Monday 18 June 2012

LIFE: Fireworks


Saturday night the Kensington Metropark held their Salute to America fireworks display. Being English I've grown up with firework displays although more often on a freezing cold November night [until like many bonfire nights they decreased in size or stopped all together because of councils refusing to shell out on something for Guy Fawkes night]. This display was their early July 4th celebration and masses turned out. We parked at Maple Beach and like many others, waited the two hours till 10PM and the display began taking our positions by the beach. These were like the fireworks you'd see on your TV that London put on on at New Years. They were insane, the colours were amazing, and was just non stop for a good 25 minutes. As the display was being launched from one end of the lake, the fireworks created amazing reflections over the water - that really added something. While we both took our cameras [I totally forgot my tripod] fireworks weren't the easiest thing to catch photographically but here's some to try and capture the event. In the end I took to videoing it with my camera to share with you the finale of the display.


And yes, American's even clap at the end of fireworks!

11 comments:

  1. I can stare at the pictures and watch this video allll day, Rachael.

    Hahaha, I never noticed if I or if everyone else claps after a fireworks show!

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    1. Yeah I think after noticing the clapping after a film I pick up on it!

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  2. Haha, those are great fireworks! They're illegal over here in Norn Iron so I'm extremely jealous

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    1. Are they really?! I know they are illegal in some US states and there's a call for them to be made more so around here. It's a shame, I do love a firework!

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  3. Incredible pictures! I've always found fireworks nigh on impossible to capture on camera. You are clever! x

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    1. Those were the lucky few photographs that came out! My camera seemed to be rather slow and I got a lot of photographs of just a black sky between the fireworks!

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    1. :D they were so good to watch. Certaninly one of the best displays i've ever been too. Although my hometowns fireworks were rather lame in comparison!

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  5. Oh fireworks! I love them! I've never been able to catch them on camera.

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    1. They can be a nightmare can't they?! it'll teach me for not taking my tripod too!

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