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Laser Chief Lower Antelope Canyon Page, Arizona One of my fellow photographer friends, Jave, has a wonderful photo in Lower Antelope Canyon of light beams in front of the Granite Chief. Willie, Yan, and I had spent the night in Page, AZ and we found ourselves with half a day to kill. We arrived at Lower Antelope Canyon before they opened and were the first ones in the canyon. We didn't see anyone for over an hour. At some point one of the Navajo guides walked past and I stopped him and asked if he knew what time the light beams crossed in front of the Granite Chief. He told me that it was later in the afternoon but we had a flight to catch and couldn't wait for that to happen. Willie wanted to get a photograph of the Chief anyways. Willie took some shots and just as we were about to leave I noticed a light beam forming near the eye of the Chief! Sure enough the tiny little light beam grew and grew as the sun came up through the canyon. We stopped and fired a number of photos. I like how this looks like the Chief was Cyclop's early teacher … look at those laser beams coming out of his eye! Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S: 38mm, f/11, 2 sec, ISO 125
Windy Lady Lower Antelope Canyon Page, Arizona Last year I visited Antelope Canyon twice and was blown away both times. When we had a half day to kill on our 2012 trip Willie, Yan, and I immediately knew we'd spend it at Lower Antelope Canyon. We arrived slightly before they opened and were the first people down into the canyon. Because we asked for the photography pass we were given 2 hours in the canyon, by ourselves, without a guide. We didn't see another person in the canyon for at least an hour! Willie and I both bolted for the Lady in the Wind. Although we have photos we both liked we wanted a different take or two on her. I based my photo on Skyflake's (Phill Monson) black and white image from here. I think I practically bullied my way into position, forcing Willie to back up and take a different shot. Just kidding … I was a nice photographer and let him take his shot and then he kindly let me take mine. Turns out he didn't quite get what he wanted but he ended up with a shot he forgot he wanted. I got the shot we wanted but forgot to get the other shot. Doh! Guess I'll have to go back another time! We were treated this morning to beautiful pink, purples, oranges, and yellows during our 2 hour stint here. So beautiful! Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S: 35mm, f/11, 2 sec, ISO 100
Fish are Friends, Not Food Lower Antelope Canyon Page, Arizona Last year I visited Antelope Canyon twice and was blown away both times. When we had a half day to kill on our 2012 trip Willie, Yan, and I immediately knew we'd spend it at Lower Antelope Canyon. We arrived slightly before they opened and were the first people down into the canyon. Because we asked for the photography pass we were given 2 hours in the canyon, by ourselves, without a guide. We didn't see another person in the canyon for at least an hour! While wandering around Lower Antelope Canyon I came across this rock that was getting a pretty purple glow on it. I was on a purple color hunt and as soon as I saw the color I stopped and setup. That's when I realized that this rock looked like a smiling face. I actually thought it looked like a smiling shark. My first thought was "FISH ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD" -- from the movie Finding Nemo. I had to crop this photo to avoid another rock on the right side and now I don't think this looks like a shark anymore. It's a smiling something though. You can make out the nose, the mouth, the shin, and the cheeks. What do you think this looks like? Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S: 70mm, f/10, 1.3 sec, ISO 125
Rocky Lower Antelope Canyon's Dog Page, Arizona When I booked my trip to Southern Utah I never thought the following 2 things: that it would be snowing and that I'd return to Page, AZ. I had made a trip to Page a couple months earlier and taken care of Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend and gotten great photos already -- no need to return so soon. Unfortunately the blizzard that blew into Bryce National Park caused most of the park to close. Since we planned to hike The Wave the following day we had 2 options: stay in Kanab, UT or stay in Page, AZ. It was only 10:30am when we left Bryce and there's nothing to photograph near Kanab so we decided we'd head to Page, pick up a permit for The Wave, and hit up Antelope Canyon/Horseshoe Bend. When we arrived at Lower Antelope Canyon I asked if there was a self-guided tour we could do by ourselves, since I already knew the place and didn't need a guide. The woman told us no, we'd have to go in with a guide and that we'd be the only ones on the 1.5 hour tour. I told her we had to go get our cameras and we could set out. When we got back and the guide realized we had tripods and fancy cameras he told us that we could venture in the Canyons for 2 hours by ourselves as part of their "photo-tour." Perfect! We literally had the entire Lower Antelope Canyon to ourselves for 2 hours -- we only saw people as we rushed out 1 hour and 50 minutes later! My previous visit to Lower Antelope Canyon had been during the morning light. While I think that overall there was "better light" in the morning, the afternoon light was also spectaclar and slightly different. We only found good light in 2 or 3 places but in those places it was even more stunning than the morning light. Morning light brought mostly oranges and yellows but in the afternoon the purple colors came out! In one photo we could capture amazing purples, yellows AND oranges. Stunning! I came to this spot towards the end of the canyon. The light was hitting the canyon walls beautifully and I noticed that the shape of this rock looked kinda like a dog or a wolf's face. You can make out the nose, eyes, and mouth in the rock in the center. I call this dog "Rocky": Antelope Canyon's spiritual guard dog! He played quite nice with us while we were exploring :) Nikon D700 w/Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S: 70mm, f/10, 1/5 sec, ISO 200, Tripod NO HDR -- minor curves, dodge/burning only.
