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jrhalphen
 
jrhalphen August 20, 2013
This is an outstanding shot! I would find it hard to believe such a shot if I had not been to Antelope Canyon. We did not see this much color in January.
wolfgang-schram Ultimate
 
wolfgang-schram August 26, 2013
I missed it last time I was at lake Powell through out time but well done I like the cropping you did
AlohaBorah
 
AlohaBorah September 09, 2013
You have a great eye for Photography. :)
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta December 17, 2013
Marvelous shot. Congratulations.
JanelleC
 
JanelleC December 17, 2013
Stunning!!
drakkardarkblade
 
drakkardarkblade December 17, 2013
congrats, fantastic, please check out my works
drakkardarkblade
 
drakkardarkblade December 17, 2013
congrats, fantastic, please check out my works
gopalakrishnan
 
gopalakrishnan December 17, 2013
nice capture !!
catini
 
catini December 17, 2013
Great composition and POV, congrats on your feature!
Ed_Erglis_Photography
 
Ed_Erglis_Photography December 17, 2013
Also great!:)
WileKyK
 
WileKyK December 17, 2013
Fantastic capture! Congratulations on your Feature!
CLARITA
 
CLARITA December 17, 2013
Congratulations
GJUNIORPHOTOGRAPHY
 
GJUNIORPHOTOGRAPHY December 17, 2013
congrats , great colors
cristinmckee
 
cristinmckee December 17, 2013
Beautiful shot. :) You're even hiding a moon in there! If you don't mind my asking, do you know what sort of conditions give this kind of coloration? I'm visiting Bryce next week and we're hiking down into the canyons. Wondering if any particular time or weather is ideal. This looks like a sunny day?
akhtarkhan
 
akhtarkhan December 17, 2013
Excellent colours, detail, shapes and colour tones of Antelope slot Canyon. Amazing textures and view.......superb capture. Clongrats on the feature.
iceman2
 
iceman2 December 17, 2013
Beautiful shot.Congrats!
greenpixphotography
 
greenpixphotography December 17, 2013
Great photo. Keep up the good work.
lito
 
lito December 17, 2013
Superb man!
mjgphotog
 
mjgphotog December 17, 2013
Great shot. I thought it was colored material.
LCdutch
 
LCdutch December 17, 2013
Great shot. Best one of I've seen of the Antelope Slot. Larry
ingridapril
 
ingridapril December 17, 2013
wow!
BirdyBug
 
BirdyBug December 17, 2013
Stunning!!!!
BowmanLifeStudios
 
BowmanLifeStudios December 17, 2013
Very cool POV shot love the colors and contrasts, Very nice Composition. Great Job!
rnjoel
 
rnjoel December 17, 2013
Well done all around. Great color and focus, excellent use of the light and wonderfully cropped.
princessdi6305
 
princessdi6305 December 17, 2013
So beautiful!! Congrats!!
JoanieP PRO+
 
JoanieP December 17, 2013
Magnificent.
sweetpea72
 
sweetpea72 December 17, 2013
WOW...Congrats! (:
carlotaandrade
 
carlotaandrade December 17, 2013
This is amazing! Wow ;)
brentmorris
 
brentmorris December 17, 2013
Very Creative approach
HelenRea
 
HelenRea December 17, 2013
Great POV of this beautiful place...congratulations Craig! :)))
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 December 17, 2013
Gorgeous capture - very cool too! Congrats!
ArtGirl
 
ArtGirl December 17, 2013
Absolutely stunning. AND a new perspective. Bravo! The sinewy sky defines the canyon. Just perfect. Cannot say enough.
FitimMarovci
 
FitimMarovci December 22, 2013
AMAZING
kunalbais
 
kunalbais January 05, 2014
Lovely
mikemalak
 
mikemalak January 18, 2014
nice
Sandy60
 
Sandy60 February 27, 2014
Wow ....
garryfitzpatrick
 
garryfitzpatrick September 17, 2014
Absolutely stunning treatment of this much photographed subject. Brilliant colours
Shulie1
 
Shulie1 December 20, 2014
Amazing image!
RhondaMcD
 
RhondaMcD January 07, 2015
Congratulations on winning Finalist standing. Amazing composition.
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 January 08, 2015
Congrats on being a finalist! Awesome snap!
ttelfair
 
ttelfair January 08, 2015
Congrats on being a finalist, beautiful photo!
dipali
 
dipali January 08, 2015
Absolutely Fantastic! Congrats!
cmorisset PRO+
 
cmorisset January 08, 2015
Wow! Superb capture and comp. Congrats and bravo!
ChristineBoccia
 
ChristineBoccia January 08, 2015
Stunning! So Peter Lik! Congrats!
janland PRO+
 
janland January 10, 2015
Beautiful creative composition and capture! Congrats!
AliAlzuhair
 
AliAlzuhair January 18, 2015
Pretty!
BirdyBug
 
BirdyBug February 22, 2015
Beautiful!! Congratulations!!
alanjohnfrancis
 
alanjohnfrancis March 05, 2015
Just love the colours in this shot and the contrast between light and dark.
Redcow
 
Redcow March 07, 2015
Fabulous image!
Maureen-Isree
 
Maureen-Isree April 10, 2015
Very stunning image of Antelope Canyon.
Chillbrook
 
Chillbrook June 10, 2015
This is a fabulous image Craig. Somewhere I'd like to visit one day!
acpower
 
acpower June 12, 2015
Is this photo for sale?
AkinfeevK
 
AkinfeevK June 11, 2017
Great photo!
ryandaw
 
ryandaw August 15, 2017
Love the lines, love the colour, love the framing, love the edit
muminstudio
 
muminstudio February 18, 2019
preciosa!!!
Byronfairphotography PRO+
 
Byronfairphotography October 13, 2019
Nicely done.
KLClosely
 
KLClosely October 25, 2019
WOW.....Just WOW!!
Mquin
 
Mquin November 28, 2019
Gorgeous!
tracihabergham
 
tracihabergham January 31, 2020
I love this!
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Behind The Lens

Location

Antelope Canyon (Lower), near Page, AZ Video at: http://youtu.be/8hAkFNqgICs

Time

Afternoon

Lighting

If you ever notice, images of these slot canyons rarely shows the sky. This is due to the inevitable bright white exposure wash that is hard to control.

Equipment

Sony A850, Sony 24-105mm, Remote Shutter Release, Benro Tripod

Inspiration

Slot canyons like these were one of my top choices and inspirations for creating images. Because the light plays on the sandstone in ways that change wildly from hour to hour, it is easy to believe why the Navajo regarded these unusual natural areas to have great spiritual significance.

Editing

This image project fuses three frames of different exposures and two different time slices to get the final hand blended still time lapse photograph. No computer HDR used.

In my camera bag

Sony A850, Sony A77, Sony A7R, Sony Lenses, Cine Backpack, Cokin Filters (ND & Grads), Remote Shutter Release, Care & Clean Supplies, Lightning Trigger, Benro Tripod, Mini Tripod, CP Polarizers, Big Stopper, Extra Batteries & Cards, Cell Phone, Beanie Hat & Hand warmers, treats!

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Don't be afraid to shoot in low light and other situations were lighting might not be... easy. Never come back with unused room on the memory cards!

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