Artistic

Frozen Bubbles (three photos)

Posted by Steve Boer on February 11, 2021
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I had some fun trying to get photos of frozen bubbles since the temperatures have been below -30 Celsius here lately. I used an approximation of a bubble liquid mixture I got from a guy named Chris Ratzlaff on Twitter. 100ml water and about a tablespoon each of corn syrup, sugar, and dishwashing liquid. I also took some video of them so you can actually watch the crystals forming in real time. Please visit my Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveBoerPhotography/videos to see them.


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Edmontropolis, a panorama

Posted by Steve Boer on June 21, 2020
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Panoramic view of downtown Edmonton Alberta with intentional camera movement and conversion to monochrome with a blue filter⁠.

Edmontropolis a panorama
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Exposure Time: 3.2s, Aperture: f/8, ISO: 100, Focal Length: 35mm

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Rainy night in St. Albert

Posted by Steve Boer on May 23, 2020
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St. Albert Trail crossing the Sturgeon River through a rainy window.

Rainy night
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Exposure Time: 8s, Aperture: f/8, ISO: 100, Focal Length: 160mm

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Alberta Legislative Building grounds (five photos)

Posted by Steve Boer on October 12, 2019
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A series of photos taken at the Alberta Legislative Building grounds in Edmonton. Click on the individual photos to see larger versions and exif details.

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Posted by Steve Boer on February 14, 2019
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Happy Valentine’s Day to my wonderful wife, Dawn!
I did some light painting on this heart-shaped rock and captured a star trail behind it. A composite of 161 exposures, one interesting aspect of this image is the different colours in the stars. They were blurred because the camera was closely focused on the rock so perhaps that had something to do with it.

Heart shaped rock with light painting and star trails
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Exposure Time: 30s * 161, Aperture: f/4, ISO: 400, Focal Length: 16mm

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Palm Springs 2018 (nine photos)

Posted by Steve Boer on January 7, 2019
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We went to Palm Springs again this fall. Most of the photos I took were from hikes that we did rather than anything urban. The majority of these photos are from the Coachella Valley Preserve. Notably, the Pushwalla trail ridge hike, the McCallum trail and the Moon Country trail. The old car wreck is from the Big Morongo Canyon Preserve.

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CN Christmas Express Train (five photos)

Posted by Steve Boer on December 7, 2018
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This is a fun thing that CN does every year in early December to support local charities. They dress up an engine and a few cars and take people for a short ride from north Edmonton into St. Albert and back. They were kind enough to stop on the trestle bridge for a few minutes for the photo op, otherwise these would ALL have had blur in them. Click on the individual photos to see larger versions and exif details.

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Prayer candles in Notre-Dame Basilica Montreal

Posted by Steve Boer on July 17, 2018
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I haven’t been in very many Catholic churches, but there were a LOT of candles in this one.

Prayer candles in Notre-Dame Basilica Montreal
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Exposure Time: 1/40, Aperture: f/2.8, ISO: 800, Focal Length: 28mm

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Sunset through blinds

Posted by Steve Boer on May 2, 2018
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The Hawaiian sunset as seen through some roller blinds. I thought this made an interesting perspective and wanted to see if it would work as a photograph. Was able to get a nice starburst effect on the sun thanks to the blinds and small aperture.

Sunset through blinds
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Exposure Time: 1/40, Aperture: f/22, ISO: 1250, Focal Length: 23mm

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Mauna Kea Star Trails

Posted by Steve Boer on April 3, 2018
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One of my favourite things to make, a star trail shot from Mauna Kea. We only went as far up as the visitor center, then hiked across the road to a spot looking over the valley with the sunset. Spent about an hour with the camera there and ended up with this shot made from seventy 30 second exposures. I was happy to also get the light trails from the cars driving up and down the road, as well as some cool airplane trails which you can see just above where the sunset was.

Mauna Kea Star Trails
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Exposure Time: 30s x 70, Aperture: f/2.8, ISO: 100, Focal Length: 16mm

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