Horseshoe Falls Early Autumn No 03

by Roger Passman

Title

Horseshoe Falls Early Autumn No 03

Artist

Roger Passman

Medium

Photograph - Photographic Prints/limited Edition Prints/licensing

Description

Niagara Falls, Ontario, is a Canadian city at the famous waterfalls of the same name, linked with the U.S. by the Rainbow Bridge. Its site on the Niagara River's western shore overlooks the Horseshoe Falls, the cascades' most expansive section.

The verdant green color of the water flowing over the Niagara Falls is a byproduct of the estimated 60 tons/minute of dissolved salts and "rock flour" (very finely ground rock) generated by the erosive force of the Niagara River itself. The current rate of erosion is approximately 1 foot (0.30�m) per year, down from a historical average of 3 feet (0.91�m) per year.

I photographed the falls from a high perch on the patio of one of the gift shop restaurants. The restaurant opened at Noon; it was still before 10:00 AM giving me free reign of the patio. From this vantage point some of the debris from the natural erosion of the falls stuck its head above the everpresent mist. Using an 18-105 mm lens set at 70 mm at 0.5 sec exposure (the camera was on a tripod and I used a ND filter set to about 5) one is able to see the pointed end of the rocks released by these powerful falls as they work their way back to Lake Erie creating the Niagara Gorge. Onlookers may also be seen at the railing on Goat Island on the US side of the falls observing this magnificent waterfall. It seems to me that there are two people trying to climb the fence on Goat Island to the right of the larger grouping; candidates for the Darwin Award.
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A limited edition of 25 prints signed and numbered by the photographer are available directly from our studio. Sizes equivalent to any of the sizes offered as a print by demand through this online gallery are offered in this limited edition. These prints are only available directly from our studio gallery. Prints are delivered by US Mail rolled in a tube. For more information please contact me using the SEND PRIVATE MESSAGE option in the left sidebar of most of our online gallery pages.
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I processed the raw image file shot with a Canon 60D with an 18-55mm IS lens using Photomatix Pro 5, filters from Topaz Labs including

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September 13th, 2016

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