Antelope Canyon Shaft of Light
by Paul LeSage
Title
Antelope Canyon Shaft of Light
Artist
Paul LeSage
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Antelope Canyon is a popular location for photographers and sightseers, and a source of tourism business for the Navajo Nation. It has only been accessible by tour since 1997, when the Navajo Tribe made it a Navajo Tribal Park.
There are two separate areas, the Upper Antelope and the Lower Antelope Canyons.
It is not possible to visit the Canyon independently. Antelope Canyon is visited exclusively through Navajo guided tours, in part because rains during monsoon season can quickly flood the canyon. Rain does not have to fall on or near the Antelope Canyon slots for flash floods to whip through, as rain falling dozens of miles away upstream of the canyons can funnel into them with little prior notice.
Photography within the canyons is difficult due to the wide exposure range (often 10 stops or more) made by light reflecting off the canyon walls.
Upper Antelope Canyon is called 'the place where water runs through rocks' by the Navajo. It is the most frequently visited by tourists for two reasons. First, its entrance and entire length are at ground level, requiring no climbing. Second, beams or shafts of direct sunlight radiating down from openings at the top of the canyon are much more common in Upper than in Lower. Beams occur most often in the summer months, as they require the sun to be high in the sky. Winter colors are more muted. Summer months provide two types of lighting. Light beams start to peek into the canyon March 20 and disappear October 7 each year.
Uploaded
June 14th, 2018
Statistics
Viewed 443 Times - Last Visitor from Cambridge, MA on 04/18/2024 at 7:59 PM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
