The Burj - currently the world's tallest building (over 800 meters/160 floors high) and serves as an iconic symbol of Dubai's economic growth and stature, was finally inaugurated last night in conjunction with the fourth anniversary of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed’s accession as Ruler of Dubai. A grand spectacle of choreographed sound, light, water and fireworks display was the highlight of the event.
Together with some friends, I went to see the show and squeezed our way through the huge crowd that gathered. We secured a spot in close range, but sadly, that may not have been a good idea, it was a struggle to take good photos and videos while in the midst of a restless crowd who couldn't keep still because of anticipation and excitement. Good thing my hubby managed to take good photos from a strategic place near his office. The fireworks display was very good, but a lot of people felt that it was too short, we were clamoring for more and even waited a bit longer, hoping there would be a part 2 or something... lol ...
Anyways, enough with the ranting and on with the photo posting, here goes...(click to enlarge)
If you want to see my captured video, head over to my personal blog - Reflections.
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spectacular shots, the ones from the post below too.
ReplyDeleteglad you are back.
@ewok1993: thanks, so happy to see you here again =)
ReplyDeleteWOW-that is fantabulous!
ReplyDeleteMariz: That is a spectacular show. Dubai really knows how to accent the country. At one point I could see a Christmas tree in the display, nicely captured.
ReplyDeleteW.O.W!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful captures! We saw this on the news, but it's great to see your photos, and a little bit of history in the making. It's a stunning building - but I'm not sure I'd like to go to the top!
ReplyDeleteJanice.
beautiful captures of the show...i have been following the building's progress. it's amazing.
ReplyDeletehappy new year.
Those are indeed spectacular shots! Wow! How beautiful! All of them! Hope your new year is off to a great start!
ReplyDeleteSylvia
Very, very nice.
ReplyDeletewow great shots!! looked like it was quite a show.
ReplyDeleteleethroughthelens.blogspot.com
I watched in amazement when this was shown on our TV news. Fantastic building and display. Great photos too.
ReplyDeletethx u very much, i learn a lot
ReplyDeletebeautiful!!
ReplyDeleteHi guys,
ReplyDeleteMy name is ANTONIO MAGNO CARRANZA JR. I am the blogger behind www.pusangkalye.net
My blog covers travel, events and photography but I categorized it in topblogs.ph
as a photoblog as I see it as the center of my expression for blogging.
I have been blogging since 2008 but I haven't started photography on dslr level
until April last year. That makes me a newbie in both. What I have is the
love for photography which compliments my blogging. I am
sure most of you here are the same.
I am a member of several facebook groups for bloggers like
Pinoy Travel Bloggers and United-Bloggers and so I thought of creating a group
exclusively for Philippine photobloggers. I hope that it could serve as a venue for
us to share our ideas and skills in both blogging and photography.
It doesn't matter if you own a tumblr or blogspot or wordpress account as
long as you are a photoblogger.
Compared to other categories in topblogs, our group is relatively small. Through this
group I hope we could transcend boundaries and eventually encourage others to start
their photoblog as well. It is my hope then that you join us.
if you are interested, please find me in facebook and leave
a simple message with your
blog url so that I can include you.
Looking forward to meeting you guys.
salamat, salamat
anton
PS: ito yung link ng group.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_192087114147576
and here's my fb link
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=594103382
kakagawa ko palang group so we are still gathering members.D:
Great! nice shots. . =)
ReplyDeleteI love the pics they look real good. At one time i wanted to be a photographer but i found myself doing something else. But i love people who take these beautiful pics.
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