Niagara Falls – Wandering Dawgs

Patti is hosting this week and she has challenged us to explore Juxtaposition as a photographic technique. Patti included this quote to help explain juxtaposition:

“By carefully placing two different objects or concepts together in a photograph…one is able to create an interesting sense of contrast which, in turn, can elicit a reaction, provoke meaningful thought, lead to a story, or just raise a smile. Such juxtapositions will have different effects on different viewers, depending on how they are presented, and on the viewers’ own experience and background. ~Lourens Durand“

This Grandfather walking with his young grandson on a swinging bridge shows the juxtaposition of old and new.

In Glasgow, Scotland, this modern, curved building next to an old stone building shows the juxtaposition of old and new in architecture.

The following gallery shows the use of contrasting sizes to show juxtaposition. It’s hard to comprehend the size of the Statue of Liberty without the contrast of the tiny people at the base of the statue. The man and his dog look tiny standing at the base of the Jolly Green Giant statue. The orange Coast Guard inflatable is small compared to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle. The boat sailing towards Niagara Falls looks small compared to the powerful waterfall.

Last week I enjoyed all of your creative cropping in response to Ritva’s challenge. Thank you to everyone who joined the challenge..

Many thanks to Patti for this week’s challenge. If you would like to join the challenge please be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to Patti’s post Lens-Artists #386: The Power of Juxtaposition.

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Every Day is a Gift

State 29:

Welcome to the next post in my series highlighting states we have visited throughout the years. I hope you will enjoy coming along for the ride!

I will be featuring the states alphabetically. We have never been to New Jersey so the next state in my series is

New York

New York became the 11th state on July 26, 1788. The capital is Albany.

A few years ago we camped in Niagara Falls, Canada. After exploring the Canadian falls we made a day trip into New York where we had close up views of the Bridal Veil Falls and got soaked as we walked along the decks on the Cave of the Winds Tour.

20080613Niagara-Falls-Canadian-Side-(45) — Bridal Veil Falls as seen from Canada

20080614Niagara-Falls-American-Side-(64) — Niagara Falls USA

You will get wet if you take the Cave of the Winds Tour!

20080614Niagara-Falls-American-Side-(39) — You can’t get much closer to the falls that this

20080614Niagara-Falls-American-Side-(24) — Up close to the falls on the Cave of the Winds Tour

Walked under the American Side of Niagara Falls in New York — That’s Henry waving from the Hurricane Deck

Our next stop in New York was Golden Hill State Park. Although the park is located about thirty miles by water from Niagara Falls the drive is a little bit longer. This peaceful state park was exactly what we needed after the excitement of Niagara Falls. Where else can you have a view of a lighthouse and one of the great lakes from your campsite? We enjoyed touring the Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse and Blondie enjoyed swimming in Lake Ontario. The highlight each day was watching a gorgeous sunset over the lake.

Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse overlooking Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario at Golden Hill State Park

Blondie swimming in Lake Ontario at Golden Hill State Park

Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse, NY

Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse at Golden Hill State Park

Sunset at Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse at Golden Hill State Park

I recently returned from a fantastic Mother-Daughter Weekend in New York City. We did all the things on our bucket list and much more. The best part of the weekend for me was seeing the city with my beautiful daughter.