As usual it seems that I am a bit behind in my blog posts. Last Saturday was the Finale of the Celebration of Light 2010 here in Vancouver. Keith and I planned on making it over to Vanier Park to photograph the fireworks from a different perspective, but Mother Nature decided that it was best not to.
Upon waiting for the bus at Burrard and Georgia we started to become a little frustrated. We were trying to leave the downtown core, but it seems that Translink (our Transit Authority here) though it would be best to run back to back #5 (Robson Street Buses) constantly to accommodate all the people coming into Vancouver who wanted to get to English Bay. The bus we wanted (one that left the downtown core) never did come in the 30 minutes we waited for it. There was no route change signs, nothing. The fun thing that happened as we contemplated about getting a taxi, the thunderstorm that had happened in Whistler made it’s way to Vancouver. Lighting flashed, thunder clapped and the rain started. Remember last year, during the 3rd night of Fireworks we got a HUGE dump of rain? Same thing happened to us. We decided to head back to the West End and shoot the fireworks from there.
On to the photos!
The beach and surrounded area of English Bay (aka First Beach) was starting to fill up with people. Usually on a Saturday night for the fireworks there can be around 300,000 people, just here alone.
This was (I believe) the 15-minute-to burst. 9:15, 9:30, 9:45 and sometiems 9:50 they left small bursts to help keep the mass of people content. I overheard some people say they have been at the beach since 7AM that morning! Pretty crazy if you ask me, the longest I’ve waited was around noon I think, when I lived out in the valley.
China won the 2009 Celebration of Light and it was a team of Canadians that put together the show. Spain actually won this year competition and I believe all countries (USA, Spain & Mexico) did a great job.
You can also check out all of the photos I have uploaded online for the 2010 Celebration of Light over on my Flickr Photostream.
Other People’s Firework Photos:
I thought it would be fun to show off some other people’s firework photos from the Finale, so here are a few:
Flickr photo: PacificEagle
Flickr Photo: Hammond Photography
Flickr Photo: Susan Gittins