Antelope Canyon

[low_delta]

On May 18, as I previously posted about, I went to Page. I drove past the dam and through town to Lower Antelope Canyon. I got a photo pass and started down with a tour group.

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This is the entrance. A narrow slot begins in the wash. You step down into it, and where it really drops is a ladder/stair.

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Four or five other photographers hung back with our tripods, while the tour group went on ahead.
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It was an amazing place.

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But it started to rain, so they ushered us out.

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This is looking down the canyon from the stairs that go back up.

Fortunately, since I was only down there an hour, so they comped me another hour if I wanted to come back. So after visiting the Dam and Horseshoe Bend, I did.

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Comments

[emschin.livejournal.com]

What amazing photographs! You certainly couldn't navigate those if you were afraid of narrow places.

[whathisname.livejournal.com]

Incredibly gorgeous. It's hard to believe stuff like that actually exists in nature.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Wow. The place really lends itself to artistic photos, doesn't it? It looks like a pottery exhibit!
Is access only by tour group?

[mellary4.livejournal.com]

13 is my favorite but I love them all :) In #10 the rock looks very sharp!

[vocalista001.livejournal.com]

Wow. Just beautiful.

Nice hair in #13

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

This one is actually fairly large. There were places where you could touch both walls, if you stretched out your arms, but not many. Most of these shots were looking up, at something fifteen feet off the floor.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I know! There's certainly not much of this in the world.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Yes it does! Most of the slot canyon photos you've ever seen were taken at Antelope Canyon, though most of those were at Upper, while this was Lower. Less crowded.

Yes. There's a $5 permit fee to enter the reservation, and $20 for the tour. They run guided tours (every half hour, I think), but if you have an SLR and a tripod, you can get a photo pass, and wander around by yourself for up to two hours.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

That one does have a narrow edge, but since it's so big, it can't really cut you. The visible part is taller than me. Plus it's out of reach. :-)

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

:-)

[serendipity.livejournal.com]

Wow, Kevin. I was going to pick my favorites but it's too much like picking favorite Beatles songs: they're all too amazingly good.