Niagara by night

[farnz]

On a trip to beautiful Canada last year a friend and I took the obligatory trip to the falls and on a whim at 6pm decided to stay the night.

I looked up and noticed that the Marriot Hotel had a huge sign across the front advertising its phone number so I rang it on the off-chance that they had a couple of spare broom cupboards at the back of the car park that we could get cheaply.

The rooms we were given were suprisingly cheap yet luxurious and on the 22nd floor overlooking the falls. The shot below was taken from the window of my room. Sometimes you just can't beat dumb luck.

Thanks for looking and, as ever, your comments are welcome.

Pete.

M8 and CV15.

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[imiges]

Pete,
Very nice long exposure and love all the different lights!
Well composed too and lovely detail!

Amado

[stuny]

Pete -

Gorgeous -- superb in every way.

I wrote the following in my comment on Olaf's (Dr. No) Niagara photos:

"In about 1960 my father, a Carnegie trained electrical engineer, changed his consulting business to purely theater design work. Sometime in the 1970s the Canadian Government commissioned him to relight the Falls. Prior to that the Falls were lighted by 16 huge carbon arc lamps atop the Queen Victoria building, just behind you when you shot the first image. For the testing and proof of concept my father had a 10 kilowatt xenon lamp installed at the Queen Victoria building adjacent to the older lamps, along with a huge Klieg follow spot so that they could project shaped light (I cut a sheet of copper to project the shape of a maple leaf for the test, using a Canadian penny as my model – I came along to do the photographic documentation). He also had another xenon lamp and generator mounted on a truck’s flatbed to be used upriver to backlight the plume of mist, and to be moved down into the gorge to front light the plume. Each xenon lamp was brighter than the 16 carbon arc lamps combined. The tests were successful, and they replaced the old lamps with 23 xenon lamps, each with a color changer mounted up front, and they kept the Klieg light, too."

[zernikepolynom]

Hi Pete,

this image is a good reason not to avoid the 'classic' tourist's themes even if they have been taken before. There is always a new sight for them. Nice experience also to go with the image.

Cheers

Stefan

[roguewave]

Pete, cool image.

[hiphop]

Very nice shot ! Good us of the CV15 which seems to be an excellent lense.
Pierre-Olivier

[Doc Henry]

Thanks for showing us this picture Pete
Very nice shot and beautiful colors
When i was at this place 20 years ago you don't have Mariot hotel
Now i see that roads and building replace the nature i have seen before : great change !

[TONTONTINTIN.123]

Pete, superb colors and composition.

[wolfnowl]

Love the lighting and the flow (both water and traffic).

Mike.

[farnz]

My apologies for the delayed response - I'd forgotten that I'd posted this image.


Imiges, Stuart, Ben, Doc Henry, Martin, and Mike: thanks very much for taking the time to look and comment and for your kind comments!

Stefan: Thanks and I agree, there's always a new way to show an old subject if one spends the time visualising and composing.

Pierre-Olivier: Thanks, and I too am constantly surprised by the outstanding performance of this tiny, inexpensive lens.

Pete.