[JackieC]

Here are 3 pictures from Niagara falls. Apologies for the large files, I will scale them later when I upload them to my site properly.

Niagara Falls is extremely difficult to photograph. The images consitiantly white out and exposure is difficult to get right. Unfortunately because this was a flying visit, I was restricted to taking the pictures in the middle of the day. I might play around with them in photoshop later.

All images are shot straight to JPEG on Fuji S9000 using Tiffen Polarising Filter, nothing else has been done.

[euylvaygdq]

The 3rd pic came out very nicely. They are indeed hard to photograph, years ago I took some and they were all messed up. I have been to the falls 8 times....

[QxmFwtlam]

Cool pics.. they look like really wide shots. Never knew a P&S can be so wide!!

[MrsGoo]

Cool pics.. they look like really wide shots. Never knew a P&S can be so wide!!

The S9000 is 28mm at the widest angle using 35mm equiv measurements. The range is 28mm to 300mm.

[EntectCelpelm]

Nice, maybe I should get me a polarizer too. Did you try to take any pictures with slower shutter speeds?

[staisacic]

If the Canadians hadn't built those tall hotels right next to it, we wouldn't have that mist cloud over the Canadian falls that obscures the view.

Great pics though. Everytime I go to Niagara, it rains on me. Or it's cloudy and doo doo. Have you ever seen at night when they light up the falls?

[poulaMahmah]

Nice, maybe I should get me a polarizer too. Did you try to take any pictures with slower shutter speeds?

I wanted to but it was too bright. Even at F11 (narrowest apeture for my camera) is was still firing a shutter speed of 1/60 or 1/40 and I didn't take my SLR (F/22 prime lens might have made a difference).

I needed a neutral density filter with me - I only have a graduated sepica one for my SLR, not the Fuji.

[deandrecooke]

I wanted to but it was too bright. Even at F11 (narrowest apeture for my camera) is was still firing a shutter speed of 1/60 or 1/40 and I didn't take my SLR (F/22 prime lens might have made a difference).

I needed a neutral density filter with me - I only have a graduated sepica one for my SLR, not the Fuji.

I got so inspired by your pictures today I ordered me a polarization + ND filter.

Now I'm going out to take pictures for the sunset competition.

[zueqhbyhp]

I got so inspired by your pictures today I ordered me a polarization + ND filter.

Now I'm going out to take pictures for the sunset competition.

I am hoping to submit tonight too. Do your best and good luck.

[hitaEtela]

I am hoping to submit tonight too. Do your best and good luck.

Well I'm back, downloading my shots from the camera as we speak, nearly 140 pics taken tonight. I had a little screw up when I started to shoot the sunset though. I took some pics in a wery dark place before and put the camera in ISO 1600 and forgot about it when I started to shoot the sunset.

[cursing]

I managed to get some shots taken in ISO 200 though, I'll post the best one in the Sunset thread later.

[markphata]

Well I'm back, downloading my shots from the camera as we speak, nearly 140 pics taken tonight. I had a little screw up when I started to shoot the sunset though. I took some pics in a wery dark place before and put the camera in ISO 1600 and forgot about it when I started to shoot the sunset.

[cursing]

I managed to get some shots taken in ISO 200 though, I'll post the best one in the Sunset thread later.

It's still not sunset time here yet - well getting there, but it's clouded over!!

Bugger!

I am still hoping for a break in the clouds and will give it a shot.

[Loolasant]

If the Canadians hadn't built those tall hotels right next to it, we wouldn't have that mist cloud over the Canadian falls that obscures the view.

Our buildings have done no such thing. The size and height of the plume of mist is affected by the temperature differential between the air and the water. The plume is more pronounced in colder months when the air temperature drops below the water temperature.

The American side has plumes of mist too. Mind you, the American side is significantly smaller than the Canadian side.

[Wvq9InTM]

Our buildings have done no such thing. The size and height of the plume of mist is affected by the temperature differential between the air and the water. The plume is more pronounced in colder months when the air temperature drops below the water temperature.

The American side has plumes of mist too. Mind you, the American side is significantly smaller than the Canadian side.

I've read a couple travel articles that mention the mist cloud changing since the construction of the hotels. That's all. I've only been there during summers.

Recent construction of several tall buildings (most of them hotels) on the Canadian side of the falls has caused the airflow over the falls to change direction. Students at the University of Guelph demonstrated, using scale models, that the air passes overtop of the new hotels, which causes a breeze to roll forward down the south sides of the buildings and spill down into the gorge under the falls, where it feeds into a whirlpool of moisture and air. The result is that the viewing areas on the Canadian side are now often obscured by a layer of mist from the falls. It will be very difficult to solve the problem. (*Discovery Channel Canada See a video about the change in windflow over the falls)