My stepson lived-in Niagara Falls from 2011-until 2018. So most years we were there twice a year,June and Christmas. I'm up to 2014, 20 15's images have been lost.
But I'm up to 394 imsgre at stop time today.

here are some of the ones I found interesting.

This one taken by Tess out the car window on the way home.Canada's Wonderland in a December sunset.


I have lots of photos of random strangers....I find this one more interesting than most. Maybe the danger sign adds drama?



Tough guy with his tough dog.


I was there for the 2013 ice storm.


One person always has to be different.


Photographers, always taking un-necessary risks.


The other thing I find interesting was, most have never been posted before. They were sitting on my hard drive waiting to be discovered.

I've discarded over 1000 files in the last few days, and am waiting for a new 6T hard rive to come (after 2 days in a new one I'd bought for the purpose crashed. It's being replaced on warranty, but they don't pay for your time lost.) Some of it is backed up and ready to go when the new drive arrives, some of it will have to be redone. In any case, thinning the number of files on my older drives is a good thing to do in the interim.. I'm preparing to leave Aperture behind. Now that I have to do all this stuff, I realize how much time Aperture saved me and how much hard drive space. Aperture did it all for me, incredibly efficiently. I'll need 3 times the hard drive space now that it's gone.

Tomorrow I start 2016, and there are 750 images, just from June that year. It's' my self isolation project.

[Martin Stu]

Do you have any direct pictures of the waterfall itself?

[RICHARD L.]

[normhead]

Do you have any direct pictures of the waterfall itself?

Of course, but you can buy postcards, you don't need me for that.

You didn't ask for the rainbow and the Maid of the Mist... a bonus special just for you.

K-5 and DA 10-17 at 14mm, April 1212.


You didn't ask for the rainbow and the Maid of the Mist... a bonus special just for you.
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You're making me wonder if we need a Niagara Falls thread, and I'm not saying that just because I already have at least 750 Niagara Falls keepers culled from a cast of thousands.

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[Kerrowdown]

Niagara Falls

The first time I was there, I arrived at night after driving down from Toronto... after checking in I thought I'd go see Falls lit up at night.

Went down and asked at reception where the falls were?

The reply was... go to the front door and follow the noise.

[normhead]

The first time I was there, I arrived at night after driving down from Toronto... after checking in I thought I'd go see Falls lit up at night.

Went down and asked at reception where the falls were?

The reply was... go to the front door and follow the noise.

They do make a bit of noise.

[boriscleto]

Any photos of Marineland? Now that Canada has outlawed keeping cetaceans in captivity I don't think it will reopen after social distancing ends...

[normhead]

Having hung out with the locals and hearing what an incredibly rude arrogant abusive person the original owner was, I find it hard looking at the place just driving by. So if it does shut down, it won't break many hearts.

[slowpez]

I went there as a kid. The only vacation we ever took. My hubby and I went back a few years ago as he had never seen it. One of those places you never forget.

[boriscleto]

Having hung out with the locals and hearing what an incredibly rude arrogant abusive person the original owner was, I find it hard looking at the place just driving by. So if it does shut down, it won't break many hearts.

I was only there once...41 years ago...

[normhead]

The only reason I got to know the place was Rick lived there. Free accommodation, Teresa could cook.We were there for up to 8 days at a time, lots of time to explore the area and also the attractions. I had a walk where most of these images were taken, that I did every day the weather was favourable. Park (for free) at Dufferin Island, walk down past the old power plant to the falls along the parkway. Tripper always came with me on his leash.

[Martin Stu]

You didn't ask for the rainbow and the Maid of the Mist... a bonus special just for you.

many thanks

You're making me wonder if we need a Niagara Falls thread, and I'm not saying that just because I already have at least 750 Niagara Falls keepers culled from a cast of thousands.

it would be nice, this is truly a natural miracle
I wonder at what distance the sound of falling is heard?

[Kerrowdown]

I wonder at what distance the sound of falling is heard?

At least to the front door of my hotel... see post 5 in this thread.

[RGlasel]

I find this one more interesting than most. Maybe the danger sign adds drama?

I doubt it, I would never have noticed the sign if you hadn't mentioned it. What I found interesting was the synchronized walking by the two women on the left.

I've been there once, in 1985, somehow in the other 30 or so times I've been to Ontario it wasn't part of the itinerary (which is a pity). I have a few 35mm slides taken with a Braun rangefinder that didn't have a light meter, that I could get scanned, but I think I'll just view whatever you decide to post instead.

[normhead]

I doubt it, I would never have noticed the sign if you hadn't mentioned it. What I found interesting was the synchronized walking by the two women on the left.

I've been there once, in 1985, somehow in the other 30 or so times I've been to Ontario it wasn't part of the itinerary (which is a pity). I have a few 35mm slides taken with a Braun rangefinder that didn't have a light meter, that I could get scanned, but I think I'll just view whatever you decide to post instead.

The Ontario slow pitch championships used to be held in Niagara Falls. They happened to fall on our shortstop's anniversary. He promised to rent a high end room for the wife and kids in one of the hotels near the falls so he could go.

By the time he'd paid for two nights, and two days of fine restaurant meals, I think his tab came to close to $1000. They invited us all to the high end restaurant in their hotel for dinner, separate checks of course. For my wife and I it came to $150, and that was 1 meal for 2. That's a dedicated baseball player. But it's also Niagara Falls. It doesn't matter how much you start with. Between the hotels and casinos, you can blow it all.