Author Archives: Andrew Sabai

Pumkinseed Sunfish Portrait

Not everyone can afford fancy underwater photography equipment, or have enough time to hone the skills required for this discipline.  While I am exploring the possibility for getting environmental shots with a GoPro Hero it will be difficult to impossible … Continue reading

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Sun Rising Over The Lake

Photographers spend a lot of time waiting for the sun to rise.  The so-called “magic hour,” when light can range from good to awe-inspiring, is often considered to be 1/2 hour before and a 1/2 hour after sunset.  On a … Continue reading

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Lakeside Trail

 I paused to take this photo of a hiking trail winding through Red Pines along a northern Wisconsin Lake.  There is very little underbrush, and roots sticking out of the dirt to trip you up on this short section of … Continue reading

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Sometimes a Below Average Photo is Still a Great Photo

I pour over my images for hours endlessly saying this photo or that one isn’t good enough to share, what will people think if I put out this mediocre work.  However, not all photography has to be on Ansel Adams … Continue reading

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Bur Oak in Black and White

Bur Oak trees are one of my favorite trees and this individual is perhaps my favorite, probably because it is a big stately tree near my home in Oshkosh, WI.  It rises in an athletic field called East Hall Field. … Continue reading

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Campfire Glow

Camping is one of my favorite activities because it gives me many excuses to do other things that I love like hiking, exploring, photography and sitting around the campfire.   There is something primal about the sight of dancing flames, … Continue reading

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Farm Sunset

While returning from a hiking trip I decided to take a few photos of rural Winnebago County, WI late in the day.  As the sun started to set I thought it would be nice to get a silhouette of a … Continue reading

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Close-up and Hand-held with a Linhof Technica V

You are not supposed to be able to do this.  Many will tell you that hand holding with a 4×5 does not result in good photos; the depth of field is too shallow, the camera shake is too great and … Continue reading

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Snowshoe Tracks

A simple line of tracks goes off into the distance.  Made by my own feet and wood bear paw snowshoes.  The bear paws are great and hold the significant weight of my large format gear and my 220 pounds (at … Continue reading

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Lightweight in the City

For this photo of Oshkosh I used my old trusty point and shoot, a Nikon P6000, leaving my larger DSLRs behind.   Why use a small camera in this situation?  Fist off the little Nikon takes great photos despite it’s … Continue reading

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