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Copper Harbor Fireworks

Tricia — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:01:37 +0000

I can go on and on and on about the 4th of July fireworks in Copper Harbor. I love them!! I tried taking some pics during last year’s show. Fireworks are tough to shoot. But practice makes perfect (hopefully!) so I tried again this year.

We arrived a little later than usual this year so we had a different viewing area. We still had a nice spot right next to the water on the sand.

The show was different this year. For the first time (that I know of), they played the Star Spangled Banner from the island before the fireworks show. That was a nice touch, although it was tough to hear through all of the chatter on the mainland.

After the song ended, the show began.

After what seems like a very nice display, the fireworks stop. A woman near us started talking about how nice the show was. But it wasn’t over yet. The people setting off the fireworks on the island want to know if us on the mainland are ready for the finale.

Slowly the audience started clapping and the yelling. It grew in volume. Then we heard a lone male on the mainland yell, “Git er done!“.

The island fireworks crew must have been impressed – they started the finale.

Pictures do not do the Copper Harbor fireworks justice. If you have never seen them before, I highly recommend that you try to catch them! Copper Harbor may be small, but they sure know how to wow everyone with their fireworks display.

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Copper Harbor 4th of July Fireworks

Tricia — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:45:04 +0000

This year’s fireworks display at Copper Harbor was awesome. I mean, normally they are great. The fireworks have a great backdrop (Lake Superior), after all. But this year, they had so many fireworks. At one point, everyone thought the display was over and yells of approval echoed across the town. A few seconds later – there were more fireworks.

I grew up in a family that often was involved in fireworks displays. I know they are not cheap. It amazes me that Copper Harbor can raise so much money for this yearly display. It shows a lot about the people and the visitors.

We set up our viewing area near the water. The abundance of stones near the shore keeps our son occupied during the wait for dusk. In the meantime, I experimented with our camera to try to get the settings right to be able to capture the display.

Even after the sun sets, it takes a long time for the darkness to take over. The excitement builds as the first flare (I’m guessing it’s a flare) is lit on the island where they are shooting the fireworks from. Then another flare lights up, then another. In all, there were 15 flares lit this year’s show (at least that’s what I was able to count). That is the most I have ever counted…I knew right then and there it was going to be an awesome display.

And it was! Here are a few of the better pictures. Click on any of them for a larger view.

I can’t wait for next year!

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2008 Bridgefest Fireworks

Tricia — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:02:14 +0000

The rain stayed away all day yesterday, and we ended up having a beautiful day in the Keweenaw. The Bridgefest activities were in full swing, but we ended up heading to the Eastern shore to check out a few places we haven’t been to yet (more about that later).

We did, however, make it to the fireworks display. We do not go down by the water because traffic gets really congested and with trying to take some pictures of the fireworks we wanted to find a place that wasn’t as busy.

In past years, we have set up viewing camp at the top of a poor rock pile on US 41. The last year we went there, they set off the fireworks too far down the canal for us to see them well from there. We had to find a new spot.

We ended up finding a nice spot near the old hospital in Hancock in a church parking lot. We couldn’t see the water because of the trees, but the fireworks shot up above the tree line. Besides us, there was only a few other people there. The paved parking lot was great for a tripod.

Most of my pictures didn’t come out quite right. I tried one setting and went with it throughout the show (I didn’t want to miss the action!). I did catch a few okay shots.

I will read up more on how to photograph fireworks so hopefully I can get some better pictures next time. I think a lot of it has to do with my timing since the pictures I took yesterday seemed to get better as the show went on.

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