Find the hidden creatures
May 14th, 2010 | Published in GENERAL | 5 Comments
A pilgrimage to Antelope Canyon is a must for photographers. The natural beauty, challenging lighting, bold yet subtle colors, texture, movement, and organic flow of the stone makes choosing which shot to take the hardest part of your experience there. Every turn presents a new shot to delight you and begs to be taken. How can your pictures be anything but great at such an amazing location?
I spent some time talking with the guides that lead you through the canyons and learned the canyons are a spiritual place for the Navajo people. They talk about the forms and shapes carved into the rock by water that flows through the canyons. I instantly knew these spiritual shapes and forms were exactly what I wanted to capture. One of my greatest pleasures has been to see what is not seen, find what is hidden, and put center stage what is overshadowed and show it with photography.
Excited for the opportunity to see these forms and shapes through the eyes of my guide, I asked for his help finding and shooting the shapes in the rock. Agreeing, he led me through the canyon and shared with me the forms and shapes he sees every day walking through those canyons.
I have shared some of those shots with you here. Can you find the hidden forms? Can you see what the guide showed me? Look at the pictures below, find the shapes, and leave me a note telling me what you see. If you are having trouble, click on the picture to see the shape highlighted. There are many other shapes, forms, and visions in the rocks so be sure to share what else you see with me and others viewing the page. I hope you enjoy this perspective of Antelope Canyon as much as I did.
July 13th, 2010at 7:24 am(#)
[...] These canyons are spiritual to the Navajo tribes. They talk about the forms and shapes carved into the rock by water that flows through the canyons. One of the greatest pleasure in shooting these canyons is to see the unseen, find what is hidden, and put them in the center stage and show it in pictures. The stone in the picture below has taken a form of an eagle with open wings. To see more pictures of hidden forms visit my blogpost “Finding the hidden creatures” [...]
July 13th, 2010at 8:17 am(#)
[...] These canyons are spiritual to the Navajo tribes. They talk about the forms and shapes carved into the rock by water that flows through the canyons. One of the greatest pleasure in shooting these canyons is to see the unseen, find what is hidden, and put them in the center stage and show it in pictures. The stone in the picture below has taken a form of an eagle with open wings. To see more pictures of hidden forms visit my blogpost “Finding the hidden creatures” [...]
July 13th, 2010at 5:00 pm(#)
[...] These canyons are spiritual to the Navajo tribes. They talk about the forms and shapes carved into the rock by water that flows through the canyons. One of the greatest pleasure in shooting these canyons is to see the unseen, find what is hidden, and put them in the center stage and show it in pictures. The stone in the picture below has taken a form of an eagle with open wings. To see more pictures of hidden forms visit my blogpost “Finding the hidden creatures” [...]
July 13th, 2010at 10:03 pm(#)
[...] These canyons are spiritual to the Navajo tribes. They talk about the forms and shapes carved into the rock by water that flows through the canyons. One of the greatest pleasure in shooting these canyons is to see the unseen, find what is hidden, and put them in the center stage and show it in pictures. The stone in the picture below has taken a form of an eagle with open wings. To see more pictures of hidden forms visit my blogpost “Finding the hidden creatures” [...]
July 15th, 2010at 12:25 pm(#)
I must say I enjoy watching these pictures and I probably can’t even start to imagine how it would be to actually be there, a bit to far for me to travel though I better put it on my to do list for the future.
Now I’ve always liked loking for shapes in the clouds but I can’t say that gives me the upper hand in this one, but I think the first picture loks a lot like an old indian chief, you no the hollywood version with feathers all over.
And in the last one I do se the eagle, but I did read the 10 tip article, but I do also see a seacond bird, or just the head in the upper left corner, all though it’s not such a striking resemblense as the highlighted one.
The other two is a lot trickier for me and I won’t give it a guesse just yet, mayby some other day when I got other stuff on my mind I’ll figure it out.