Niagara River sceneFeel free to correct my wild-assed guess at any time Mr. Mac and I have a question for you. What is the effect where everything except the water is still? This scene reminds me of that effect, but I bet its a technology limitation rather than an effect, eh?
It looks to me that the river is flowing left to right or away to the woman's right. The water appears to be pushing toward the flora on the left, creating turbulence against the bank under it in the form of lighter appearance. Then as it flows passed the land the lighter water moves to the same side as the woman. This creates an eddy just to the right of the flora, darker in appearance. Water flowing away from the camera could put this woman on the US side of the Niagara River. Would it not?
these old photos show a less hectic time some of us have never known.
Oh, it was plenty hectic back then too Larry, possibly as much, or even more, than it is today. It's just that photography took a great deal more time and effort than it does now and it was reserved for vacation periods. Even today, most people don't regularly take pictures of their jobs. I have a bunch that I took during the 1960's and 1970's. Almost all of them were taken during the two weeks vacation we had each year. If someone looked at only those pictures, it would suggest that the 60's and 70's were very pastoral and that no one then ever did anything but lay around on a beach.
What is the effect where everything except the water is still?
When an exposure is of long enough duration to record the movement of water (flowers, etc. in a breeze) to record such movement across a sensor or film plane, the effect is a "silky" appearance. Objects in the same frame that are immobile, record in focus.
The Niagara River flows north I believe. But depending on bends in the river, such a scene can be deceiving. I'm guessing that the woman is on the US side rather than in Ontario.
I am sure someone will nail it for us. (Assuming I haven't scanned the slide on the reverse rather than obverse side and the orientation is correct (sorry for throwing the curve ball OM).
I thought of that after the post was made. Besides, you can't hit a curve unless you swing and miss at afew. And yes, the maps show it going generally north depending...thanks for the effect explaination.
Love genre scenes, in painting and photography.
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Great steps back in time AMac, these old photos show a less hectic time some of us have never known.
Niagara River sceneFeel free to correct my wild-assed guess at any time Mr. Mac and I have a question for you. What is the effect where everything except the water is still? This scene reminds me of that effect, but I bet its a technology limitation rather than an effect, eh?
It looks to me that the river is flowing left to right or away to the woman's right. The water appears to be pushing toward the flora on the left, creating turbulence against the bank under it in the form of lighter appearance. Then as it flows passed the land the lighter water moves to the same side as the woman. This creates an eddy just to the right of the flora, darker in appearance. Water flowing away from the camera could put this woman on the US side of the Niagara River. Would it not?
Oh, it was plenty hectic back then too Larry, possibly as much, or even more, than it is today. It's just that photography took a great deal more time and effort than it does now and it was reserved for vacation periods. Even today, most people don't regularly take pictures of their jobs. I have a bunch that I took during the 1960's and 1970's. Almost all of them were taken during the two weeks vacation we had each year. If someone looked at only those pictures, it would suggest that the 60's and 70's were very pastoral and that no one then ever did anything but lay around on a beach.
When an exposure is of long enough duration to record the movement of water (flowers, etc. in a breeze) to record such movement across a sensor or film plane, the effect is a "silky" appearance. Objects in the same frame that are immobile, record in focus.
The Niagara River flows north I believe. But depending on bends in the river, such a scene can be deceiving. I'm guessing that the woman is on the US side rather than in Ontario.
I am sure someone will nail it for us. (Assuming I haven't scanned the slide on the reverse rather than obverse side and the orientation is correct (sorry for throwing the curve ball OM).
I thought of that after the post was made. Besides, you can't hit a curve unless you swing and miss at afew. And yes, the maps show it going generally north depending...thanks for the effect explaination.
I also found this 1904 map of the falls area, but I haven't connected the two...
Edit: that link doesn't work. It's the last map in this list .