The fact that it took pretty much all day to travel by car and train from Beachburg to the US border at Niagara Falls, resulted in the serendipitous event that I arrived at the falls after dark. I can attest that Niagara Falls is spectacular at night. But it is ultra-spectacular at night in the winter!
Everything was covered in deep snow, which in turn was overlaid by a peculiar sheet of ice. Thankfully, the wind–so cutting it was that night!–was blowing the right direction and kept us from being glazed by ice. Very few people were milling about, afraid to endure the freezing temperatures. It was picture perfect.
Of course, every picture was taken with a tripod. Positioning the camera for pleasing compositions was probably the most difficult task. I kept a tight hand and a close eye on all my equipment; under those conditions, one mistake could have been costly.
Gorgeous pictures, James! It is amazing the compositions you will get at night that simply don’t exist in the day. I am glad you had that opportunity, though perhaps the coldness wasn’t necessary? But that’s one thing about photography – often you have to endure some unpleasant circumstance to obtain better photos.
Wow! 2012 calendar shots! 🙂
2012 calendar, here we come! Can’t wait to start working on it.
WOW! Those are amazing!
Awesome!!! They are beautiful! Defiantly 2012 calendar shots! *smile*