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Range of Light Deep in the Canyon

A sandfall in Upper Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona, April 2010, which I finally got around to post-processing in 2013 using Adobe Lightroom 5.  Although many DSLRs set the color temperature of the light in these canyons as being extremely warm (orange), there's actually a wide range of light from reflected orange light to much cooler light coming directly from the blue sky above, if you select your white balance settings carefully.  Taking control of color temperature isn't unique to digital photography though; photos from this canyon taken using Velvia or Provia film often reveal a similar wide range of tones.  My G+ post of another photo from this canyon in October included a lengthy discussion of perceptual and post-processing considerations: 
https://plus.google.com/107459220492917008623/posts/ihX6X8ZCvYQ.
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Sandfall in Upper Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona, April, 2010, post-processed in 2013 with Adobe Lightroom 5.

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19 thoughts on “Range of Light Deep in the Canyon”

  1. It's true about the light.  A lot of people were surprised at the different colors they saw in the video I filmed there this year.  I loved the contrast between the blues and the oranges.

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