Rainbow at American Falls Photo

Photographer’s Note

American Falls (also called Rainbow Falls). It's the second largest of the 3 waterfalls at Niagara Falls State Park (one of the natural wonders of the world).

Starting your tour upstream, you will catch some neglected perspectives of Horse Shoe Falls. You will also be able to view the natural whirlpools. These are created by the river's response to its increasing acceleration and pending descent. Check out all of the views on the American side, because you can get pretty darn close (within a few meters).

But the best views are from the Canadian side, so don't miss that! Also of note are some more natural whirlpools about a 5 mile drive downstream.

This photo was taken from above the American Falls on a beautiful day in May 2005. I utilized the typical post-processing (slight contrast and auto levels).

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fkk (1806) 2006-02-08 2:35

Merhaba Scott;
wonderful capture, i like the view
excellent photo
great job.
welcome to trekearth

ilk baslangic icin harika bir secim böyle giderse senden cok güzel fotograflar görecegiz.

catman-fatih

huahoa (3691) 2006-02-08 3:29

Hi Scott,
Very beautiful and spectacular composition, i like the curve formed by the rainbow. the different contrast between fore- and background is nice too.
Thanks for sharing
Hoa

Furachan (0) 2006-02-08 6:21

Well, you're off to flying start, Scott, with this excellent scenic shot. I mean, it's not really what I do, but this is a serikous composition with tremendous placement of the rainbow across the diagonal. It's all there!
Cheers,
Francis

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avista (0) 2006-02-08 7:04

Hi Scott
Great great picture.
Rainbow is like to comming from the boat.
Regards.

jhm (85052) 2006-02-08 7:20

Hello Scott,
I will browsed once your gallery and I find but one very beautiful picture, I like curve the rainbow to finish on the boat, the foam beneath give a extra view to you picture, I find you have to more picture placing on TE, seven month ago you place your first photograph!
I appreciate very much your visit
Greetings from Europe Belgium
John

kajspice (4534) 2006-02-08 10:34 [Comment]

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quillo (7594) 2006-02-08 18:45

Bienvenido y felicidades por tu primer trabajo, es muy interesante por la composición y por los contrastes de color y luz. El detalle del Arco-Iris es muy bueno. Me gusta.

Un abrazo desde España. ....... Paco

mpr (327) 2006-02-09 14:35

Nice job scott. I once visited Niagra when I was younger and really want to go back someday. This shot has excellent colors and motivates me to get my butt back there. :)

sonata (16) 2006-02-17 7:25

hi scott,

fabulous photo. real wonder. keep sharing.

sonata

Chips12 (284) 2006-02-17 7:27

Hi Scott
Good pic
Nice POV and very deep
Well done

Pierre

coco (28701) 2006-02-27 7:57

Hi Scott.
More sharpness would add, even, more interest to the photo.
Nice composition and nice moment. The rainbow also looks great.

Well done.

don_narayan (2014) 2006-02-28 0:04

Hi Scott. There must be a pot of gold on that boat!! It's a nice shot of the rushing water and the mist in the air and the rainbow is perfectly placed. looking forwards to seeing more.

Narayan

sined (4513) 2006-03-08 0:42

how lucky you are
to have a rainbow at your feet !
I like this bird view !

Polonaise (5640) 2006-03-22 23:08

This is great, Scott!
You realize of course, you were "somewhere over the rainbows". And the word 'over' means 'above' rather in this case.
Great, professional reaction to the wonder of nature.
Very informative note.
George
PS: "Misty Queen" in action,eh?

mmdon573 (512) 2006-03-24 12:48

Another excellent shot. You are great. I must say you should have few more photos for sharing...
thanks

recepyuksel (17786) 2006-05-01 9:04

great composition...congrats

batalay (21821) 2007-02-15 16:18

Hello Scott,

I had submitted a shot of Niagara Falls, but this is far more intersting than mine. The rainbow with the rather small radius of curvature points right to the "pot of gold." A friend in Hawaii just sent me a spectacular series of rare shots of Niagara Falls when it all froze up in 1911. If you are interested receiving it, drop me a note to my university email address, batalay@umw.edu and I will forward it to you. Thanks for letting us see your astonishing photo.

Regards,
Bulent

olivierduc (291) 2007-02-20 7:36

Beautiful shot, nice job getting the Maid of the Mist right in the rainbow! I didn't get to see the falls from the American side, I would have loved to get really close to the falls. I'll post some shots from the Canadian side some time soon, come and check it out.
Olivier.

uccia84 (720) 2007-02-20 7:41