2008 Canada Day Fireworks

July 1, 2008 | 387 views | Trackback | |

With the huge Shuswap House Boating weekend coming to an end last night, I actually got the chance today to relax, sleep in for the first time in weeks and go for a bit of a stroll around town to soak in the "Canada Day" vibe that was blanketing the city.

I think it's fair to say that Vancouverites don't get into the whole National Day sort of thing as passionately as those in the East, or indeed Aussies in any part of the world on Australia Day. But the locals were afforded a stunning blue sky, albeit slightly smokey, day today with which to hit the beach, mountain trails or otherwise, and it seemed like everyone was embracing the opportunity.

Due to some (what I consider anyway) moronic scheduling, we were required to front up to beach volleyball tonight to thrash out our weekly 3 games knowing full well that half the competition was going to be struggling to even scrape players together to make up numbers on a public holiday. Regardless, we won 2 from 3 which is an ok result I guess.

Racing home (thanks again Andrew for the lift), I showered, grabbed my bike and headed straight out along the rapidly crowding sea wall to Stanley Park in search of a decent photographic vantage point from which to shoot the Canada Day fireworks display in front of Canada Place.

Turns out I didn't have any trouble getting a spot where I wanted to set up in the end, and the resultant shots are contained within a gallery you can view by clicking on the preview image above.

Happy Canada Day everyone!

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7 Responses to “2008 Canada Day Fireworks”

Comment by Bid on July 2nd, 2008 @ 6:09 am

Fantastic shots, Rob!! They look great with Canada Place as the backdrop. Wow, they're certainly getting fancy with their fireworks these days, aren't they? Looks like the new camera worked a treat. XXX

Comment by Amy on July 2nd, 2008 @ 10:14 am

Beautiful shots Rob!
Comment by spargo on July 4th, 2008 @ 4:32 pm

Ahhh, I know this spot!! Good to see the Chevron refueling barge has been left off to the right!!

Top shots.

Did the gun go off?

Comment by Masey on July 4th, 2008 @ 4:38 pm

Ha! Actually the first spot I set up in was probably the better vantage point for the fireworks, but you are right, it had the Chevron barge in frame and the Harbour Center was out of frame.

So... I moved further around to the far side of the cannon. That's very perceptive of you young man!