Seaside Boulevard, Mall Of Asia, Saturday, February 18, 2012 -- The New Year's Eve celebration is long over but the Philippines is not done painting the sky all sorts of brilliant colors, as the currently on going 3rd Philippine International Pyromusical Competition continues to brighten the Manila sky with vivid and spectacular burst of colorful fireworks from the world’s leading pyrotechnic experts.
This annual event opened at the SM Mall of Asia last February 11, Saturday, with fireworks display from competing countries South Korea and Malta. Now, every Saturday this month until March 17, 2012, two competing countries will showcase their fireworks display expertise by the scenic Manila Bay.
Although I still had a blast watching the fireworks last Saturday, I was a bit disappointed and less awed by what I saw. United Kingdom's performance did not give justice to its 1st runner-up finish last year; Spain's fireworks exhibition did not mesmerize me either.
Let me digress a bit. Lakwatsero thinks he sucks at fireworks photography. Oh, well, I think so, too. LOL. He took a lot of pictures and his camera even ran out of memory to take some more but, unfortunately, none of his photos were good enough for this post. All photos on this post came from my camera. I am not saying I am great but, at least, I don't think I suck. Click here if you want to see the rest of the photos.
Lakwatsero and I will be back at the event next week to watch Finland and Portugal compete. We will still bring both our cameras and I think he will give fireworks photography another shot.
SCHEDULE:
February 11, 2012 South Korea and Malta
February 18, 2012 United Kingdom and Spain
February 25, 2012 Finland and Portugal
March 03, 2012 China and The Netherlands
March 10, 2012 Australia and Canada
March 17, 2012 Italy and Philippines
For ticket prices and location, click here.
This annual event opened at the SM Mall of Asia last February 11, Saturday, with fireworks display from competing countries South Korea and Malta. Now, every Saturday this month until March 17, 2012, two competing countries will showcase their fireworks display expertise by the scenic Manila Bay.
Just this weekend, Lakwatsero and I went to see United Kingdom and Spain compete at the 3rd Philippine International Pyromusical Competition.
We also went to this event last year and watched Japan and Canada compete during the 2nd Philippine International Pyromusical Competition. Last year's experience was a blast. I was impressed with Japan's never-before-seen spectacle of fireworks display. Japan and UK were 2nd and 1st runners-up, respectively, at last year's competition. China was the champion.Although I still had a blast watching the fireworks last Saturday, I was a bit disappointed and less awed by what I saw. United Kingdom's performance did not give justice to its 1st runner-up finish last year; Spain's fireworks exhibition did not mesmerize me either.
Let me digress a bit. Lakwatsero thinks he sucks at fireworks photography. Oh, well, I think so, too. LOL. He took a lot of pictures and his camera even ran out of memory to take some more but, unfortunately, none of his photos were good enough for this post. All photos on this post came from my camera. I am not saying I am great but, at least, I don't think I suck. Click here if you want to see the rest of the photos.
Lakwatsero and I will be back at the event next week to watch Finland and Portugal compete. We will still bring both our cameras and I think he will give fireworks photography another shot.
Anyway, going to the event is really not about taking great photographs to post on your Facebook walls or feeds and get your friends to like.
The 3rd Philippine International Pyromusical Competition is about having fun. It is a dazzling event that friends and family will surely enjoy watching. For those who have not seen this annual spectacle yet, why don't you check it out. It's really worth a try.
SCHEDULE:
February 11, 2012 South Korea and Malta
February 18, 2012 United Kingdom and Spain
February 25, 2012 Finland and Portugal
March 03, 2012 China and The Netherlands
March 10, 2012 Australia and Canada
March 17, 2012 Italy and Philippines
For ticket prices and location, click here.
those photos don't suck at all... I think they all came out great... good job...
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to know which country will win this year.
ReplyDeleteI love watching these pyrotechniques. They're entertaining. Every time these fireworks exploded in the sky, the people shouted with glee. These pyro works are now a common sight in our local festivities. Of course, this is done at night.
ReplyDeleteThese are great shots! Excited to know who will be this year's winner
ReplyDeleteWow! Ang galing naman! I love the first picture.. perfect! I enjoy watching fireworks displays. Very entertaining. This will be every Saturday until March 17? Awts, kung sa Manila lang sana ako.... oh well.
ReplyDeleteThese photos are amazing. Such a beautiful scene. :)
ReplyDeleteWow!!! Fabulous! It reminds me of HK Disneylands magical fireworks display when I went there in 2010. It was magical indeed but this one really looks fantastic! Wish I could see one again in future!
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Oh wow...these are amazing photos, I can only aspire to take photos as great. :) Too bad, MOA is still a drive and heavy traffic away (mostly), hopefully we'll find time to visit and witness this spectacular event. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree, your photos are awesome! Hahaha Too bad about UK and Spain. I had great expectations for the UK. :P Not surprising that China won last year no? They just seem to have a long history of making fireworks and I guess they've perfected the craft after decades of making them at a cheap price :P Good luck to the Philippines!!! I hope we win hehe
ReplyDeleteI wanna witness this. Wish ko malapit lang ako sa Manila no.
ReplyDeleteang ganda!! we have fireworks display na din sa SBMA every new year celebration.. pero syempre hindi pa din sing-ganda nyan! I love fireworks! ;)
ReplyDeleteI was with the other PTB last 2nd Pyromusical Competition. Where were you then during the shooting with Angel and Darwin? I was with them too near the sea wall.:-).
ReplyDeleteIf that was during the Japan-Canada match, we probably saw each other. :)
DeleteMarch 12 yata yon. The final one? Sayang. Nag meet sana tayo.:-).
Deleteyeah, maybe next time. :)
DeleteDamn! Those pictures are overwhelming. Why? Yeah, sobra ako nahihirapan magshoot ng fireworks. Lol. Cause one time, wala ako tripod and super lapit ko sa paputok. Hahaha. You're great dude! And, Ill make it this March to visit the event. :)
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job capturing these photos in all its beauty. I was amazed, really.
ReplyDeletegreat photos bro.:) Gusto ko talagang pumunta dito along with my kids. I hope we could make it this weekend. While we never got so much time to go to the balloon fiesta, we surely can't have this event missed. The more I got excited over watching when I saw your pics:)
ReplyDeleteyour photos look better than mine! hahaha!!
ReplyDeleteI guess there's a trick that we can learn for this type.
and bring the tripod.
weh,di nga? haha. I saw your photos kaya. Good job.
Deleteit is just so beautiful! :))
ReplyDeletewow stunning photos, thanx for sharing sir... keep it up
ReplyDeleteI love the shots :)) I've never watch a competition like this.
ReplyDeleteI was there too!! And your photos are really good! Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteActually your shots are great! Would love too see fireworks display too, was not able to watch fireworks festival here...
ReplyDeleteI love watching fireworks display too! but sad, I can't watch like those above-pictures here in my location.
ReplyDeletebtw, awesome photos! :)
Beautiful pictures! Isn't it great that the pyrotechnics keep getting better and more colorful each year? I'm sure they'll soon come up with the same visual magic that was Gandal's fireworks in the LOTR movie.
ReplyDeleteamazing photos!!!! they keep getting and better...its like what happened last year cannot be topped and yet every year they exceed what you expect
ReplyDeleteang gaganda ng photos ng fireworks! :3
ReplyDeleteI think the photos are great. Im excited to watch Philippines ofcourse! yiheee :)
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