Vixen Polar Axis Scope: FirstLook
In early January we posted a FirstLook of the Vixen Polarie Star Tracker. As astrophotography is still a bit of a niche hobby, the number of questions we got about it [...]
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Urban Safari: The Stone Zoo
A Zoo New England embership has many benefits, one of which is free admission to both the Franklin Park and Stone zoos (ours were purchased after our visit to the Franklin [...]
Urban Safari: Geckos at the MOS
The Museum of Science unveiled a new exhibit last week. Geckos: Tails to Toepads is a traveling exhibit created by Peeling Productions, part of Clyde Peeling’s [...]
Urban Safari: Boston Nature Center
The first in the series of Urban Safari got quite a nice response and a lot of excellent suggestions on other locations. One of those suggestions was the Boston Nature [...]
Vixen Polarie FirstLook
Last Spring we attended our first Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF) conference (Day1, Day2, Day3). The conference is an annual gathering of astronomy enthusiats and [...]
DomeSkin FirstLook
Some of you may have received shiny new gadgets as presents during the holidays and may be wondering how best to protect them from the bumps and bruises of everyday use. The [...]
Urban Safari: Franklin Park Zoo
The Franklin Park Zoo is just a few miles from the RainyDayMagazine office, yet in all the years we have been in Boston we have never been there. So over the Holiday [...]
The Art of Photographic Lighting
Lighting is one of the more difficult topic to master in photography. Our eyes see a scene very differently than a camera. Seeing the light and capturing it are two very [...]
Pixeet Panorama Kit FirstUse
There are many ways to shoot panoramic images. One way is to take multiple images and stitch them together into a larger photo. That approach is great [...]
First Frost
Bostonians woke up to frost on their windows and black ice on the ground today. The sheen will not last long, but it is a clear sign that it is time to get out the [...]
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