Canada Day Fireworks 2012

Today's shots for the "Photo a Day" project are called Canada Day Fireworks 2012

Exif Data
Camera: Canon 5D mkII
Aperture: f/7.1
Exposure: 3sec, 2sec, 12sec
Focal Length: 60mm, 60mm, 70mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 500, 500, 200
Tripod
Shutter Release Cable
Post processing included conversion from RAW, rotation correction, and unsharp-mask

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Canada Day 2011 - Fireworks

I wanted to get a different angle on the fireworks this year for Canada Day, so when my friend Jeff mentioned the corktown bridge as a possible location I thought it would work perfectly. It has a great view of the Rideau Canal, the Peace Tower, and Chateau Laurier. It did turn out to be a good spot for the fireworks, except for a few little issues. Normally they fire off the fireworks as far west as they can so that they explode over the water and behind the Parliament, however there was a fair bit of wind from the west keeping the fireworks from getting out from behind the building on the right side of my shot. Another issue is that a pedestrian bridge is probably not the best location for long exposures. The bridge was packed full of people and as the group would move, so too would the bridge. Even with my tripod many of my shots were too shaky to use since the bridge itself was bouncing up and down. Well, lesson learned. It was a great spot indeed, but other factors kept it from being the perfect spot.
Here are some of the shots I got that did turn out great. Enjoy!

Canada Day 2011

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Canada Day 2011. Happy Birthday Canada! There will be more firework photos from this year's downtown Ottawa Canada Day festival posted soon!


Exif Data
Camera: Canon 5D mkII
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure: 4 sec
Focal Length: 70mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 125
Post processing included conversion from RAW, healing tool, and unsharp-mask

Panoramas

There are two shots for today's "Photo a Day" project, both of which are Panoramas. The first is called Ottawa River Nights Panorama


Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Apertures: f/10.0
Exposures: 20sec
Focal Lengths: 17mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Tripod
5 Exposures
Post processing included photomerge, noise reduction, healing tool, and unsharp-mask

The second shot is called Winterlude Opening Ceremony Fireworks Panorama


Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Apertures: f/7.1
Exposures: 3.2sec
Focal Lengths: 17mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Tripod
2 Exposures
Post processing included photomerge, noise reduction, healing tool, and unsharp-mask

Canada Day 2010 Fireworks

We had perfect weather in the nations capital for Canada Day today, which made the fireworks all the more enjoyable! With hundreds of thousands of people (including the Queen) in Ottawa this year waiting for the explosive display of pyrotechnics, we were not disappointed! Below is a few of the shots I got from the excellent fireworks. Enjoy!

Canada Day Fireworks

The best part of Canada Day for me is always the fireworks. I was able to get a pretty good spot across the river by the museum to take some pictures, and enjoy the show. Here are just a few of the shots I took that I enjoyed the most.