Niagara at Night

Posted by Sugata (Newark, United States) on 15 January 2009 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

I came to the US in mid-August 2008 and I visited Niagara at the end of that same month. Apart from New York City (which is like my own backyard), Niagara is the only major tourist attraction I have seen in this country so far. We saw the colour-changing lights and the fireworks on the Labor Day weekend, and also took all the rides. It was an experience of a lifetime. That was the last weekend when the fireworks took place before closing down for the winter.
This shot is not a photographic masterpiece, but it is special for me due to two reasons. Firstly, as I said, I had stepped outside my home country for the first time and was standing in front of Niagara within a month. Secondly, taking this shot was very difficult as I did not have a tripod and there was no flat surface to keep my camera. The place was amazingly crowded. Eventually I had to precariously balance the camera atop one of the swivelling binocular-with-coin-slot thingies with a rounded head, and miraculously it stayed stationary for this shot and a few others.

Thanks a lot to everyone who commented on my photos, or even stopped by for a visit. The comments have been pouring in pretty fast (there are over 1000 already!) and I'm finding it increasingly difficult to reply to each individually. I'd rather spend that time in viewing others' photos and commenting there. But I do read each comment individually, and if you ask me something specific, I'll answer that.

I am new to the photoblogging world. Still, I thought I would enter for the 2009 Photoblog Awards. Please vote for me if you think I deserve a vote and registering isn't too much of a trouble.

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