I’ve been specifically requested by the leader of the workshop I was attending in Arizona to not mention the name of this canyon, as he is trying to keep it from being as overwhelmed with visitors as Upper and Lower Antelope Canyons have become. I will say, however, that this picture was made on the rim of another slot canyon not far from Page and requires a hiking permit from the Navajo Nation to get to.
The rim of this canyon is an interesting study in various shapes and textures of sandstone. This particular image was made with a Canon 5D using a 70-200mm lens at 200mm to utilize the telephoto compression that such a lens produces. This “squishes” the foreground and background together to make it seem as if what is actually in the distance is right up on top of the foreground, thereby giving this image a layered effect of the many different directions of the lines within the sandstone.
This image was taken just after sunset, which brings out the warm colors of the sandstone. Just a few minutes earlier and the texture and colors of these rocks had looked completely different; much whiter with greater contrast.