Lady in the Wind Lower Antelope Canyon Page, Arizona Can you see the Lady in the Wind, with her hair blowing back over the rocks? Before I discuss this photo I wanted to mention what I mean by "artograph". I personally believe, and many of you may disagree, that photography is a form of art and that each photographer can take his own artistic path in each of the photos he produces. I do not believe that photography must be realism. After all, our camera sensor doesn't have nearly the dynamic range of our eye and who can say if what our eye see's is reality? Our camera attempts to capture things as it see's, but it too makes decisions on what the scene is: it selects it's own white balance, contrast/saturation levels, etc. We then tweak those in post-processing to do whatever we want to do with a photo. Ok, now I'm rambling. Back to the point.... when I took these photos in Antelope Canyon I noticed that the white balance played an important role on the color in the photo. While playing with the White Balance on this photo I noticed that depending on what temperature I used I could either get purples, yellows, or oranges. The reason I call this an "artograph" instead of a "photograph" is because I exported this photo into Photoshop 3 times: each with different white balances, once to get purples, once to get yellows, and once to get oranges, and then blended them as I saw fit. Nikon D700 w/Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 ED-IF AF-S: 25mm, f/8, 1/4 sec, ISO 200, Feisol Tripod
Sand Falls Upper Antelope Canyon Page, Arizona I've seen many photos of Antelope Canyon and some of my friends include the "sand falls" in which sand is captured falling down off the rocks in slow motion to make it looks like a waterfall. I asked our guide if there were any of these while we were there and the last 2 spots we stopped were for sand-falls! Note that this is not a natural occurrence: our guide had to pick up sand and pour it on the rocks and the run out of the way for our photos. None-the-less, it creates a pretty impressive scene! Yes, there are tons of Antelope Canyon photos out here, but one more from me isn't going to hurt, right?! This shot is part of my Arizona Photovacation Series. On our trip we stopped at Horseshoe Bend, Antelope Canyon (Upper/Lower), the Grand Canyon, and Sedona. Nikon D700 w/Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 ED-IF AF-S: 22mm, f/11, 4 seconds, ISO 200, Feisol Tripod
I just got back from a photovacation around Arizona: specifically Page (Antelope Canyon), the Grand Canyon, and Sedona. Our first stop was in Page where we visited Antelope Canyon. We paid for a photo tour with "Carol Bigfoot Adventures" -- which was well worth the $84 we spent! Her photo-tourguides have the ability to stop people from coming into the cavern and we were able to capture some gorgeous shots without the massive crowds (note that despite my photos having no people, there were probably 300 people in the Canyon. Antelope Canyon is known for it's gorgeous red rocks. Our first stop was Lower Antelope Canyon with its abstractly shaped walls. The second stop was here, in Upper Antelope Canyon which is known for the light rays the enter. Although Upper Antelope Canyon is completely over-photographed I just had to throw a photo or two of it up on Flickr anyways. I really liked this photo because the reflection of the dirt in the light-ray looks like a naked lady (you can make out her hair, breasts, torso, and legs in the light ray). I rented a Nikon D700 for this trip and it performed absolutely stunningly! I already own the Nikon 17-35mm lens and when I threw it on the D700 I was able to go super-wide and get some great photos like this! Nikon D700 w/Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 ED-IF AF-S: 19mm, f/11, 1/5 sec, ISO 200, Feisol Tripod
Antelope's Heart Upper Antelope Canyon Page, Arizona Here is another photo from Upper Antelope Canyon. Page, Arizona was the first stop in our photo vacation. After shooting gorgeous light the previous night at Horseshoe Bend we came into Antelope Canyon at just the perfect time (about 10:30am) when the light was absolutely stunning. I know that Antelope Canyon is completely over-photographed but we had to capture our own images anyways. In this photo the combination of light and rocks creates a heart. I can see why so many people fall in love with Antelope Canyon, and that's part of the reason why it's so dang busy. Trying to get time to setup the tripod, compose the photo, take the picture, and make sure it came out right is darn near impossible. Thanks to "Carol Bigfoot Adventures" for the wonderful photo-tour that we had. We spent 3 hours in the canyon (was only supposed to be 2 hours). I'll prob. post a couple more Antelope Canyon photos before y'all get bored of em! Nikon D700 w/Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 ED-IF AF-S: 30mm, f/11, 0.6 sec, ISO 200, Feisol Tripod
Laser Chief
Lower Antelope Canyon
Page, Arizona

