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The first of three fireworks displays in Vancouver that took place over a week in July/August, during the Celebration of Light fireworks competition. This display was by the United Kingdom team, with Canada and Thailand the other participants.

To get the fireworks with a backdrop of downtown Vancouver, I headed out to Spanish Banks Beach, past Kitsilano and towards UBC. As expected, this was a fairly busy area (it's estimated that a quarter of the population of Vancouver go out to watch the firework displays), but I got there early enough to get a good spot on a spit of land, giving me an uninterrupted view across the water to the fireworks barge in English Bay, and beyond.

Not only is there a very large turnout of people on the land, but English Bay is also filled with boats watching the display, many of which can be seen in this shot.

This is a five photo panoramic image of Vancouver during the fireworks display. The UK display seemed rather heavy on white...

Born in the UK, I moved to Vancouver, BC in 2011. My career in photography has grown from a long-held passion for capturing the beauty of the world, aided on the technical side by my background as a software developer. I specialise in fine art photography of landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes in and around the Pacific Northwest, with work exhibited internationally. Many of my photographs feature the beautiful city of Vancouver, but as well as capturing its iconic cityscapes, I can often be found exploring the BC and Washington coastline for new photographic opportunities, as well as developing my portfolio of night sky photographs featuring the Milky Way and the Aurora Borealis.