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Antelope Slot Canyon

© Darwin A. Mulligan

Antelope Slot Canyon

Uploaded: November 26, 2002 09:58:06

Description

Near Page, AZ. Pentax 645N, Velvia, 30 seconds, f32

Comments

Stephanie Adams November 26, 2002

This is just amazingly beautiful! It looks like it should grace the cover of OP magazine. Good luck with this beautiful image Darwin, it is surely a winner and just gorgeous! #14035

Darwin A. Mulligan May 26, 2019

Thanx Stephanie for the compliment! #26163

Carol Engstrom level-classic May 26, 2019

Great shot Darwin. #26203

Carolyn M. Fletcher level-classic May 26, 2019

Zowie!!!It's just beautiful!! #26222

Piper Lehman May 26, 2019

Darwin,
This is a nice variation on a very frequently photographed scene. Nice job with exposure and catching the stream of light through the "slot". Would be nice too if maybe you'd added a person for scale. I have yet to visit what I believe is one of the "have-to-shots" for photographers. Congrats on getting there. I hear it's an interesting trek to this spot. Nice work! #26260

Darwin A. Mulligan May 26, 2019

Thanx Piper

I tried a few images with my little people in them - but they can't stand still for 30 seconds! It is amazing how many people are there at the same time and walk through your exposure - but don't show up in the final image. It is easy to get to this spot - park in the parking lot and you even get a ride in a 4x4 up to the edge of the canyon! #26263

May 26, 2019

This shot only happens once a year,
does it not? I think you entered this
shot in a contest at Boyed Hill Nature
Trail? This is a shot you can only
appreciate if you are there to
experience it. Nice capture though. #26269

Piper Lehman May 26, 2019

Ah, yes. I see your point. I wonder if the light streaming down would've made a nice "spotlight" for a model though. A challenge to conquer next time. #26270

Darwin A. Mulligan May 26, 2019

Richard
Someone told me that this light only happens for a few days each year(usually mid to end of April). Unfortunately, I can't remember who told me. I don't think that the image you saw was mine.

Piper
You can see how much the light moved in the 30 second exposure. I am not sure if the model would be properly illuminated.....maybe a weak flash fill would help? It might look cool to have the "ghosting" effect of model movement mixed with flash/ambient light. I guess I will have to leave the Great White North (Canada) and go there again in the spring to re-do this image!!! #26271

May 26, 2019

Sorry if your not the person that entered this shot in the Boyed Hill contest. This is a photo that is one of Natures most interesting subjects. Native American Indians use to worship this occurence as one of a spiritulist event. And if you were to put a subject in this photo it should be one of an American Indian in full regaila with the "Light Of Giving Life" directly overhead of the subject #26277

Piper Lehman May 26, 2019

Hmmm...a bit of flash might do the trick, but I don't think this is how it's been done in the shots I've seen of this with a person in the light. If I come across it again, I'll let you know. My hunch is that the photog had a friend or model stand as still as possible on purpose when no one else was around--and probably had special access to the spot for an assignment or something. I could've sworn I'd read about this place being hard to get to. Maybe I'm confusing two different canyons. Anyhoo, nice shot. Was this a photo workshop or tour you took? #26306

Darwin A. Mulligan May 26, 2019

Richard
Awesome idea. I know the area is considered sacred.

Piper
It was not a workshop or tour - only a roadtrip.... You sleep in the back of the truck, eat a lot of trail mix, etc. Not an excited method of travelling, but it sure is inexpensive. #26447


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