One of my fellow photographer friends, Jave, has a wonderful photo in Lower Antelope Canyon of light beams in front of the Granite Chief. Willie, Yan, and I had spent the night in Page, AZ and we found ourselves with half a day to kill. We arrived at Lower Antelope Canyon before they opened and were the first ones in the canyon. We didn't see anyone for over an hour.

At some point one of the Navajo guides walked past and I stopped him and asked if he knew what time the light beams crossed in front of the Granite Chief. He told me that it was later in the afternoon but we had a flight to catch and couldn't wait for that to happen. Willie wanted to get a photograph of the Chief anyways. Willie took some shots and just as we were about to leave I noticed a light beam forming near the eye of the Chief! Sure enough the tiny little light beam grew and grew as the sun came up through the canyon. We stopped and fired a number of photos. I like how this looks like the Chief was Cyclop's early teacher … look at those laser beams coming out of his eye!

Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S:
38mm, f/11, 2 sec, ISO 125
Laser Chief Lower Antelope Canyon Page, Arizona One of my fellow photographer friends, Jave, has a wonderful photo in Lower Antelope Canyon of light beams in front of the Granite Chief. Willie, Yan, and I had spent the night in Page, AZ and we found ourselves with half a day to kill. We arrived at Lower Antelope Canyon before they opened and were the first ones in the canyon. We didn't see anyone for over an hour. At some point one of the Navajo guides walked past and I stopped him and asked if he knew what time the light beams crossed in front of the Granite Chief. He told me that it was later in the afternoon but we had a flight to catch and couldn't wait for that to happen. Willie wanted to get a photograph of the Chief anyways. Willie took some shots and just as we were about to leave I noticed a light beam forming near the eye of the Chief! Sure enough the tiny little light beam grew and grew as the sun came up through the canyon. We stopped and fired a number of photos. I like how this looks like the Chief was Cyclop's early teacher … look at those laser beams coming out of his eye! Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S: 38mm, f/11, 2 sec, ISO 125" href="javascript:openLB(2403241064,'',XLarge,'',1024,684);">Laser Chief Lower Antelope Canyon Page, Arizona One of my fellow photographer friends, Jave, has a wonderful photo in Lower Antelope Canyon of light beams in front of the Granite Chief. Willie, Yan, and I had spent the night in Page, AZ and we found ourselves with half a day to kill. We arrived at Lower Antelope Canyon before they opened and were the first ones in the canyon. We didn't see anyone for over an hour. At some point one of the Navajo guides walked past and I stopped him and asked if he knew what time the light beams crossed in front of the Granite Chief. He told me that it was later in the afternoon but we had a flight to catch and couldn't wait for that to happen. Willie wanted to get a photograph of the Chief anyways. Willie took some shots and just as we were about to leave I noticed a light beam forming near the eye of the Chief! Sure enough the tiny little light beam grew and grew as the sun came up through the canyon. We stopped and fired a number of photos. I like how this looks like the Chief was Cyclop's early teacher … look at those laser beams coming out of his eye! Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S: 38mm, f/11, 2 sec, ISO 125
Laser Chief
Lower Antelope Canyon
Page, Arizona

One of my fellow photographer friends, Jave, has a wonderful photo in Lower Antelope Canyon of light beams in front of the Granite Chief. Willie, Yan, and I had spent the night in Page, AZ and we found ourselves with half a day to kill. We arrived at Lower Antelope Canyon before they opened and were the first ones in the canyon. We didn't see anyone for over an hour.

At some point one of the Navajo guides walked past and I stopped him and asked if he knew what time the light beams crossed in front of the Granite Chief. He told me that it was later in the afternoon but we had a flight to catch and couldn't wait for that to happen. Willie wanted to get a photograph of the Chief anyways. Willie took some shots and just as we were about to leave I noticed a light beam forming near the eye of the Chief! Sure enough the tiny little light beam grew and grew as the sun came up through the canyon. We stopped and fired a number of photos. I like how this looks like the Chief was Cyclop's early teacher … look at those laser beams coming out of his eye!

Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S:
38mm, f/11, 2 sec, ISO 125
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