Antelope Canyon - Another Adventure for Your Bucket List

[r8ders]

Thanks for sharing. If you don't mind, can you share what were you shooting with what settings did you use?

Thank you

 

[John M BUNMAN]

Thanks for sharing. If you don't mind, can you share what were you shooting with what settings did you use?

Thank you

It was my Pentax KS2, the lens was a super wide angle, one step above a fisheye so you don’t loose the edges.
I shot Manual on Landscape setting.
II was all on a Tripod.
I shot probably 1k shots in there because I didn’t know if I would ever be back there. Every shot was done with 2 steps above and 2 below what I thought it should be, so I would have something to work with in the end.
We did the photography tour and the Guide was extremely helpful with the settings. I think he knew more about my camera than I did, but that’s not hard to do.
Oh the other secret our Guide showed me was to shoot everything on a 3-seconds timer unless you have a remote shutter control. It was essential in eliminating camera shake. Kind of like the Trigger Squeeze at Thousand Yards with Iron Sights

 

[r8ders]

It was my Pentax KS2, the lens was a super wide angle, one step above a fisheye so you don’t loose the edges.
I shot Manual on Landscape setting.
II was all on a Tripod.
I shot probably 1k shots in there because I didn’t know if I would ever be back there. Every shot was done with 2 steps above and 2 below what I thought it should be, so I would have something to work with in the end.
We did the photography tour and the Guide was extremely helpful with the settings. I think he knew more about my camera than I did, but that’s not hard to do.
Oh the other secret our Guide showed me was to shoot everything on a 3-seconds timer unless you have a remote shutter control. It was essential in eliminating camera shake. Kind of like the Trigger Squeeze at Thousand Yards with Iron Sights

Thanks for the information. I have a RF remote shutter release but thanks for the note on the 3 second timer. There's been a few times I forgot to check the battery on the remote and had to default to the timer. Antelope Canyon in on my wife's bucket list on places to go

 

[Jester777z]

I’ve been wanting to experience these slots for a long time. Amazing!

 

[John M BUNMAN]

I’ve been wanting to experience these slots for a long time. Amazing!

Worth the wait. Add on the Rattle Snake Canyon tour also, it’s adjacent to Antelope. If I can find the pictures from there I’ll throw them up.
Just down the street in that area is the Famous Horseshoe Bend Overlook. No guide needed for that one and it’s only about 2miles RT or you can make it longer

 

[MPRaptor]

Great Pics as usual for you John! Thx for sharing, but the best part of your post is this statement:
“If you enjoy your tour, Tip accordingly, why you ask? Tour a Reservation and you will never ask again...”
I grew up in Northern New Mexico and have seen the struggles of the indigenous people and Pueblos as well as the Reservations across the Southwest.
Thank you for this statement and the sentiment behind it. Keep the wonderful pics coming please!

 

[MDJAK]

Beautiful pics. for some reason, the pics with you and others in it are either blurry or very low resolution. Just about impossible to make out the faces. But obviously that's not the star of the show.

In 2017 we were there, having driven our Gen2 Raptor from NY. Unfortunately, we did not know you needed reservations and it was all sold out.

In 2019 we were prepared and had reservations. Loved it.

If I'm not mistaken and I may be, when the group was killed due to the flash flood, that was also a guided tour.

 

[MDJAK]

Yep, as you can see here, the guide survived.

12 Hikers Are Swept Away By Flash Flood in a Canyon (Published 1997)

Flash flood from cloudburst 15 miles away fills narrow Antelope Canyon, Ariz, with wall of water 11 feet high, trapping 12 hikers; Pancho Quintane, guide, is sole known survivor; one body is found and 10 others are presumed dead; map; photo (M)

www.nytimes.com

 

[John M BUNMAN]

Great Pics as usual for you John! Thx for sharing, but the best part of your post is this statement:
“If you enjoy your tour, Tip accordingly, why you ask? Tour a Reservation and you will never ask again...”
I grew up in Northern New Mexico and have seen the struggles of the indigenous people and Pueblos as well as the Reservations across the Southwest.
Thank you for this statement and the sentiment behind it. Keep the wonderful pics coming please!

Thank you Sir, it truly is a horrible that we allow our own people to live like this in our backyard. Before we send another dollar to some third-world S<>t-Hole, how about we bring the Reservations up to the Poverty Level!! My son and several of his friends have gone with different groups to help build housing on different Reservations. It changed them all. They will be better than me ..

 

[PD1744]

My wife and I were just there in August for our 10th anniversary. Amazing!! The fact that Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend are mere miles from each other is astonishing. Both just unbelievable to the eyes. Thanks for sharing. Incredible photography.