Where’s my $6.5 million? Antelope Canyon, Page, AZ

[asnow]

Great shot AT. Can't wait until you work this when you get home. If it was up to me you'd get the money.

p.s.
Have you heard how things are back home as a result of Barry,

[theantiquetiger]

Hurricane Barry was a flop (luckily), not even heavy rain like they predicted. It did cause me to spend two extra days in Vegas.

I’m actually at the Vegas airport as I type this, catching flight in four hours.

[Marko]

Really lovely AT - what an experience just to shoot there. It's on my bucket list.
Glad Barry flopped for your safety!

As for the 6.5 Million....where is your ghost?

[theantiquetiger]

Really lovely AT - what an experience just to shoot there.

The actual shooting was kind of anti-climatic. It was like shooting fish in a barrel. If I dropped my camera and it accidentally fired, the image would have been good.

That was the big thing about the $6.5M image. You cannot do anything without the tour guide. They throw the dirt to create the “ghost”, they hold back the crowd as you get your shot, and basically, without the guide, you won’t even get a shot because it is on Navajo territory, and no one is allowed there without a guide.

The general tour contains 100 people or so. If it wasn’t for the guide, you would not get the shot because of all the people.

The guy with the $6.5M image, he never gave credit to the guide, nor mentioned the tour company, and turns out he sold it to his brother. The guide dogged the crap out of him when I mentioned it.

[Marko]

Huh - I did not know that inside story.....and i bought a catalog of Lik's work years ago.. where he wrote about the image....and did not mention the help of any guides (If I recall correctly).

Given all this, does it need to be on my bucket list?

[theantiquetiger]

Given all this, does it need to be on my bucket list?

I would say yes, just because of experience. The canyon is small, maybe 100 meters long, but because of the formations, there are millions of shots, and no two will be the same. This was Upper Antelope Canyon. There is also Lower Antelope Canyon, Lake Powell, Glenn River Dam, and Horseshoe Bend, all with in 5 minutes of each other. Within two hours of Page, you could spend a week nonstop behind the lens.

[Runmonty]

Yeah Peter Lik is somewhat controversial (there have a been a few threads on this forum discussing his work and business practices)

I must say though that his shot was the first one that I can recall seeing of this canyon (but I have seen plenty since), and it is pretty impressive.

Not blowing sunshine mate, but yours in the other thread are among some of the better ones I have seen.

Well done