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Shades of Antelope Canyon



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Nathan-Mnemonic
 
Nathan-Mnemonic January 30, 2016
Really interesting contrast!
ssharma
ssharma February 22, 2016
Thanks a lot !
adriansart Platinum
 
adriansart February 02, 2016
An incredible b/w!
ssharma
ssharma February 22, 2016
Thanks !
gaildouglas_3506
 
gaildouglas_3506 February 22, 2016
I love the contours and contrasts. Very interesting to see this in b&w.
ssharma
ssharma February 22, 2016
Thank you :)
tetvet PRO+
 
tetvet February 24, 2016
cool image,great lines
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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo at Lower Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona. Its one of the most beautiful places i've seen so far.

Time

Its taken around the 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Lighting

So this place is all about lighting. The key factor here is that you need to click during the time when you can see lots of different colors (shades) when sun is hitting the rock formations.

Equipment

I use my old Sony A390 with my favorite Tamron 11-16/2.8 wide angle lens . For this shot i did not use a flash at all because flash will wash out all the shades on the rocks.

Inspiration

Actually i had seen this shot before (i've seen lots of colored versions) but no one tried in monochrome. So i really wanted to click this myself so i can do some experiments on it.

Editing

I used Adobe Lightroom to process this picture. I always shoot in RAW so i can get the full control on the processing. The only thing i did was it to convert it to monochrome and i used Silver Efex Pro for this purpose. No doubt Silver Efex Pro is the best when it comes to monochrome conversion.

In my camera bag

Sony A77 mark II Tokina 11-16/2.8 mm lens Tamron 90 mm prime lens Sigma 70-300 mm telephoto lens. A remote timer and some filters. Light weight travel tripod

Feedback

The only advice i have is that always be prepared. You should know your camera very well because when shooting at this hour light changes very fast and you need to change your camera settings accordingly. For this particular shot lighting is everything. Try to click at the time when sun is hitting the rocks so you can get all those cool shades.

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