Sand FallsUpper 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
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
