What is my motivation?
This sounds like a strange artistic question, but I think it is very important one. It takes a ton of time to travel, shoot, cull, process, organize, and post the latest images so why do we do it. For me it is simple. I love new experiences. I am always wondering what is around the next corner. Not because I hope it is better (grass is greener theory), but because it is unknown. Maybe that is why I love surfing and snorkeling so much as well. Each day is completely different than the last. Today could easily be the best photograph you have ever taken or not, you just need to get out there and find out.
Antelope Canyon Insane Spiral – Page, AZ
Upper Antelope Canyon just outside of Page, AZ is one of the most abstract places I have ever been. You can only go there with a Navajo guide, so sign up in town for the special photographer’s trip. It is well worth the money and you are given a ton of time in the Canyon without the hordes of other tourists. Also the guides will point out amazing angles to photograph the sandstone with bizarre results like the photo above. I was laying down on my back shooting straight up for three roughly 15 second exposures (+2,0-2). The images were then processed in Photomatix Pro3, refined in Photoshop CS5, and finally smoothed out in Noiseware Professional. I will be processing many more photos from this trip in the coming weeks so stay tuned.
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Wonderful photography….
I love photography but just wish I had time to actually get out and do more and time to explore different programs to alter the look. I enjoy your pages. Oh, and than you for checking out my WordPress blog recently. I appreciate it very much…
very visceral–to me–for all that it is not. An amazing complexity.
Your shot makes me feel like I’m in a conch shell. So amazing and though it’s similar to the one on your site today, I like yours better because it’s found in nature as opposed to man made.
I look forward every day to the adventure you bring. Thank you for sharing and Keep up the wonderful work!
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We stumbled over here different page and thought I might as well check things out. I like what I see so now i am following you. Look forward to finding out about your web page yet again.
Again, you’ve added a different perspective to a frequently-shot scene.
Just a quick look through others comments suggests to me I’m the only one to see the face right of centre looking left covered in ethereal toile! BTW I like the photo.
Simply amazing.
That is such a stunning image, beautiful!!
Lovely yin-yang like capture. Thank you.
Thanks for stopping by. I love your site. Great work
I finally visited Antelope Canyon (upper and lower) this fall, after first seeing Bruce Barnbaum’s amazing BW images 25 years ago of this place. Nice spiral image you have here.
Great photo, thanks for the like, Going to browse your photos now, really great shots.
Wicked photo of Antelope Canyon! Wow. Thanks again for reading my blog! Keep up the great work you guys do. Cheers!
Thank you for stopping by my site today. Gorgeous photo, and I like what you had to say.
Thanks for the like.
I so agree with your philosophy – I almost can’t drive past an unknown country road without turning down it, simply to find out what might be down there – I am so not an A to B person while travelling! One of my best ever travel experiences came when in SE Turkey for a few months, travelling by myself, and just following my nose, going to ‘Batman’ because of the name (and wasn’t an exciting town and justifiably not in the guidebooks!), BUT it did lead me onto what was an absolute highlight – a long minivan ride beside the Iraqi border to an incredible deserted troglodyte village will a 300 foot staircase carved INSIDE a cliff beside a gorge. It’s so brilliant that you are so curious about the world – don’t ever lose that gift. I Love your photos by the wa… I capture my memories and experiences more with words but your photos are inspirational! Julie http://www.50wordsfor50countries.com
Amazing swirls
SO awesome. SO glad you stopped by our place!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Let me know if you make the biscotti and like them. I love this picture. Photography is something I used to do a bit more seriously but still enjoy for myself. Arizona has some stunning places to photograph, but then so does everywhere else. I like the southwest colors. I’ll be dropping by again.
Just awesome…
Oh Wow! This photo is insane! I have never been to Arizona and this would be well worth the trip. Simply incredible. I can’t wait to see the other photos.
Absolutely spectacular! What a beautiful natrural phenomenon. Thank you for sharing.
Phenomenal pic! Have never visited the Grand Canyon but hope to someday…
Absolutely stunning! It reminds me of my time in Arizona…the beauty and strange dust storms. I am an adventurer, too.
Really stunning image, first I thought it’s a piece of a fabric, decorated with feathers.
Thank you for sharing this!!!!!
I think you’re talking a the spirit of adventure, which I totally get! Amazing photo…
Upper Antelope Canyon – thanks for showing this! Your photo is excellent. I wish I will travel to this place next time visiting the USA.
Keep them coming..
Great photos.
Have a Blessed Day,
Danny & Laura
Fabulous! Must be an amazing place indeed!
Really need to make it out to Antelope Canyon some time. Love the reddish hues of the natural sandstone.
SPECTACULAR !! and thanks for liking my post !! I will be back to visit your blog!
very interesting picture indeed………….
What an amazing photo!
STUNNING. Wow! Thank you for sharing!
That is a magical picture!
This is an amazing photo. I would love to go there some time. Beautiful work.
Maralee
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Wow, incredible shot!!
This photo is amazing! I thought it was a piece of fabric or a painting. Simply amazing!
Wow!
This place needs to be on my “must visit” list. Thank you for visiting my blog and hence me visiting yours. Looking forward to the other photos that you will be posting.
I admire people who have a unique gift in capturing the rare beauty of nature. Thank you for this and thanks for your nice comment on my latest poem.
stunning pic and being a total novice at photography, it’s amazing how much time and effort goes into taking stunning pics like this. Keep up the good work!
Oh, and thanks for following my blog btw
Once one reads how you took the photo, and look at the image again, it connects straight with the heart, as if you if it wants to take you on a journey… In fact I might meditate on it for awhile, and see what comes up! Thanks for visiting my blog, otherwise I would not know about this photo…
Wow. What absolutely stunning scenery you capture. thank you for sharing it with us.
Beautiful photography! And thank you for “liking” my post!
I love that place and you seriously captured the beauty!
Huge WOW!!
Love this shot! Simply amazing!
This image is just stunning!!
Next stop? Page, Arizona.
Wow, what an awesome shot. I used to live near Sedona AZ and my husband and I could spend hours up amongst the rocks. It felt like they had a life of their own.
Beautiful!
Awesome! You are inspirational!
Great photo. It sounds like you were in Upper Antelope Canyon. We were in Lower Antelope Canyon last September. Absolutely fantastic, and we came away with super photos as well. I’ll keep watching your site!
Wow. That is an amazing photo. I’ve been to Lake Powell, but not to Antelope Canyon. That is gorgeous.
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Wonderful
I like very much. I must go there.
thanks for visiting my blog.
) in Photoshop. I’m contemplating a trip out west sometime and it is good to know there are ways to bypass the beaten tourist trails. thanks.
The picture is just amazing, I thought it was done with one of those swirly special effect thingies (don’t you photo people just love my technical language here
sarah
Oh my god how beautiful!
It’s awesome! I wish I could visit that place too.. Thanks for dropping by at my site. Keep up the good work!
Very sensual composition, well framed as well
Very sensual composition – nice crop
Truly stunning. I visited Sedona and the Grand Canyon in November and was blown away. You capture the area so beautifully!
Like looking up through a tornado. Amazing!
This photo leaves me speechless. It is stunning with intense clarity.
The subject matter outstanding.
Beautiful work ..
Isadora
Beautiful photo! I visited Antelope Canyon in the summer of 1973 with two friends. We traveled the nation by car that summer after graduating from high school.
Incredible image. You see quiet a few of these but I don’t remember seeing one from this perspective. Very nice.
It is magical – I will have to add this location to my list – what a great perspective to shoot this from.
Amazing photo! You brought out colors and feelings that are awesome. Thank you.
Thanks for your wise words about motivation. Amazing photo. So many things in the world I have not seen.
Wow! Looks kind of like an eye — the pupil is the light. Interesting …
Your photos are beautiful. Looking forward to seeing more and learning more.
Wow! Simply stunning.
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Sedona is sublime. And mellow. Love this picture!
wow.
take me with you when you guys visit these places, i need a vacation!
Fantastic!!
Wow! Amazing!
Looks breathtaking – will try to visit it one day! Thanks for liking my post. Fiona
this is breathtaking…
Wow, impressive!
Very Pretty! Love the colors:-)
Wow, that’s amazing!
Stunning!
Stunning
Wow! stunning photo!
Nice blog. I’m enjoying photos, & will be recommending that my shutterbug friends visit here. Have a great year, & thanks for sharing these.
I am all about SPIRALS these days, specifically having to do with the spine and movement in the body. I LOVE your photo. It makes me want to dance that image out! …and thanks for checking out my latest post
Wonderful photo! We just moved from AZ about a year and a half ago and Page was one of our favorite places. Check out horseshoe bend. Amazing place.
Beautiful, wow!
How incredibly beautiful, such wonder!
Beautiful shot! I love photography and need to get some of my personal travel photos up in cyberspace.
Thanks for visiting my blog and the ‘like’ on my Skyrim progress!
Amazing shot, thank you.
I have always loved this place in photos…have yet to be there! thanks for the visit at 5wise.wordpress.com and ‘like’ on ‘Wear’in Th’ Plaid !
OMG! Glad you went there so I can go vicariously. Thanks
Really…I agree with you…explore and the world kisses you! Beautiful picture!
Thank you for the “like” on my blog. Your photography is really amazing. I used to live in AZ and there are some unbelievably beautiful places to photograph. Great work.
Absolutely mesmerizing!
Gorgeous. Hooked. Subscribed. Happy New Year!
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I look forward to following yours.
Stunning image. Your eyes flow around & around taking it in – just wonderful
I will soon be there . . . thanks for the tip. I have never photographed Antelope Canyon.
I have to put that on my bucket list
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I’ve never photographed out West, but this image not only takes me there, but makes me wish I could go there myself. Beautiful, and nice HDR work. You couldn’t have been working with a tripod if you were on your back, could you??
Wow! Amazing Image
This is an awesome image!! I am by no means a photographer but I can certainly appreciate such a beautiful shot! Impressive…and makes me want to check out Page, AZ with a native guide. I’d have to bring my mom since she is the photographer though. Thank you for sharing, looking forward to more.
Thank you! You continue to amaze and inspire. Cat
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“Each day is completely different than the last. Today could easily be the best photograph you have ever taken or not, you just need to get out there and find out.”
Is so true! Thanks for the inspiration in photography.
Beautiful….now on my to go places
Totally awesome, inspired photo!
Lovely.
That’s a great photo of one of my favorite places on Earth. Well done.
An absolutely gorgeous photo.
Very nice! I’m due to visit a friend in AZ – will check out your suggestions! Thank you!
Love it!
Simply stunning! Thanks for the advice on finding great places like this without other tourists all over the place. It sounds like a lot of fun.
I’ve seen so many photos of Antelope canyon that I want to throw up. But your photo has shown it in a new and unusual way. Congratulations.
Amazing! It held me breatheless for a moment. What an inspiration! Thanks…
Oh, this is an amazing shot!
Love it!
That shot is awesome!
Really great photo, I love it. Antelope canyon is right up there in my top 10 places to visit in the world. And your photo just makes me even more determined to go there! Tom
…each time I look at this picture it seems I am viewing something new! Very beautiful. We use to get these amazing caramels with creamy swirled centers when I was a kid… memories!
it looks pretty crazy, nice shot and comp.
What an amazing place – and photo!
An amazing shot! I really love this picture. To think I lived in Arizona and never saw this. :/ Beautiful.
That picture is astounding. And I just got a new camera, so I REALLY need a blog like this that will help me cultivate my skills! Thanks for stopping by at jesterqueen!
Wow! That is a beautiful picture.
Wow! That is an excellent pic.
Finding the right subject is challenging. Finding the right angle is even more challenging. Capturing the moment into a composition that works is even more challenging yet. You’ve managed to achieve all of these here, and then our world is alight with the spirals of who we are in the hardened sands of singing light and rock.
You’ve created beautiful images here which been burned into our collective minds…
Wow, beautiful. I love photography.
My husband always laughs when I get on the ground looking for that great angle. This shot is awesome.
Love your site.
Very talented photographers!
Patty
Lovely photo – I will be posting some photos from my Himalayan and Andean hikes very soon. Please stay tuned…
Phenomenal shot! And I love the story behind it … I feel so unworthy that you liked my photos of San Antonio since I left my real camera at home and just used my i-phone… but the place is so photogenic, you almost can’t miss! can’t wait to follow your journey!
Wow!! I had to stare at that for a while. It’s so beautiful.
The colors in the Southwest are so vivid….and canyons that play with the light are amazing to capture!
Thanks for your “Like” about the Stewart Mansion photos. Nice shot in Antelope Canyon, I’ve also been there several times, I’m putting together some images to publish soon.
Very nice. Like us all, I’ve seen many Antelope Canyon photos, but don’t think I’ve seen this angle before. Looks like a very wide-angle lens!
Very nice. I’ve done Paria Canyon, but not one like this – yet.
“because it’s unknown”…best ever explanation!
Great photo.
Jess.
very nice image.
Such a cool shot! Love that place!
Nina
Sweet! Great tips – timely too. I’m planning a trip this Feb.
We have another from Antelope Canyon with more tips getting posted tomorrow!!! Be sure to check back. Have a great day, Tom
Awesome photo!
Love this place. Thanks for bringing back memories.