Antelope Canyon at Navajo Nation

Upper Antelope Canyon Colors

Focal length: 47mm
Shutter speed: 3.2secs
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/20

The narrow canyon slots in Antelope Canyon, near Page Arizona, offers to the travelers and photographers the unique opportunity to enter the Navajo Land and experience an incredible view of the colorful sand formations with its swirls and waves. Antelope Canyon is a breathtaking place to see in summer when the beams of light pierces the darkness of the canyon slots at noon. This canyon, I have noticed recently, is crowded with tourists and photographers all trying to capture scenes of the canyon. Maybe its the digital world and the use of Internet that these remote locations have become famous for people to travel to. With digital cameras to share pictures with family and friends and Internet photo sharing websites like Flickr or Picasa, these destinations have become popular for tourists to travel too and share the same vision as the initial discoverers. Due to the timing on the sun, there is only a short amount of time in which there is light into the canyons and this is the time when you find the most crowd in these areas. This is my second visit to this canyon but first time with my Canon 5D. Its great to visit over and over because the canyon never has the same lighting or the shapes due to weather conditions being different from the day before or past. I traveled to Antelope Canyon for the Memorial day weekend 2009, having enough time to cover Zion National Park, Horseshoe Bend, Antelope Canyon, Monument Park, Vermilion Cliffs- Cliff Dwellers, and North Rim Grand Canyon. It was a big trip for a three day weekend but since some where time based we prepared ourselves for the next right away. I definitely recommend all these places to be visited if you ever travel to Antelope Canyon. Everything is close by so its best to set aside couple of days for it. So here are some shots from Antelope and I will post the rest according to each post.

Canyon Welcome beam

Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 1/4
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/4

Canyon Main

Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 2.0secs
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/4

Subtle Colors

Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 0.5secs
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/4

George Washington in the Canyon

Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 4.0secs
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/4

Monument Sunset on the Sandstone

Focal length: 50mm
Shutter speed: 1/3
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/4

Sunlight beam

Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 3.2secs
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/4

Sun spotlight

Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 4.0secs
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/4

Looking up in the Canyon

Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 2.5secs
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/4

HDR trial of the Canyons

Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 3 different for HDR
ISO: 100
Aperture: 3 different for HDR

Pockets in the Canyon

Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 6.0secs
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/20

Candle light Pathway

Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 4.0secs
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/20

Enjoy! and PEACE not WAR!