Disconcerting
Lower Antelope Canyon, Page, Az
Technical Details:
Exposure: 1/8 sec at f/4.5
Focal Length: 22mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Flash: did not fire
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Time: 3.23 PM
Date: September 1,2007
Edges
Edges, Lower Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona
Technical Details:
Exposure: 1/8 sec at f/4.5
Focal Length: 22mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Flash: did not fire
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Time: 3.22 PM
Date: September 1,2007
Torture Chamber
Torture Chamber, by Suprada on Flickr.
Torture Chamber, Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona
Another one in this series.
Technical Details:
Exposure: 1/4 sec at f/4.0
Focal Length: 17mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Flash: Did not fire
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Time: 3.19 PM
Date: September 1, 2007
The Path
The Path, by Suprada on Flickr.
The Path, Lower Antelope Canyon, Page, Az
The path through this narrow slot canyon can be fraught with danger after a rain. Flash floods, a slushy mix of rain carrying sand and debris can rush through this canyon at high speeds. This is responsible for the carving of the slot in the first place.
At other times, this is the path to and filled with ethereal beauty. No wonder this place draws people from all over. People come here and are entranced by this beauty. How can you visit such a place and not forget the mundane realities of life? After a visit to such a place, how can you not be entranced by the what used to seem like the mundane realities of life?
Technical Details:
Exposure: 15 sec at f/4.5
Focal Length: 22mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Flash: did not fire
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Time: 3.01 PM
Song: Amatevi by Agricantus, Buddha Bar iV – Dinner
Date: September 1,2007
Faces
Faces, by Suprada on Flickr.
Faces, Lower Antelope Canyon, Page, Az
Cannot but help convert to black and white. The images of the Antelope Canyon speak to me louder in black and white as opposed to color. there is something very psychedelic and soothing about the images of this canyon in monochrome. Kind of like pink Floyd, wouldn’t you say?
Technical Details:
Exposure: 1/4 sec at f/4.5
Focal Length: 22mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Flash: Did not fire
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Camera: Canon rebel XT
Time: 2.57 PM
Date: September 1, 2007
Rockfall
Rockfall, by Suprada on Flickr.
Rockfall, Lower Antelope Canyon, Page, Az
Technical Details:
Exposure: 1/6sec at f/4.0
Focal Length: 15mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Flash: did not fire
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Time: 2.57 PM
Date: September 1, 2007
Circles
Circles, by Suprada on Flickr.
Circles, Lower Antelope Canyon, page, AZ
Lower Antelope Canyon, or “The Corkscrew” is a section of the slot canyon formed by erosion of the soft sandstone, the “Navajo sandstone”. Called by the Navajo American-Indians as Hasdeztwazi, or “spiral rock arches”, they are formed and smoothed by rain water speeding through them with sand.
It is quite an experience, walking through these narrow slot canyons. One marvels at all the beauty around and how dangerous it can be during a flash flood. The colors and tones and textures can remind you of the fairies and demons from your dreams.
This is one of the most photographed slot canyons in this area. To visit, a permit and a fee is required, paid to the local Navajo tribe, who then guide you through this canyon in a group of about 20. I got lucky that the guide I was with was okay with me hanging out in the canyon for as long as I wanted, since the “good time” for the sunbeams was past, and it was approaching evening.
Technical Details:
Exposure: 1/6 sec at f/4.0
Focal length: 15mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Flash: Did not fire
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Time: 2.51 PM
Date: September 1, 2007
Into the Sky
Into the Sky, by Suprada on Flickr.
Into the Sky, Rimrock Hoodoos, Utah-Arizona Border.
Technical Details:
Exposure:1/3000sec at f / 3.5
Focal Length: 10mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Flash: Did not fire
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Time: 10.24 AM
Date: September 1, 2007
Rimrock Hoodoo and Badlands
Rimrock Hoodoo and Badlands, by Suprada on Flickr.
Rimrock Hoodoo and Badlands, Utah
A little bit of scrambling took us to the top of this ridge. On top, we saw the white hoodoos with the black top rock, mushroom like. Across the ridge, the colorful badlands, in the process of becoming hoodoos through erosion. Clouds in the sky, and a break in the clouds at the right time made this a very unique experience. Out in the deserts of Utah, the difference between clouds and no clouds is drastic…cool or melting hot.
Technical Details:
Exposure: 1/2000sec at f / 4.0
Focal Length: 14mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Flash: Did mot fire
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Time: 10.45am
Date: September 1, 2007
Rimrock Hoodoos
Rimrock Hoodoos, by Suprada on Flickr.
Rimrock Hoodoos, Utah
Off Hwy 89, beyond Page, AZ, a little visited trail takes you to Rimrock Hoodoos. In about 1/2 a square mile, you will find around two dozen hoodoos. A very interesting place. A little bit of wandering around and you will hoodoos in various degrees of formation.
