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Elk Island Star Trails

Posted by Steve Boer on January 17, 2021
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So I knew to get lots of stars I needed to get out of the city so here’s a star trail shot taken yesterday at Elk Island National Park. It was nice because we were able to have a fire to keep warm while waiting for the camera. We roasted some hot dogs and marshmallows and listened to music to pass the time, almost two hours, that it took to get all the necessary shots. The first shot I took was of us sitting on the bench and I blended that in after creating the star trails with the rest of the photos using a great free program called StarStax by Markus Enzweiler.

Elk Island Star Trail
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Exposure Time: 215x25s, Aperture: f/2.8, ISO: 100, Focal Length: 16mm

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St. Albert star trail

Posted by Steve Boer on August 15, 2020
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St. Albert star trail with Neowise (the cyan/turquoise one cutting down through the top right third) and someone’s drone in the bottom left I think. And possibly a UFO near the top middle.

St. Albert star trail with Neowise and someone's drone
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Exposure Time: 248x20s, Aperture: f/1.6, ISO: 100, Focal Length: 50mm

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Arch Rock Star Trail

Posted by Steve Boer on March 25, 2020
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One final picture from our last trip to Palm Springs. A star trail composite at Arch Rock in Joshua Tree National Park. Over 100 exposures of 30 seconds each. I love making these, but they are a little time consuming when you’re out there and it starts getting chilly…

Arch Rock Star Trail
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Exposure Time: 111 x 30s, Aperture: f/2.8, ISO: 200, Focal Length: 17mm

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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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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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Lone Cone Star Trail

Posted by Steve Boer on October 25, 2017
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Just a short star trail shot of Lone Cone Mountain on Meares Island across the water from Tofino, BC. I had to crop it because I was shooting through a window and there were some reflections I needed to get rid of.

Lone Cone Star Trail
Camera: Canon EOS 60D, Exposure Time: 37*30s, Aperture: f/2.8, ISO: 200, Focal Length: 50mm

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The Background Image

Posted by Steve Boer on January 16, 2013
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Here’s the image I used for the background of my blog. It was taken in Palm Springs in November. I set the camera up on my tripod out on the balcony. Once I had a good exposure setting for a 30 second exposure, I used my wired remote trigger to keep taking shots continuously for almost an hour. In total, I ended up with 111 shots, which I then painstakingly merged together to get the resulting star-trail shot. It took a lot longer than usual because I wanted to remove all the light trails from the many airplanes that went by during that time, which was a LOT!

Palm Desert Star Trail