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Ian Crook
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Vancouver-based amateur photographer, with occasional comments on political issues.
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Night photograph of downtown #Vancouver #BritishColumbia and beyond, taken from part way up the North Shore mountains. Four shot #panorama shot at different exposure levels, stitched using Capture One. #Photography #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Nikon #Z8 #panophotos
November 4, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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#BlueSkyMonday #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Vancouver #TheBlueHour #Nikon
It took three photos to capture this scene and the different light trails. They were stacked into a smart object in Photoshop and blended using a stack mode.
This is a picture taken on the border of downtown Vancouver, BC. There are light trails from the cars on the street, with more light trails from subways trains running on an elevated guideway. Apartment buildings in the distance have some lights on and there is a deep blue sky in the background, as the photograph was taken after sunset.
October 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Experimenting some more with black and white infra red photography. #infrared #blackandwhite #Blueskyartshow #EastCoastKin #Nikon
This is a black and white infrared photograph of a small river rapids in North Vancouver BC. The stones in the water appear quite gray while the trees in the distance render as white.
October 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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#Toronto #ClassicMono #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #BlackandWhite Bank office tower lobby, Toronto.
This is a black and white photograph of a deserted bank office tower lobby in Toronto. The building is in the Internationalist Style and was designed by Mies Van der Rohe.
October 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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#Toronto #ClassicMono #UnionStation #BalckandWhite #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Nikon
Night photograph of railway tracks running in to Toronto Union Station railway platforms. The station is surrounded by office towers almost on top of the tracks.
October 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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#Angles #BlueSkyArtShow #PortMannBridge #BritishColumbia #EastCoastKin #BlackandWhite #Nikon
September 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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#AlexFraserBridge #Angles #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #BritishColumbia #Nikon #BlackandWhite
Black and white photograph of the Alex Fraser Bridge, which is located just outside of Vancouver, BC. The bridge is a cable supported structure, and the photograph shows two of the concrete columns that the cables supporting the bridge are anchored to.
September 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Timing is everything. I happened to be driving in Kitsilano, a neighbourhood in Vancouver, when I noticed the moon pop up over the nighttime traffic. #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #ThePhotoHour #Vancouver #Nikon
August 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Lighthouse Park after sunset #Vancouver #BritishColumbia #LongExposure #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #ThePhotoHour #Nikon
A photograph taken from Spanish Banks of Lighthouse Park, across the Burrard Inlet. This is a long exposure photograph and the rocks in the foreground look very smooth, and the water is reasonably flat. You can barely see the lighthouse, and the mountains across the water are all in silhouette because the sun has gone below the horizon.
August 12, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Sun setting on Lions Gate Bridge #Infrared #BlackandWhite #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Nikon
The Lions Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge crosses Vancouver harbour and runs from Stanley Park to North and West Vancouver. The pick was taken using a 720nm infrared filter, which helps highlight the clouds.
August 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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#RCAF #Snowbirds #Vancouver #ThePhotoHour #Nikon #Photography
The Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds did an early evening flyover in Vancouver this evening; it wasn't a full show with colour jet streams but it was still impressive, and included a number of low level passes. A jet on final approach to YVR can be seen in the distance in the second image. The sky was very hazy and I ended up with some less than accurate colour as I tried to mitigate the effects of the haze.
July 24, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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#TheButterfly #Vancouver #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Infrared #BalckandWhite #thePhotoHour #Nikon #Photography
The Butterfly was sold at the top of the market and is rumoured to be having difficulties getting buyers to close purchases, due to the decline in the local condo market.
These are two black and white infrared photographs of The Butterfly, a recently-completed luxury condominium in Vancouver, BC. The building features four rounded columns of suites around a central core, with scultped balcony fronts. The building is white and appears against a black background.
July 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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#Vancouver #Nightlights #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #ThePhotoHour #Nikon
This is a black and white image of Granville Street in downtown Vancouver. The photo was taken in the dark and the neon signs provide much of the light in the image. This is an image of a neon sign advertising the Yale pub in downtown Vancouver.
July 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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#Moonrise #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Vancouver #BritishColumbia #Nikon #ThePhotoHour Moonrise over Vancouver BC this evening.
These are photographs of a red moon rising over Vancouver this evening. The first photograph was shot at 200mm on my lens, while the second was shot a few minutes later at 105mm.
July 13, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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First try at photographing the Port Mann Bridge, Surrey (Vancouver), BC. #BritishColumbia #Photography #EastCoastKin #LongExposure #TheBlueHour #ThePhotoHour
These are two photos of the Port Mann Bridge, which is a cable-stayed bridge crossing the Fraser River. The pictures were taken during the blue hour, after sunset, and feature light streams from cars driving past.
June 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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#Vancouver #Gastown #ClassicMono #Streetscape #Photography #ThePhotoHour #EastCoastKin #Nikon Early morning, West Cordova Street, downtown Vancouver
June 13, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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#ClassicMono #Vancouver #BritishColumbia #EastCoastKin #ThePhotoHour #BlackandWhite #Nikon #BlueskyPhotography
This is a black and white photograph of what was originally the Cadillac Hotel, constructed in the early 1900s in downtown Vancouver. The building has changed hands several times and most recently was used as a single room occupancy residence.
June 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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#ClassicMono #BlackandWhite #Street #EastCoastKin #BlueskyPhotography #Nikon
Black and white photograph of a street scene taken in downtown east side area of Vancouver. A woman and her small dog are walking along the street, while a pair of feet from a homeless person sleeping in a doorway are projecting into the sidewalk.
June 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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#HotelEurope #Vancouver #BritishColumbia #ClassicMono #BlackandWhite #EastCoastKin #Nikon #Photography
This is a black and white photograph of The Hotel Europe, which was built in 1907-1908 in the Gastown area of downtown. The building is a triangular shape, reminiscent of the flatiron building in New York.
June 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant #Sunset #Scape #EastCoastKin #ThePhotoHour #Nikon
June 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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#ClassicMono #Blackandwhite #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Street #Nikon
This is a black and white photograph of a street scene, with two men sitting in the shade outside a bodega/convenience store.
May 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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The Marine Building is located in downtown Vancouver, BC. It is designated as an historic building by the City of Vancouver and is considered to be one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in the world today.
May 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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The Marine Building, Vancouver #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Photography #Architecture #Nikon
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May 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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#PhotographersofBlueSky #Photography #Scape #Sunset #EastCoastKin #LongExposure #Nikon #ThePhotoHour
Along exposure (6 minutes) of the sun setting over Bowen Island, taken from downtown Vancouver.
May 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Photography #Nikon #Flowers #Texture
Pink rhododendrons processed using the Oil Paint feature in Photoshop. Rhododendrons processed in black and white using high contrast. There is a bee on one of the flowers.
May 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM