Antelope canyon is two small slot canyons adjacent to Page Arizona. Administered by the Navaho, it is frequented by phototographers and numerous tourists from all over the world. These vertical canyons are created by erosion of the sandstone bluffs resulting in convoluted "slots" 70 feet deep and, in places, only a few feet wide. Only at mid-day can the light enter these canyons to reveal bizzare rock formations and unusual colors. The panoramas have people in them to give you a sense of perspective of what the largest spaces in the slot canyon looks like. Computer software included with the camera "stitches" together about 7 JPEG photos to give a view of the floor in front of me to the canyon walls behind my head. Athough the sky portion directly overhead is severely overexposed, the panorama allows you an understanding of how some of the other photos could have been placed.
All of these photos were taken with a Canon G1 digital camera with a 1 gb microdrive memory drive. Very long shutter speeds, exposure bracketing and a tripod were used to capture the unique rock strata and shading. The pictures were downladed each evening to my laptop computer where they were later edited. I later discovered numerous of hot pixels (a type of digital noise seen in long exposures), the worst of which were removed with software editing. These large 27 mb 11x15" print files were resized to 6x4.5" and compressed to the 100 kb JPEG images seen here to facilitate reasonable downloads. Please enjoy! Michael
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