Antelope Canyon, le moment parfait Photo

Photographer’s Note

Antelope canyon is well know for it red rock eroded by water and wind. At noon, during half an hour, light pass through the natural windows and offer an amazing spectacle with lightbeams. The canyon is 400 meters long, is really narrow and offer differents rooms where light pass. Be sure to get your tripod there, really usefull. Oh, and it was more easier to capture than i had imagine. A good metering at low iso with a bracketing give good results.
I had imagine to make an HDR but it was no use.

This one is the viewed because the more beautiful.
But be aware that even if there is nobody on this picture, at this time there is about 150 person on this narrow 400 meters.
To be sure to have nobody on, you need to take a photograph tour at tour operators.
If someone need information and tips, you can email me.

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Aragon1981 (6) 2008-12-22 5:12

Bardzo ³adne kolory, bardzo mnie siê podoba taka kolorystyka, i kadr ciekawy .
Pozdrawiam.
Piotr D.

Bluejeans (32945) 2008-12-22 5:16

Ola Alexis,
MAgnifica esta luz a entrar dentro desta gruta , os detalhes ficaram incríveis , gostei muito das cores, parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

Bom Natal

sayat (2944) 2008-12-22 5:17

Hi Alexis

Fantastic shot! Excellent timing and great light management. Bravo!

Hellas (5157) 2008-12-22 5:17

Very good composition Alexis!
A properly exposed photo with fine texture in the shadows! You managed the light very well my friend!
Beautiful place, indeed!
Thanks for letting us enjoy the view!

Best regards,
Athanasios.

cigdom (2258) 2008-12-22 5:32

Hi Alexis,
Excellent shot! I love the light through sky with beautiful textures of rocks.
Good Job!
TFS
Regards..
Cigdem

nbj (1871) 2008-12-22 5:36

beam me up, scotty. beautiful!

pauloog (6825) 2008-12-22 5:52

Hello Alexis,
A wonderful view indeed, with excellent light management. A pleasure to look at.
Regards,
Paul

pisces (770) 2008-12-22 6:20

A perfect moment indeed, Alexis!
Great capture with the ray of sun coming through from the top! Almost looks like something taken out of scifi movie!
Wonderful colours and details!
TFS
Maria

smarcell (14613) 2008-12-22 6:28

A fantastic spoylight with fantastic forms and colors around
A magic atmosphere
Regards Stefano

ranten (6) 2008-12-22 6:53

The streak of direct overhead sunlight breaks the red. In my view you should have under exposed by at least two stops - this would have prevented the sunlight bleaching out where it hits the ground and also darkened the red to a much more richer colour.

jeffao (502) 2008-12-22 9:23

Perfect sharpness, great colour and texture of rocks, amazing effect of the light cone. Well done!
Jeffao

Romatou (38) 2008-12-22 11:10

Bien vu ! c'est l'hologramme où Obi-Wan Kenobi va arriver pour mettre Anakin et Luke Skywalker sur le chemin de la Force ?

Composition et réalisation superbes , c'est très réussi

Amicalement ,

Wahclellaspirit (3017) 2008-12-22 11:43

Hello Alexis,
A perfect moment caught perfectly! What a catch... A+
Merry Christmas...
Steve

adores (15727) 2008-12-22 16:34

Hi Alexis!
The composition is perfect with that ray of light passing through the rocks. The colours and the shapes are perfect!

gneufeld (15233) 2008-12-22 18:20

Hi Alexis,
A very challenging place to photograph for sure. You did very well and I enjoy your shot. TFS. Gerald

Phil_Journet (240) 2008-12-23 10:24

Bonsoir Alexis,
Magnifique photo. Rien à dire
Philippe journet

rikko77 (6484) 2008-12-24 9:43

Hi Alexis, you managed to take a pic in the right moment in this wonderful place....I could go only to Lower Antelope Canyon...anyway, your pic is perfect, congratulations and I profit by this momento to tell you bon Noël! Rik

Sistercosmo (2653) 2008-12-25 16:58

Wow, Alexis,
this is amazing!! Great photo - what a light! Absolutely beautiful!! Wishing you a great Holiday Season and a healthy, happy New Year, blessed with the priceless gifts - contentment, health and lots of true love!
Warm wishes!
Linda

npecanhuk (14532) 2008-12-25 17:43

Hello Alexis!
Fantastic photograph!
The sunlight passing thru that hole up there in the image and reaching the ground of this wonderful place is simply amazingly wonderful! The colors and shapes of the "walls" of that place are superbly attractive and you have done such an outstanding photo job!
TFS - Congratulations!
Seasons Greetings!
Neyvan

lysy (212) 2008-12-28 6:59

Great Picture :)
Amazing colors:)
Excellent

mark_mk (246) 2008-12-28 8:52

Hi Alexis,
I dare to say that this is my favorite image of the images you posted so far, classical, but oh so beautiful! Perfect exposure handling, perfect light, perfect colors, I love it!!!! Wonderful shot of Antelope Canyon, a shame I missed that, but your image gives me a good idea of its beauty. This one goes into my favorite box, thanks so much for sharing!

Take care
Mark

BlueRaven (35) 2008-12-29 2:20

Bonjour Alexis,

Wow, indeed you captured the perfect moment. What an awesome shot! Excellent colours and light, simply perfect.
I never made it to Antelope Canyon - I think what keeps me away is that it has become too commercialized, with too many people...

Thanks for sharing, see you around
Claudia

brano14 (1936) 2008-12-29 10:16

Great photo, without your note it would be hard to even understand what is happening.
It is all about light and you did an amazing job.
Thanks!

fulvio52 (8314) 2008-12-30 10:28

Hi, Alexis.
I've been a few times at Upper Antelope Canyon, absolutely awesome and basically impossible to photograph, with all those people walking around in such a tiny place and no real time available for long exposures... So, looking at your effort I've got to say you've done a truly great job in terms of light management. Rock textures and colors are simply brilliant, COOL SHOT! Happy New Year, my friend. I'll be seeing you.
Fulvio.

Greg1949 (8515) 2009-01-03 4:26

Alexis, you are right, this is a perfect capture. Everything about it is great so there is no further comment I can make, superb effort.

Greg

mikele_pl (2304) 2009-02-05 12:55

Hi!

just another fantastic photo in your gallery, it is a kind of photo I always dream to take!

greetings

michal

PS I am out of smileys today, sorry!

Jonas_Schmitt (3074) 2009-05-13 11:34

Hello Alexis!
Wonderful, this one is really wonderful ! I was in Antelope Canyon last year and I also liked it a lot, but unfortunately we didn´t see such light phenomens like you did. Anyway, I envy you for that and also for the photo which shows this natural miracle perfectly. Technically everything is well done and I like the atmosphere of the photo a lot, too :)
Best regards and congratulations for this wonderful photo,
Jonas

ku-fotak-chtik (1132) 2009-06-04 7:05

I would repeat what have other people written.

Just a one word: SPECTACULAR!!!

Kind Regards Jiri