Antelope's HeartUpper 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
Milky Way over Mt. Reynolds Logan Pass, Glacier National Park, Montana Willie, Alan, and I spent a week at Glacier National Park back in August and the trip was everything but what we expected. This particular night was about the only night that went as we intended. The weather forecast seemed great before we arrived but we witnessed poor conditions after poor conditions. For 2 days we couldn't even see our feet the fog was so thick. On our first night the clouds stayed away and we did the one thing we planned on: getting some Milky Way shots from Logan Pass. I had seen this waterfall earlier in the evening and photographed it as the last light hit Mt. Reynolds, disappeared, the stars came out, and eventually the Milky Way moved into position. I knew that Milky Way would eventually move parallel to the right edge of Mt. Reynolds but I didn't realize how long it would take. It wasn't until around midnight that it got dark enough and the Milky Way moved far enough to the right. I used a 4 image focus stack to make sure the entire scene came out in focus. As you'll notice the sky doesn't entirely look as sharp as it could. I rented the lens from BorrowLenses and it quickly became clear that this particular copy of the lens had some serious coma flare issues. I did my best to get rid of some of it but eventually removing it became tedious and I gave up. BorrowLenses customer service was awesome and I was given a coupon for the price of the rental to use another time! Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G ED: Sky: 24mm, f/1.6, 13 seconds, ISO 3200 Foreground: 4 images, 24mm, f/10, ISO 100
MoonriseMoonrise and Last Light on Half Dome Yosemite National Park, California Every year I travel to Yosemite around my birthday in May and my camera is always with me. One photo I have always wanted was the moonrise over Half Dome. At this point in my photography career I didn't know enough to calculate when this would happen and I just kept hoping I would be in the park at the right time to catch it. Although this evening wasn't that night I was excited when I saw the moon pop up over the meadow near Yosemite Falls. I was driving back to our campsite with my girlfriend at the time when I noticed the moon and the last light on Half Dome. I immediately asked her to stop the car so I could take some photos. After receiving the evil eye ... she was hungry after all ... she relented and pulled over. I grabbed the tripod and snapped away as quickly as I could. It wasn't until she had been fed and the smile returned to her face that I was able to finally relax and enjoy the photos I had just taken. Nikon D80 w/Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5: 27mm, f/4.5, ISO 320 (Please excuse the poor settings, I didn't really know what I was doing back then)
