Picture of the Day - 5/23/2011

Upper Antelope Canyon, Page, AZ - I have two more B&W conversions made during the B&W Print workshop in Santa Fe I'd like to show you. These are both created from past images made during March this year. This one of Upper Antelope Canyon with the light beam is similar to a previous shot I posted in color. These beams last only a few minutes, so you need to know exactly where to be in the canyon during the time it appears. Our Navajo guide was a great help in getting us to the right place at the right time. This was a tough conversion because of the extreme difference between the highlights and shadows. Settings: ISO 800, shutter 1.3 second at an aperture of f8.