Per Magica Ad Astra

 This is the performance of the 2nd finalist, China, at the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival. DIFF is an annual competition held each weekend around the May, June, July period. I liked this performance the best because I felt the synchronisation of pyrotechnics and music was great, the judges did not agree but what do they know😁  It is a very popular event and this year I was only able to get a "room with a partial view" from a hotel right opposite the main stage and grandstand (I was too late to get tickets from the hotels rooftop viewing area or the actual grandstands themselves). This presented me with some problems; The room I had did not give an unobstructed view of the total display. Rain drop residue was on the window I had to shoot from. Reflections had to be avoided. Conversations in the room (I was there with my wife) had to be removed. Getting rid of my phone bleeps however could not be done, lesson learned. Fortunately my #dji Pocket 4P performed well and...

 The Da Nang International Fireworks Festival, DIFF is an annual competition held each weekend around the May, June, July period. Schedule and event details can be found at the official website https://diff.vn/en/ It is a very popular event and this year I was only able to get a "room with a partial view" from a hotel right opposite the main stage and grandstand (I was too late to get tickets from the hotels rooftop viewing area or the actual grandstands themselves). This presented me with some problems; The room I had did not give an unobstructed view of the total display. Rain drop residue was on the window I had to shoot from. Reflections had to be avoided. Conversations in the room (I was there with my wife) had to be removed. Fortunately my #dji Pocket 4P performed well and my editing suite, #Filmora 15 cleaned the video and sound pretty well. This is a 20 minute full Version The highlight 1 minute version is on the channel as well, same title but with "highlight...

 The Da Nang International Fireworks Festival, DIFF is an annual competition held each weekend around the May, June, July period. Schedule and event details can be found at the official website https://diff.vn/en/ It is a very popular event and this year I was only able to get a "room with a partial view" from a hotel right opposite the main stage and grandstand (I was too late to get tickets from the hotels rooftop viewing area or the actual grandstands themselves). This presented me with some problems; The room I had did not give an unobstructed view of the total display. Rain drop residue was on the window I had to shoot from. Reflections had to be avoided. Conversations in the room (I was there with my wife) had to be removed. Fortunately my #dji Pocket 4P performed well and my editing suite, #Filmora 15 cleaned the video and sound pretty well. This is a 1 minute highlight generated by Filmora 15 The full 20 minute version is on the channel as well, same title but without...

 Owdue all Day 2 of the Viet Nam travelog and in the morning and to fit in with our schedule based around the final of the Da Nang International Firework Festival (DIFF) (which by the way meant there were many tourists and visitors everywhere we went) we took a tour to the Lady Buddha and Marble Mountain. The tour was booked via Get Your Guide. Maybe too much of me talking and not enough action but it is what it is. After the tour, dinner in a seafood restaurant before back to the hotel for the fireworks.

 Remember when you had a friend as a kid and their parents were either well off or movie mad and instead of having to look at the photo album you ended up watching a home movie of them on holiday.? Well this is a bit like that only I'm not well off, it's just the tech is more affordable now. So on the first out of country holiday together for 10 years I took my new tech on a learning trip and we went to Viet Nam. This is a look at Day 1, sitting on aircraft, sitting in airports and a wander for food and drink. The tech? DJI Pocket 4P and Samsung S22 ultra.