Our next stop after the Grand Canyon on our long scenic detour back to Colorado was in Page, Arizona, where we spent a day hiking a slot canyon similar to the famous Antelope Canyon but without the crowds. See LOTS more photos below!
Despite my aversion to the clichéd photos which slots canyons generate in abundance, I must say that photography in slots like this is SO much fun!!! Hiking through there is just as fun, never knowing what’s around the next bend.
The unusual forms and ever-changing bounce light coloring make for a photographer’s playground for sure. I generally prefer slot photos with people in them, which gives the canyons scale and highlights their mind bending reality. Claudia was kind enough to oblige for some modeling! But of course I couldn’t resist honing in on some of the more abstract shots as well.
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Hey Jack,
Some real fine work from an area that I have grown to love over the years.
Floris van Breugel has a good explanation for the blues that our cameras can detect in these areas in this blog post:
http://www.artinnaturephotography.com/wordpress/2012/the-navajo-rainbow-sandstone-slot-canyon/
Hope you both have a happy and productive winter (pray for snow)!
Thanks John! Yeah, I love how Floris always works in the scientific perspective… good stuff.
I wasn’t aware that you’re in Cortez. We passed through there on the way home to Ouray. Visited Mesa Verde for the first time… very cool. (Post coming soon).
Jack,
Looks like you had a successful trip. I’ll be going to arizona for ten days in early July so im wondering what lenses and focal lengths you found your self shooting in the slot canyons and surrounding areas? Any photographic challenges I should be aware of?
Thanks!
Hi Jeremy, I used the whole range of lenses, from my 17mm and 24mm wides, to my 35-70mm zoom. The majority were in the 35-70 range, but you can probably tell which once are wider. No particular challenges except to decide which direction to point the camera!
Make sure you have your tripod too.