January 4, 2018

Eldredge Road Maple Four Seasons (TRE208) was selected by photographers nation wide for publication in the January 2018 issue of Shutterbug Magazine. A theme is published each month by the magazine for reader to submit works to. This month’s theme was “The Four Seasons” and the editors admitted they were unsure what photographers might submit… View Article

August 27, 2017

I was out with a good friend to shoot a Milky Way photo and we ended up at Otter Creek Beach where the creek empties into Platte Bay in Benzie County. This is just south of Empire, Michigan and part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore looking to the south. It was a clear… View Article

Dramatic Windy Sunset At Point Betsie Lighthouse

August 5, 2017

I had finished a family photo shoot last evening and was near Point Betsie Lighthouse, it was very windy and the sunset looked like a colorful and dramatic one. Kind of a no brainer, eh? This is a 6 frame panoramic stitch and I had to keep wiping the lens filter between shots because of… View Article

Empire Bluff Trail Sunset Leelanau County

July 23, 2017

The Empire Bluff Trail is just south of Empire, Michigan in Leelanau County. It’s a fairly short hike from the parking area but rewards you with a spectacular view of the Lake Michigan coastline. To the south is Platte Bay point jutting into the lake and to the north is Sleeping Bear Dunes and South… View Article

Steve is now offering one-on-one photography workshops

July 10, 2017

If you are in the Benzie County area and wish to learn more about your camera, taking photographs and post production editing then perhaps I can help you. I will spend a few hours or even a day with you and working in the field and/or in my studio. Email me at sotasteve@charter.net or call… View Article

Platte Bay from Sleeping Bear Lakeshore in Benzie County

May 28, 2013

I was recently told of this trail into another part of the Sleeping Bear National lakeshore park just south of Empire Michigan. I can’t believe I had never been to this overlook before. It is absolutely breathtaking. I wanted to attempt another coinciding full moonrise and sunset panorama composition and this was an ideal location. I had clear views both east and west and the weather and clouds cooperated perfectly. This is a 50 shot composite of 10 five shot hdr bracketed frames with the D700, 24-70 nikkor lens at 24 mm and the Really Right Stuff pan head and nodal setup. I panned from west to south to east a little over 180 degrees.

I was so excited about this new place I came back up the next day and explored a bit more and made this 3 shot stitch using my 14-24 mm lens at 14 mm with the same gear as above. Everything was edited in Photoshop CS6 except the hdr’s which were processed in Nik HDR Efex pro. I love this old cedar tree ‘ghost forest’ that dot the dunes. They add a wonderful character to the setting.

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