Photo of the Week 2016-07-04

We were at the cottage again this year for Canada Day and by some accounts (business owners in Tobermory) this year it was busier than any previous year. That's why we make sure we are well stocked with provisions and tend to avoid the insanity that Tobermory has become on long weekends ... that is, all except for the July 1 fireworks. We have to go see the fireworks and Celebrate Canada Day.

Tobermory Celebrates - Canada Day 2016

This year again, we invited friends to come and join us for a few days while we were on vacation and again it was a great time. Good friends, good times, good celebrations, Great Country!

HAPPY CANADA DAY

PS - did you know that the sun sets later in Tobermory than in Guelph? Tobermory is just over a 3 hour drive north, and just above the 45th parallel, 1.7* and roughly 250 km north of Guelph and according to Environment Canada's weather service, this time of year, sunsets 7 minutes later in Tobermory. The image above was made at 10:17 pm and you can still see traces of the sunset on the horizon, nautical twilight.

DJE

Photo of the Week 2015-07-06

I know it's past July 1 but it was only last week and I love celebrating Canada Day ! This year, we were at the cottage with friends and planned the day to include the fireworks in Little Tub Harbour, if the young ones could stay awake ... and they did !

Flowerburst !

This was our first year for viewing the fireworks in "the Tub". Lynn did the planning and although I was a bit skeptical about her choice of location at first, we managed to pull off a great spot for viewing, with Marcy, Matt, Emma and Logan grabbing a park bench and me setting up several metres away on the boardwalk looking across to the ferry dock, close to the display.

Although the boardwalk was full of people (some unable to sit/stand still and not bang the railing and floorboards constantly) I managed to pull off a number of exposures that I was happy with. For all shots I used the same exposure, determined from experience and confirmed with a quick test shot as the festivities began, 17mm, f/8, 15 sec, ISO 100 on my 5D III with the  EF 17-40 f/4L. The "trick" is to set up on a tripod (obviously for the 15 sec exposure) framing the area where most of the pyrotechnics will take place. Then you trip the shutter (remote release recommended) anticipating when the fireworks will explode during the time the shutter is open. Some get missed and others like the shot above, combine for multiple busts in a single frame.

Some others from the show ...

It was the first fireworks show for our younger guests and they did well to manage to stay up a few hours past their normal bed time to join us. When things got started all we could hear was Logan yelling "this is awesome! "

DJE