Many Edged

[JimFox]

This is from Antelope Canyon, one I had found in my archives that I had never processed. It's fun going through the archives, though now I want to go back to Antelope Canyon to shoot it again with a mind that has 12 more years of experience.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[Douglas Sherman]

This is from Antelope Canyon, one I had found in my archives that I had never processed. It's fun going through the archives, though now I want to go back to Antelope Canyon to shoot it again with a mind that has 12 more years of experience.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

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This is just gorgeous, Jim. What wonderful light. I started going to Antelope Canyon when there was no one there most of the time. You could drive up the wash to upper Antelope Canyon. There might be a few other cars there at the entrance.

To get into lower Antelope you had to get a guide to lower you on a rope. Then it was ladders and you had to get the guide and pay to get in. Then it was metal stairways and a shed set up to collect money. At least you could go in by yourself and spend as much time as you wanted. Now they won't even allow photography with a tripod and they run more than a thousand people in a day through both upper and lower. So sad.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Jim, this is one of the best AC images I have seen.

 

[AlanLichty]

This is just gorgeous, Jim. What wonderful light. I started going to Antelope Canyon when there was no one there most of the time. You could drive up the wash to upper Antelope Canyon. There might be a few other cars there at the entrance.

To get into lower Antelope you had to get a guide to lower you on a rope. Then it was ladders and you had to get the guide and pay to get in. Then it was metal stairways and a shed set up to collect money. At least you could go in by yourself and spend as much time as you wanted. Now they won't even allow photography with a tripod and they run more than a thousand people in a day through both upper and lower. So sad.

No Tripods??? That destination just got scratched off my list for good

 

[AlanLichty]

This is from Antelope Canyon, one I had found in my archives that I had never processed. It's fun going through the archives, though now I want to go back to Antelope Canyon to shoot it again with a mind that has 12 more years of experience.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

I know that stretch of Lower Antelope and have a similar image albeit with different light. Nice one.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice, Jim. Tripods or not, I think I am done with that location. Way too many people and not enough space to even plan a decent composition anymore.

 

[BarryHamilton]

I'm with Ben, one of the best images I've seen from there. Lovely soft light and shadow play, and color and loads of curves, textures, contours to enjoy!

 

[lionking]

This is pretty abstract and unusual, which i prefer.
Well done Jim.

 

[Rick Schump]

Been there many times, my first was first ones in at 9am and last one out at 5pm. Now it is totally ruined, running you in as a tour in a long line of tours, rushed and crowded, good for the family, but it no longer holds that beautiful eerie spiritual feeling that made it really special.

 

[JimFox]

This is just gorgeous, Jim. What wonderful light. I started going to Antelope Canyon when there was no one there most of the time. You could drive up the wash to upper Antelope Canyon. There might be a few other cars there at the entrance.

To get into lower Antelope you had to get a guide to lower you on a rope. Then it was ladders and you had to get the guide and pay to get in. Then it was metal stairways and a shed set up to collect money. At least you could go in by yourself and spend as much time as you wanted. Now they won't even allow photography with a tripod and they run more than a thousand people in a day through both upper and lower. So sad.

Wow, they won't let a tripod in on the lower? That's horrible. It's been ages since I have been there obviously, but I enjoyed not having to have a guide in the lower, we were just shown the entrance and we could spend all day there if we wanted, I usually spent a couple of hours in there. Now there isn't a lot of room, so if that many people are going through there, I guess I see why they would restrict tripods as many of the passages on that side only have room for one person.

I figured for the upper though that they still had the photography tour, where you could go for 2 hours with your tripod. And yes being that crowded would be a pain, but I really want to try and get some higher resolution shots from there.

 

[Jim Dockery]

Nice shot, like Ben I've got a few from the same spot. Let us know how it goes on your return. I too would like to go back, but I'm with the others if it's that crowded and no tripods forget it.

 

[JimFox]

Nice shot, like Ben I've got a few from the same spot. Let us know how it goes on your return. I too would like to go back, but I'm with the others if it's that crowded and no tripods forget it.

It's only no tripods in lower Antelope. But in Upper you can still use a tripod, infact they seem to insist that you use a tripod when you take the photography tour. I just looked it up, and was shocked by the price, it's $130 to $150 for the 2 hour photography tour. Last time I was there it was less then $60.

I prefer less people in a place like that, but that's just not going to happen. From what I know from the past is that you can help to have less people by going midweek and not during the summer. But I was also told by one of the guides a few years back that the best time to go there was actually on a holiday, that most people are off doing "holiday" stuff and not out at the canyon. Not sure how true that is now, but it does make a certain amount of sense.

 

[JimFox]

Oh, and I was going to add one thing that does help, while I don't like the crowds, if mentally I already know it and can mentally prepare for it, the crowds just are not as bad. At least for me.

 

[Jeffrey]

Nice, Jim. Of course I have a similar one. I know I'll never go back to either of the Antelopes. The crowds and greedy navajo are a serious deterrent. Glad I got my images many years ago. I doubt I would do better today even if I went.

 

[Zeph]

Having shot there a few times, I want to say, that I am as responsible as anyone, who has published images from the Analope Gully. In doing so, helping to create its popularly and overuse.

 

[Mike Mancil]

Having never been and seeing these reports, I think I'll just enjoy your beautiful shot and go somewhere quiet... Mike