The Good…
If you have taken pictures before, you know taking pictures at night is challenging. Sure, I have used flash but, a lot of times it does not help or it does not produce the expect results. Also, due to the exposure/shutter speed, even the slightest movement will result in something odd. So, without further ado…
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The Bad…
What, only two pictures? Actually, I took around 30 pictures. However, there are reasons why:
1. Wherever there is fire, there will be smoke. Since the smoke does not clear right away, sometimes it will “block” subsequent explosion.
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2. Unpredictability, or at least, from the viewers perspective. Since you do not know where the fireworks will explode, you might need to zoom in/out not to mention focus again. As a result, you might end up capturing things you were not expecting or the result might end up out of focus (auto-focus was not working correctly for me so I had to focus manually). Now, I have been told I should set it to infinity; however, it did not work for me… Below are some of the results. Although they are not necessarily bad, I think it could have been better.
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3. Timing. OK, not when the fireworks will blow; rather, the time some of the pictures took to take. It depends on the settings but, while tinkering with the settings, in some cases, it took me over a minute to take an unsueable picture… Remember, the firework displays is around 30 minutes…
The Ugly…
This is the reason why I haven’t gone to the celebration in years. When I was living in Downtown, that was not a problem; I would be home by 11:00 p.m. at the latest. However, now that I am not living there, I am part of the sea of people trying to leave the Downtown area. I could have left five minutes before it would end and try to beat the rush but that would mean five minute less to take pictures. So I took my chances and stayed to the end. But, instead of rushing to the Skytrain station, I decided to take it easy instead and stayed in the area for a while. Was it a good idea? Bad idea? Well, see below…
Southeast corner of Burrard and Davie. The sea of people leaving the West End.
Granville Street. Now, to the people “posing” while I was setting up my camera… !@#$!^%!@#$
Robson and Hornby.
It was exhausting in the end. I did not get home until after 1:30 a.m. and did no sleep until after 2:00 a.m. Unless I can check with my friends who lives in Downtown, I think I will just skip this next time…