Last post for this week. I’ll be back on Monday!
Technical Details
Exposure: 1/500sec at f/4.5
Focal length: 22mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Flash: Did not fire
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Time: 9.41 AM
Date: September 1, 2007
White Hoodoo
White Hoodoo, by Suprada on Flickr.
White Hoodoo, Paria Rimrocks, Arizona
“Hike in the Paria Rimrocks, and you’ll find a unique and mysterious series of caprocks, hoodoos and pillars nicknamed the ‘mushroom rocks” says this site. It is a wonderful little known place. I was there during the Labor Day weekend and say a handful of other people besides the four os us who made the trip. I must thank Laurent Martres’s “Photographing the Southwest Vol1“. Of course, this series of books is available on amazon.com too!
The ideal light for this is supposed to be earlier or later in the day than I was there. Oh well, I did try to make such photos as I could. One cannot help but wonder and learn the geology behind the cap rocks standing in such various positions of balance above the sandstone!
Technical Details
Exposure: 1/1000 sec at f/4.5
Focal Length: 22mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Flash: Did not fire
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Time: 10.19 AM
Date: September 1, 2007
Juniper and Sandstone
Juniper and Sandstone, by Suprada on Flickr.
Juniper and Sandstone, Paria Vermillion Cliffs wilderness.
At the campsite, there was this tree growing braced against the sloping butte. It caught my fancy right away. Multiple exposures and compositions later, I got this one. Post processing this photo was a bigger challenge. I hated how it looked in color, but something about the tree kept me working on it, trying various techniques. I ended up with this photo. I don’t know how much anybody will like this treatment. It look harsh, almost like the desert environment this tree endures…I prefer the black and white, which symbolizes how survival is black and white…alive or dead…
Technical Details:
Exposure: 1/4 sec at f / 8.0
Focal Length: 50mm
ISO: 100
WB: daylight
Flash: Did not fire
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f1.8 II
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Time: 6.35 AM
Date: September 1, 2007
Sandstone Carving – 2
Sandstone Carving – 2, by Suprada on Flickr.
Sandstone Carving – 2, Arizona
The white streak is what interested me. Amazing what water and wind do to stone.
Technical Details:
Exposure: 1/3 sec at f/8.0
Focal Length: 50mm
ISO: 100
WB: daylight
Flash: Did not fire
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f1.8 II
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Time: 6.29 AM
Date: September 1, 2007
Sunrise in Paria Wilderness
Sunrise in Paria Wilderness, by Suprada on Flickr.
Sunrise in Paria Wilderness, Utah-Arizona Border.
I get out of my tent in the morning and wait for the sun to rise, reflecting its glory on the Vermillion cliffs and the carpet of a sky…As the sun rises, the clouds start glowing and the cliffs become luminous… sunrise when every human in near proximity is asleep, in the company of birds and insects and rocks and sky.
Technical Details:
Exposure: 1/45sec at f / 8.0
Focal Length: 10mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Flash: Did not Fire
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Time: 6.16 am
Date: September 1, 2007
Sandstone Carving – 1
Sandstone Carving – 1, by Suprada on Flickr.
Sandstone Carving – 1, Arizona
Camping in the Paria Canyon Wilderness in a campsite near a trail head. About 2 miles of dirt road away from the highway, in the middle of somewhere. At sunrise, I didn’t have to go too far away for interesting photos. Sandstone being carved by the elements, just outside the tent.
Technical Details:
Exposure: 1/6 sec at f/8.0
Focal Length: 50mm
ISO: 100
WB: daylight
Flash: Did not fire
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f1.8 II
Camera: Canon Rebel XT
Time: 6.30 AM
Date: September 1, 2007
Badlands
Badlands, by Suprada on Flickr.
Badlands, Arizona
Technical Details:
Exposure: 1/1500sec at f/4.5
Focal Length: 210mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 IS USM
Time: 5.04 PM
Date: September 2, 2007
Grand Canyon at Midnight
Grand Canyon at Midnight, by Suprada on Flickr.
Grand Canyon at Midnight, Yavapai Point, Grand Canyon NP South Rim
A very long exposure at the Grand Canyon South Rim Yavapai observation point. You can see lights from the Phantom Ranch down in the canyon, the lights of the North Rim lodge and a forest fire on the other side. Its amazing how there was no one at this late hour at this observation point, but the next morning, for sunrise, you had to fight for a spot! So many people over the Labour Day weekend.
Two days past the full moon, waning, as it was rising, the moon lent its silver to the fog around some buttes down in the canyon. You can see one such butte gently cloaked in silvery light
Technical Data:
Exposure: 959 sec at f/3.5
Focal Length: 10mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Camera: Canon Rebel XT (350D)
Time: 12.22 am, September 03, 2007