Photo Contest Winner week 40

[STaylor]

Congratulations ROstoski your photo 'Lower Antelope Canyon' has been voted photo of the week

[photosbyVP]

nice shot rod...
beautiful shades of color

can't wait till i get to go there next summer!!!

(if you know best times and places to go at antelope canyon...i'd appreciate it )
Vito

[Paul_OH]

Congratulations ROstoski, I love the photo and would love to visit there one day. Well done.

[Flyball Rebel]

Beautiful image Rod, really great colours. Love the lighting and comp. It has an ethereal look about it. Great stuff. Regards [F.R.]

[tiggstales]

Fabulous shot! Congrats!

[Matt_C]

Amazing picture Rod. Brilliant work.

[LeeSowden]

Beautiful light and form, a truly amazing shot.

[DRHangar]

Congrats Rod, this was a winner the minute I saw it

Well done

[Bytephoto]

Bravo !!! Super shot !!

[ROstoski]

Thank you Vito, Paul, Flyball, Cindy, Lee, Eric and RVB for the great comments!

Vito, Since there is both an Upper and lower Antelope Canyon, I would suggest going to both. The check in points to both are practically across the street from each other.

Click here to view my other Antelope Canynon Pics

I would suggest getting a Photo tour for upper as you will stay longer and have more oppurtunity to get pictures. The actual best time of day is between 11:30 and 12:30. The photo tour lets you stay till 2:00. They drive you back to the canyon and a Navajo guide will escort you. Lower is a different story, you can go pretty much anytime in the morning from about 8:30 on. They just walk you out to the entrance and tell you to have fun. It's possible to hit lower at 9:00am and then upper at 11:15 in the same day. Will save money on the Navajo permit.

Things to remember:

1. Plan for crowds in Upper. Though as soon as the beams disappear, the crowds do too for the most part. Take the 2 hour photo tour. Go on a week day.

2. Take a good sized bottle of water in both canyons, two if you can fit it in. A tripod is a must!

3. Leave your lens on the camera on the tripod. But be careful you don’‚’‚…‚’‚…¾‚t smack it in to a wall (take plenty of memory).

4. Take a remote cable so you can setup your shots and just press a button. The exposures are very long and you don’‚’‚…‚’‚…¾‚t want to be touching your camera (I was using a DSLR)

5. Travel light, don’‚’‚…‚’‚…¾‚t take a big backpack. My wife and I entered with me holding a tripod with camera mounted and she had some water.

6. Bring some kind of covering for the camera (large plastic Ziploc bag in my case 1 gal) incase it is really dusty. I lucked out and it wasn’‚’‚…‚’‚…¾‚t necessary. If it is dusty, remove the bag only to take the photos.

7. Since you will be in Page, Arizona, don’‚’‚…‚’‚…¾‚t forget to see Horseshoe Bend.

Here's what the entrance to Lower Antelope Canyon looks like. Hope this helps. Rod

[RTaylor]

Congrats Rod, I too knew this was a winner first time I saw it.
If I remember correctly, I gave it a 10 a very short time after you uploaded it
Thanks for sharing your other view so we can see what it was you crawled into lol

Have a great week, still on vacation