Wow! What a great adventure. This weekend, I met 8 other pro and semi-pro photographers for a two-day adventure exploring and shooting the Upper and Lower Antelope Canyons near Page, AZ.
Upper Antelope Canyon is a very easy canyon to navigate. The floor is at ground level and reasonably wide throughout its 150 meter length.
Lower Antelope Canyon is not so easy. At one end, you descend about 4 flights of steep metal stairs to the floor, which is about 90 feet below. At the other end, you step into a narrow defile in a riverbed, then immediately descend several flights of short stairs to the floor, which is about 20 feet below the riverbed. The canyon then continues descending, with perhaps 6 more stairs/ladders throughout. It is much narrower than Upper.
Both are spectacularly beautiful. As one photographer approached me from around a corner, he said, "Wow!" I responded, "Yeah; there are lots of them in here."
My thanks to Ralph Nordstrom (http://www.ralphnordstromphotography.com/) for organizing and leading our knowledgeable and interesting group of photographers!
