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My First Trip to Korea – Busan

KP Yang — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:50:53 +0000

Busan International Fireworks Festival

End of Sep 2010, I read a travel article about Korea. What caught my attention was there was going to be a Busan International Fireworks Festival at the city of Busan in Korea on 22 & 23 Oct 2010.

I like fireworks pretty much and I like to take photos of fireworks. I had a strong feeling that this is a golden opportunity that I could not miss. I checked out the airfare, I booked the air tickets and hotels. My wife and I flew to Busan on 21 Oct to take photos at the international fireworks festival.

Arrival at Busan

Buildings on Mountainous Terrain at Busan

It was a night flight, I touched down at Busan in the morning. I realized then Busan’s terrain has lots of high mountain. There are lots of tunnels that we passed through and there are lots of apartments and houses builts on the slope of the mountain, making it a very interesting landscape.

Street View at Busan

I checked in at the hotel near Gwangalli Beach, which is the venue for the Busan International Fireworks Festival. After which, I walked around to familiarize myself with the surroundings. The streets were not very crowded near my hotels, not many cars and therefore it is not noisy. It is pretty quiet and peaceful.

Apartments in Busan

There are also lots of tall apartments buildings in Busan as well.

Of course, I did not forget the purpose of my trip – To Take Fireworks Photos. I also surveyed at Gwangalli Beach to locate the best spot for me to take fireworks photo at night. Then, we headed back to hotel to rest and wait for evening.

Fireworks at Singapore YOG Opening Ceremony

KP Yang — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:42:01 +0000

Fireworks At Singapore YOG 2010

This is an eventful and spectacular week here in Singapore.

It was the National Day last Monday and there was a NDP Fireworks display at the Marina Bay waterfront area. Then it followed with a series Torch Relay and celebration of first Youth Olympic Games(YOG) that is being held in Singapore now.

It was the opening ceremony of the YOG last night at Singapore Marina Bay waterfront area and there was lots of fireworks display again. I again carried my gear to try my luck shooting at the fireworks again.

Singapore City Skyline

Lots of high power spot lights were installed on many buildings in the City, also making it a rare chance to take some new photo that has a new perspective of the city.

Fireworks on Skyscrapers At Singapore YOG 2010

Some of the fireworks were light up from top of the buildings… The spot light on top of the new Marina Bay Sands shooting into the smoke cloud left by the fireworks… These are all good opportunity for photography.

Singapore Marina Bay Sands Casino

Fireworks @ Singapore NDP 2010

KP Yang — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:25:32 +0000

Blue Fireworks @ Singapore Marina Bay

9 Aug 2010 is the 45th national day of Singapore. I heard that the fireworks would be spectacular this year because it would be lighted up simultaneously from both Marina waterfront and some skyscrapers in the city.

I brought my camera and tripod, headed down to the Marina waterfront to try my luck to take the photos of the fireworks. Here are some samples of the Fireworks photo that I took.

Hope you will like them ;-) You can continue to look at the higher resolution photos in the photo gallery in page 2.

Let’s Watch the Spectacular Fireworks!

KP — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:58:52 +0000

Singapore Fireworks Celebration & Festival 2008

Singapore had its Fireworks Celebration & Festival 2008 at Marina Bay floating platform on the Friday and Saturday nights. It was a spectacular and amazing night to witness and experience the attractive fireworks right at the heart of the city.

I was there to witness this marvellous event on both days. I really enjoyed it though it was drizzling on both nights. This was the best fireworks viewing experience that I had.

I was there to see 2 or 3 years ago but I had quite an awful experience before. it was so crowded and I could not really enjoy the night. Worse still, the smoke and burning smell left behind by the fireworks really made me breathless.

Due to this bad experience I had, I decided to take a risk and go over to the other side of the Marina to view the fireworks this time. The location I went is right opposite the floating platform, on the other band of the marina.

Wow, I like the place very much. Firstly, there is a big field and therefore it was not that crowded. It is much further from the fireworks lcoation and therefore the smoke and burning smell did not affect me on both nights ;-)

Plus, it is good location for me to take good photo shots as it can capture a wide area of the sky. Unfortunately, I do not have a wide angle lens, otherwise, I can capture the fireworks and the whole city skyline together.

I let my camera continuously snapping pictures for 10-15 minutes. I even filled up my 1G memory on the 2nd nights. I had close to 350 photos. Amazing and I like it very much as this is the first time I managed to take the fireworks photos myself ;-)

Alright, I have uploaded some of my photos on my Picasa album as you see in the slideshows below. If you do like to have some of those original photos, do let me know and I will be happy to share with you.