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Arizona Slot Canyons #4: Upper Antelope Canyon
Feb 29, 2020 11:16:04 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
Upper Antelope Canyon is by far the most well known of the slot canyons in Arizona. The popularity is well deserved as it is indeed one of the most beautiful canyons there. The problem for photographers is that of the five canyons I visited it is also by far the darkest inside. It is an "A" shaped canyon with a narrow opening at the top letting little light into many of the sections. Also, they stopped the photography tours to this canyon in December so they could accommodate more people at a faster pace so no tripods are allowed, and there are always large groups of people in front and behind your group, making it difficult to get photos without people unless you shoot over their heads or straight up and the light streaming in. I was only able to get a photo including the floor of the canyon on a couple of instances where the canyon narrowed to single file and I held my position until the people in front of me turned a corner. These are hand held shots shot between a half second and 1/30th of a second shutter speeds because of the low light.
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Feb 29, 2020 11:28:14 #
These are beautiful shots! You did a terrific job despite the challenging conditions. I was curious what size lens you used?
Feb 29, 2020 11:30:36 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
sabfish wrote:
These are beautiful shots! You did a terrific job despite the challenging conditions. I was curious what size lens you used?
I was using a bridge camera, the Sony RX10. It has a zoom lens with the widest being 24mm F2.8.
Feb 29, 2020 11:36:16 #
They are impressively sharp for a bridge camera. I have an RX100 III, but I am not that familiar with the RX10.
Feb 29, 2020 11:40:47 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
sabfish wrote:
They are impressively sharp for a bridge camera. I have an RX100 III, but I am not that familiar with the RX10.
I believe RX10 and RX100 models use the same sensor and much of the same electronics, just in different size packages. The RX10 is much bigger. I have the original RX10 which I used for these shots and the RX10 IV which has a much longer zoom. I used the older camera because of the extremely fine dust floating inside the canyons. I didn't want to risk the newer model, though these are supposedly sealed and no dust should get in. I also have the RX100 VI as a backup pocket camera.
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Mar 1, 2020 09:18:43 #
Nice work, interesting shots. Been there and didn’t feel that I needed a tripod.
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