Antelope Canyon, Arizona
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there's often a fair amount of dust in the air, especially after a tour group has been in the canyon for a while. sometimes, if the air's clear (like when a tour group first enters the canyon), the guides will stand out of sight and toss a handful of sand into the air in the sunbeam to make it stand out more. i've seen many photos - including a few by rather famous photographers - where the beam is way too opaque and unnatural. in spite of what some well-known photographers may have you believe, there's no breeze in there to make dust swirl and dance, and if you see an image with what looks like a dusty "ghost" in the sunbeam, especially in the lower part of the beam, it's been staged. if the beam is relatively even in opacity from the very top to the ground, then it's usually ambient dust in the air.
and of course, ALL exposures in the canyon are "time exposures"... a half-second exposure at minimum, usually more like 2-3 seconds. i took some in there that were as long as 30.
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there's often a fair amount of dust in the air, especially after a tour group has been in the canyon for a while. sometimes, if the air's clear (like when a tour group first enters the canyon), the guides will stand out of sight and toss a handful of sand into the air in the sunbeam to make it stand out more. i've seen many photos - including a few by rather famous photographers - where the beam is way too opaque and unnatural. in spite of what some well-known photographers may have you believe, there's no breeze in there to make dust swirl and dance, and if you see an image with what looks like a dusty "ghost" in the sunbeam, especially in the lower part of the beam, it's been staged. if the beam is relatively even in opacity from the very top to the ground, then it's usually ambient dust in the air.
and of course, ALL exposures in the canyon are "time exposures"... a half-second exposure at minimum, usually more like 2-3 seconds. i took some in there that were as long as 30.
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