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Upper Antelope Canyon in Arizona is among the most beautiful slot canyons in the southwestern United States. It attracts thousands of visitors on guided tours e...
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Upper Antelope Canyon in Arizona is among the most beautiful slot canyons in the southwestern United States. It attracts thousands of visitors on guided tours each year. I visited there early on a winter morning as part of the first tour group that day. As our group approached the exit of the canyon, the far end of the canyon glowed in golden early morning highlight. The foreground interior of the canyon was still quite dark, so I exposed for the background highlights and underexposed the foreground. Because only hand-held cameras are allowed in the canyon, I used as slow a shutter speed as possible without blurring the image. During processing I pulled the foreground details and colors out of the underexposed shadows.
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12 Comments |
deekaycee Ultimate
 
deekaycee February 02, 2023
Cool! Way to go on being a Monthly Pro runner up!
pixelmac PRO+
 
pixelmac February 02, 2023
Beautiful shot. In similar situations, I had good results usinghand-held HDRs. Making a burst of 3-5 shots typically results in pictures "close enough" so they can be aligned by the HDR programs
billsisson Platinum
billsisson February 03, 2023
Thanks
Rmay1
 
Rmay1 February 07, 2023
Congratulations on runner up for monthly pro.
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billsisson February 07, 2023
thanks
hamidrezamirmoazi
 
hamidrezamirmoazi February 12, 2023
the interest and diffrent view point. thanks for inovative vision....
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billsisson February 12, 2023
Thank you
stevecarlson_7965
 
stevecarlson_7965 February 14, 2023
WOW! takes a second to realize what you are looking at. Great shot!
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billsisson February 14, 2023
thanks
kathammond_0371
 
kathammond_0371 February 14, 2023
This is amazing! I absolutely love this photo!
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billsisson February 14, 2023
Thank you
marycassitydittman PRO
 
marycassitydittman March 09, 2023
Magnificent, Magical and Memorable. Great job with this one.
michaelmarcoux
 
michaelmarcoux April 14, 2023
One of the best canyon shots I've seen and "handheld"? Wow!!!
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billsisson April 15, 2023
thank you
taisianazarova
 
taisianazarova June 06, 2023
It’s like magic but real - love it!
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billsisson June 06, 2023
Thanks
alinemiranda_8743
 
alinemiranda_8743 August 11, 2023
Absolutely stunning
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billsisson August 12, 2023
thanks
DAsEye Platinum
 
DAsEye September 10, 2023
Such a beautiful shot
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billsisson September 10, 2023
Thank you
DebbieBayes Platinum
 
DebbieBayes Jan 10
This is amazingly beautiful. Well taken.
billsisson Platinum
billsisson Jan 10
thank you
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