Love affair with the setting sun.

I am definitaly developing a love affair with a giant ball of gas...

and by that, I of course mean the stunning sun.

At night

I really wish I had had my tripod...

but there is still an element of beauty there... I kinda love the Falls...

Rapids.

White water rafting anyone?

Mind you the last rapid is a pretty steep drop.

I took several successive pictures of the rapids... I can't wait to layer them and play with the channel mixer in PhotoShop!

Sunset on the city

It's fascinating, Niagara Falls, New York... is kinda a podunk nowhere little town with a HardRock cafe (they have Wifi) and a kick ass State Park... but that's basically it. Niagara Falls, Ontario... is a very lovely city... with several casinos.

Rainbow Bridge

Yes. I admit it. I stood in the middle of Rainbow Bridge ...

and hopped back and forth going,

"Now I'm in Canada. Now I'm in the US.

Now I'm in Canada. Now I'm in the US."

Yup... I'm a big dork.

Sunset through the trees...

I honestly think I'm developing an obsession with sunset...

Mind the SIgns

This is one time where I don't dare disobey the signs.

Lechworth day 2

Inspiration Point

For the moment, I'm not doing any editing...

but I took another shot with the correct exposure for the sky and

I look forward to combining the shots together for a little perfection.

Lechworth day 2

I rather enjoy the way the Oak on the left gets back lit by the sun...

but pretty much everything else about this shot needs a bit of work.

I'll likely start with pulling some texture and color back in the sky...

and then pull out the colors in the tree-line.

Lechworth day 2

Just popping up a few un-retouched shots, let me know what you think.

Vulture.

Letchworth Test shots

Out of everything... I must say... this one is my personal favorite.

Letchworth Test shots

There are some shots you just can only get during certain times of the day...

Originally my dad was going to come with me to the park... but I was leaving so late that he said: "It'll be too dark to get anything good. You need the midday sun to photograph the gorge because it runs north-south."

Well.. I beg to differ... I think a real photographer can pull something beautiful in any light.

Letchworth Test shots

What won't I do for my art?

I took the little jaunt out to Lechworth State Park today to do some scouting.

I think I'll pop a few pics up here, they're nothing too special, but in two days the leaves may have fallen off when I get there (that's my luck) and I won't get anything good.

I know it's not terribly impressive... but I damn near slipped and fell to my death while taking this shot... and of course Kendall was in the car and never would have seen a thing... and probably would have gotten fingered for my murder or something... (I watch too much forensic files).

I might have to go play with it in photoshop to get a little more out of it. *shrug*