Golden Pillars
by Az Jackson
Title
Golden Pillars
Artist
Az Jackson
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A dominating ray of sunshine pierces through the ceiling of Upper Antelope Canyon as it illuminates the Golden Pillars and ornate ancient walls. Page, Arizona.
-- Awards --
1 x Bronze Award - 2014 International Loupe Awards
-- Artist Notes --
Antelope Canyon is truly a magical place. In fact, it is definitely one of my most memorable in the world and somewhere I hope to visit often.
I only had limited time to capture this image as there were many forces working against me. The cloud coverage was increasing outside causing the sun's rays to be blocked intermittently, crowds were growing behind me, the dust in the air was challenging my equipment and people were unknowingly walking into my shot.
After many requests to catch up by my guide I remained resilient until all of the elements fell into place and snapped this ripper of a shot.
-- Technique --
This version of Antelope Canyon was captured with more than 20 individual images that have been meticulously hand stitched together using a special technique I developed during my commercial photography days. This method creates a much wider angle of view than a traditional camera allowing the whole scene to flourish.
Uploaded
August 14th, 2014
Embed
Share
Similar Subjects
Similar Images
Comments (613)
Lyric Lucas 22 Days Ago
Congratulations, your creative and unique art work is Featured on the Homepage of the "Out Of The Ordinary 1 A Day" group! 3/27/25
Bob Lentz
Congratulations! on this unique image’s being Featured in “Dramatic Landscape Seascape and Cityscape Photographs” group. The artist is invited to add the image to the group’s current “2025 Feature Archive” Discussion topic.
Pat Goltz
Wonderful capture of the light rays in Antelope Canyon, with such clarity and color in the walls of the canyon, one of my favorite places to visit! Your award is well deserved. (The necessary sand and dust in the atmosphere to produce this kind of ray is indeed a challenge to equipment. I ruined two camera bodies, changing lenses, on a day like that.)
Recently Viewed
