Our little march towards the end of the Montreal International Fireworks Competition is nearing the end. As we previously mentioned, things got a little bit delayed as one of my photographs ended up being featured on CTV News Weather Pixs, and since I enjoy tooting my own horn from time to time, it earned an update of its own. What's that? You don't remember or haven't seen that update? Lucky for you, here is a link to the photograph and video! It can't be said that I don't like to share. This final night of the competition took place last Saturday. It wasn't actually an in-competition event, but an extra show that has been added over the last few years 
and serves as a tribute to a legendary musical act. It makes sense seeing as how the fireworks are set to music during all of the shows. This year, the show was put on by Melrose Pyrotechnics, from Kingsbury, Indiana. Though not in competition, this is the third time Melrose has been at La Ronde and they won a Golden Jupiter Award back in 2006. The music came from, as some of you may be able to figure out from the title, the legendary Elton John. Hits like Crocodile Rock, Rocket Man, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Tiny Dancer were featured while the final explosions of the year were fittingly accompanied by Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me. I took these shots from another of my favourite locations, a small pedestrian overpass that crosses a local urban boulevard. This place had gotten rather popular over the years. When I first started shooting photographs here, there was all kinds of place for people to walk, but on this night people were jammed elbow-to-elbow. I even heard a few people wondering aloud if the overpass was strong enough to handle all of our weight, an understandable request knowing how poorly some of the local infastructure has held up over the years. I was also joined by My Lovely Assistant, my brother-in-law Phillipe and a potential future Lovely Assistant, his daughter Constance. She'll need to be able to stay awake during the entire show before that can happen. She's only three though, so there is lots of time for that to happen. The first photograph was taken at f/16, 20sec, ISO 100 at 68mm and the second photograph was taken at f/13, ISO 100 at 68mm. Here are few more photographs from the show.
and serves as a tribute to a legendary musical act. It makes sense seeing as how the fireworks are set to music during all of the shows. This year, the show was put on by Melrose Pyrotechnics, from Kingsbury, Indiana. Though not in competition, this is the third time Melrose has been at La Ronde and they won a Golden Jupiter Award back in 2006. The music came from, as some of you may be able to figure out from the title, the legendary Elton John. Hits like Crocodile Rock, Rocket Man, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Tiny Dancer were featured while the final explosions of the year were fittingly accompanied by Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me. I took these shots from another of my favourite locations, a small pedestrian overpass that crosses a local urban boulevard. This place had gotten rather popular over the years. When I first started shooting photographs here, there was all kinds of place for people to walk, but on this night people were jammed elbow-to-elbow. I even heard a few people wondering aloud if the overpass was strong enough to handle all of our weight, an understandable request knowing how poorly some of the local infastructure has held up over the years. I was also joined by My Lovely Assistant, my brother-in-law Phillipe and a potential future Lovely Assistant, his daughter Constance. She'll need to be able to stay awake during the entire show before that can happen. She's only three though, so there is lots of time for that to happen. The first photograph was taken at f/16, 20sec, ISO 100 at 68mm and the second photograph was taken at f/13, ISO 100 at 68mm. Here are few more photographs from the show.
f/16, 8sec, ISO 100 at 68mm
f/16, 10sec, ISO 100 at 68mm
f/16, 15sec, ISO 100 at 68mm
f/16, 6sec, ISO 100 at 68mm
And with that final bang, the fireworks festival comes to an end. But everything is not quite yet over here on the blog. I've got a few more before, after, and during shots that I took while either waiting for the fireworks to begin, or after they've ended. We'll try and get them posted up here before the next competition begins in 2017.
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