Bolt
Tie Down
Bellamy Harbor Park
I have a few regular haunts that are not too far from the house. Bellamy Harbor Park is in the south of Rome, NY along the Barge Canal where the Black River enters. Surprisingly I haven’t visited as much as usual this summer. The other night I stopped by and was greeted with plenty of photographic opportunities. Now I don’t know if there just happened to be more going on that night or I have learned to see more of them. 🙂
Boat Wake
I hadn’t been down to the canal park at the bottom of Rome most of the summer. Last night the sky was clear and I felt the chance for any nice sunset images were slim. I had a great time exploring along the canal. The opportunities were plenty; kayakers, ducks, fishermen, etc., but what really caught my eye was the wake from the party boat as it slowing moved down the canal.
Squared – SQ08
The Middle Falls
I think what I enjoyed the most about my visit to Letchworth State Park were the amount opportunities within the park. I only explored the upper half of the park from one side of the gorge. Granted it was probably the most frequented areas of the park (which I can attest to at Middle Falls) but I also had no problem finding areas to explore by myself with almost no one else around.
This is the Middle Falls…
Kinetics
Squared – SQ07
Another in the Squared series. A small section of the Niagara River just prior to the American Falls. The best view of the falls is from the Canadian side of the river. The traffic was more than I cared to wait through and I had never explored Goat Island which is home to Niagara Falls State Park. I found this little section of turbulent water along a path from Luna Island toward the pedestrian bridge to the observation tower.
Movement
My original intent was to capture a view of the Niagara River with the wonderfully turbulent flow. I liked the lamp post that just turned on as I was walking toward the falls and thought this would be a nice image. There were too many people enjoying the park that night and my plan for a people free image were dwindling.
But then I thought it would be a better image if I included the people. It was late, getting dark and I would be using close to a 1 second shutter so the blurred movement of the people would go with the movement energy of the river.
At least that was my thought…












