Celebration of Light 2009: UK
All I can say is, UK night (“Parasols Over the Pacific”) was spectacular. UK > Canada. I can’t exactly compare it to South Africa’s because South Africa’s was really good too, and I didn’t watch it live. But hands down, UK’s was much better than Canada’s. The only thing is that UK’s 20 minute mark really should’ve been their 25 minute (aka ending) mark. I’m sure many people, myself included, thought the amazing bursts of gold and whatnot was the end, but a quick check of the watch clearly stated there were 5 minutes left.
Last night was also the discovery of fireworks mode!! They really make the photos pop. Check them out.
First, a sunset photo from Kits Beach.
Before I discovered fireworks mode. Doesn’t it just look kinda… blah? But I’ve gotta say, the view this time was much better than on Canada night. I like the silhouettes of people.
Everything following this photo will have been taken using fireworks mode.
I believe this last photo here was @ the 20 minute mark. Awesome.
Well, that’s 3/4 Celebration of Light nights. China night, the final night, will be this Saturday. Looking forward to it!
July 30th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Love the pictures and I can’t agree more, fireworks mode did made them pop out! I envy you that you got a camera with a fireworks mode. I’ve been shooting all the shows (besides S. Africa) with a SLR and they really do come out boring and Photoshopping them will take FOREVER.
I thought the UK show was really bright and colorful, absolutely love the “Chinese music” part, haha, where they got red, green and white stars flying out? But for me, South Africa is still on top of my list, I can’t wait for Saturday night… I think Canada just got a little cheaper this year… I’ll be shocked if they won first place again.
July 30th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Jessica,
Thanks! The photos turned out way better than I thought. Nice that you have an SLR though. It’d be nice to have one of those.
The only I heard clearly was Pomp and Circumstance, and that’s because I recognized it (it played during my grad ceremony).
I found that with Canada’s, the Wizard of Oz music just could not have been matched with fireworks. When I watched it again in Global’s video feed, it was as if the music was just there and the fireworks were doing their own thing.
And South Africa’s was definitely amazing. I liked how they used the Pirates of the Carribean theme music.
July 30th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
WOOT INSTANT PHOTOSHOP ROFL
Dude i watched the South Africa one this morning on comp, it was okay ( better than Canada) but i think U.K. was better. Too bad i couldn’t watch Africa’s show live
July 30th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Vincent,
Yeah, I’m sure China’s will be better than Canada’s as well. Right now, I don’t even remember what the UK’s was like. I should watch the video I took.
The thing I liked about South Africa’s was that the fireworks were very in sync with the music, something Canada’s lacked.
July 30th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
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