October 3, 2011 Antelope Canyon

CaliforniaMama · 10-03-2011, 07:19 AM

Antelope Canyon, Arizona

Photograph by Chris Forman

via National Geographic

glatt · 10-03-2011, 07:26 AM

Nice.

In general, in photography, the lighting is best when the sun is low. You have that "golden hour" around both sunrise and sunset. But in a slot canyon like this, you want the sun to be way up high in the sky. Normally, that would produce flat boring images, but here it's perfect lighting because the light streams down into the cracks.

mizzie · 10-03-2011, 08:44 PM

The weird thing is that the canyon looks very cool and dramatic, but the person looks like a cardboard cutout.

HungLikeJesus · 10-03-2011, 10:36 PM

I couldn't stand all of those stone faces looking down on me.

Sundae · 10-04-2011, 09:39 AM

Don't have such a low opinion of yourself HLJ.
They might not be judging you.

10-03-2011, 07:19 AM	#1
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	October 3, 2011 Antelope Canyon Antelope Canyon, Arizona Photograph by Chris Forman via National Geographic

10-03-2011, 10:36 PM	#4
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I couldn't stand all of those stone faces looking down on me. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

10-04-2011, 09:39 AM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Don't have such a low opinion of yourself HLJ. They might not be judging you. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-03-2011, 07:26 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Nice. In general, in photography, the lighting is best when the sun is low. You have that "golden hour" around both sunrise and sunset. But in a slot canyon like this, you want the sun to be way up high in the sky. Normally, that would produce flat boring images, but here it's perfect lighting because the light streams down into the cracks.

10-03-2011, 08:44 PM	#3
mizzie Resident-in-Training Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 7	The weird thing is that the canyon looks very cool and dramatic, but the person looks like a cardboard cutout.

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