2008 HSBC Celebration of Light – Finale

Monday, August 4th, 2008 :: 10:45 am

A spectacular finish to the fireworks this year! Canada won and sure showed the rest of the pack what amazing things you can do by coordinating spot-on with the music. We <3 Canada!

The show started off with 8 minutes of fireworks presented by BC150, highlighting the history of our province, then the three countries followed by blasting the English Bay sky. A perfect weather night with small wind.

I went back to my small aperture and long shutter setting, seems to work well :-)

(Click for larger images, left and right to scroll through if you prefer, best viewed with F11!)

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