It drizzled when we 'ran' to the Hoe. Arrived a bit late - 15mins before the first blast. Much packed compared to yesterday. Lots of people brought along poncho, chair & tents. Even the grassy slope towards Madeira Rd was full of people. The atmosphere was awesome. I reach to my exact same spot as yesterday cos arriving late, had not much choice of location to shoot though. I had something handy this time, CJ lend me his tripod to shoot.
I placed my tripod on the Citadel wall ruin - it was uneven surface but luckily the tripod was retractable up to 3 levels. After getting the tripod balanced, I mounted the cam & tune to my settings. The spectators in front of me was so cooperative enough to have stand further so that they are not obstructing my view (thanks!)
There will be another 4 team showcasing today, making it all 8 in total who have performed for this two consecutive evenings. The teams this evening were;
1. Alan Hillary Pyrotechnics
2. Northern Lights Fireworks
3. Jubilee Fireworks
4. MLE Pyrotechnics
And my showcase for today; (warning! heavy image content)
Team 5: Alan Hillary Pyrotechnics
Team 5: Alan Hillary Pyrotechnics
Team 5: Alan Hillary Pyrotechnics
Team 5: Alan Hillary Pyrotechnics
Team 5: Alan Hillary Pyrotechnics
Team 6: Northern Lights Fireworks
Team 6: Northern Lights Fireworks
Team 6: Northern Lights Fireworks
Team 6: Northern Lights Fireworks
Team 6: Northern Lights Fireworks
Team 7: Jubilee Fireworks
Team 7: Jubilee Fireworks
Team 7: Jubilee Fireworks
Team 7: Jubilee Fireworks
Team 7: Jubilee Fireworks
Team 7: Jubilee Fireworks
Team 7: Jubilee Fireworks
Team 7: Jubilee Fireworks
Team 8: MLE Pyrotechnics
Team 8: MLE Pyrotechnics
Team 8: MLE Pyrotechnics
Team 8: MLE Pyrotechnics
Team 8: MLE Pyrotechnics
My personal favorites for Day 2 is Team 7: Jubilee Fireworks
Overall it was a good day out even the weather wasn't good. Look forward for next year's one.
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5 Responses to “British Fireworks Champion of Champions 2006 (D2)”
wow! very impressed! you must be a very goood photographer!! to capture those moments! priceless!
:O i’m speechless..
impressive!
the pictures quality are very good. Which brand of camera did you use? I need to change mine >_
may: thanks again, im just an amateur using a poin-n-shoot camera. no DSLR ler..
sharon: thanks babe. i use only Canon Powershot A95 – a point-n-shoot digicam only. But i use custom settings for this instead of using built-in function.
hmm i need to learn to configure my own settings for the camera cause the built in function simply sucks!
for fireworks, recommended settings are;
ISO = 100
Shutter = 2″+
Aparture = f8.0+