Continue reading

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Lucky photos in the Fog

I began my morning driving to Lake Puckaway in patchy fog.  As I drove over the Lake Butte des Morts Bridge on Hwy 41 I noticed an amazing wall of fog over the lake.  I thought I should stop and … Continue reading

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Forest Road

Roads in the National Forests of Northern Wisconsin usually originated in one of two ways.  Either they are old railroads that were carved into the wilderness to remove massive Eastern White Pines, or they were roads made for horses and … Continue reading

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Nikon 28-200mm f3.5-5.6

I was thinking about some of my old friends, friends in the form of photography equipment that I used very regularly.  For several years my go-to lens was a Nikkor 28-200mm f3.5-56D IF AF lens.  When it came out it … Continue reading

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