Canyon

• Dennis Banks.

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After Bryce Canyon exploration and our brief stint with the cold we went on to Moab, UT. The gateway town to both Arches and Canyonlands-Island in the sky National Parks. On our first day we decided to tackle the popular destinations and visited one of the most famous geological formations, the Mesa Arch of Canyonlands. There is a pretty short hike to get to the arch which is actually not as huge as I envisioned it but spectacular nonetheless. The only problem is the number of people at location, being one of the most photographed locations in Utah and perhaps southwest itself it's pretty popular even on a cold December morning. Thankfully I am early enough to get a decent spot, I heard some photographer to my left camped out in the location since 4 am for a sunset at 7am.

Anyways we had a nice time talking to fellow photographers about the locations and had a blast sharing tips regarding techniques. I made this pano shot once everyone started to leave after the sun burst through the horizon. This is a four shot panorama of the whole arch, with the early morning sun providing amazing light on the valley below.

USA 2011 - Canyonlands

Canyonlands National Park

USA 2011 - Antelope Canyon

• Guru Nanak…

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Now let's move on to the customary shot of mesa arch, the sunburst through the arch just as the sun breaks the horizon. I had actually prepared for this a bit and through the use of this amazing app called photopills knew that the winter sun will rise to the right of the arch. So while most people were clamoring to get to the left of the arch, there were only a couple to the right side. Problem with staying to the left was that once the sun comes out you will only have a few minutes for sunburst as the arch is more open and the rising sun will soon overpower everything, while on the left side the arch opening is narrow so we had more flexibility to shoot the sunstar.

The one thing that surprised me most about the arch was how small it actually is, its tiny. Most of the photographers there were actually using fisheye lenses, I believe to accentuate the width of the arch and to get the whole thing in a single frame. But small or not this was a stunning sigh albeit a little crowded.

• Franklin P. Jones.

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Another shot from lower antelope canyon at page, AZ. this is one of my favorite shot from the trip as it has a clear representation of all the texture on the canyon walls. This one was taken pointing straight up from where we were standing and there was no sky visible. One of the challenges of shooting in a V shaped canyon is shooting straight up as there is simply not enough to room for even to stretch your tripod out. Thanks for visiting and have a nice day.

• Arthur Koestler.

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Sand falls at Upper Antelope Canyon, Navajo Nation. This was one of the hardest shots I have ever taken, the guide we had was blocking the tourist from walking into the frames and I had a broken plastic tripod to rest the camera and hope for the best regarding camera shake. I actually took about 5 shots of the falls and of that I got three without any shake and even though they were all high ISO, in post prod I was able to get decent enough shots. I wanted to convert them to B&W using NIK software just t see the effects and I fell in love with the look of this one.

Hope everyone likes its and enjoyed the first weekend of 2014..

USA 2011 - Antelope Canyon

USA 2011 - Antelope Canyon

A passing storm over the Fairy-tale canyon in Kyrgyzstan lit by the setting Sun.

• Elbert Hubbard.

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This shot was taken at Lower Antelope Canyon during our last trip to Page, Arizona. My guide pointed out this formation to me which he nicknamed “wave”. You basically has to take the shot pointing the camera straight up to the sky and the light range is so varied, the only way to get anywhere near a good exposure is to use HDR. I am glad I had enough time to make this shot.

Thanks for visiting, have a great day.

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• Charles W. Chesnutt.

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On the third day of our Grand Canyon Trip we visited the beautiful little town of Page Arizona and the famous Antelope Canyon. The day started out real bad as the alarm didn’t go off and we were late. Coupled with that there was a lot of fog and we had to drive extremely slowly due to very low visibility. Then half way to the trip my wife told me that we forgot to pack the tripod, which in a low light location like a slot canyon makes it impossible to shoot. To say I was mad would be an understatement.

Anyways we reached the tour area I asked the guide if I could rent a tripod somewhere and he gave a plastic tripod which could no way holdup the heavy D800. I decided to make the best of a situation and used it but I only managed very few shots without camera shake. The Canyon itself was mind blowing though and I am sure I will be back, better prepared the next time.