Lower Antelope - IMG#9542

This is an image from a recent return trip to the Page, AZ area. The whole region is full wondrous and amazing desert landscapes including the world's most famous slot canyons Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon. On my first trip to the area we visited the upper canyon where you can only gain limited guided access on a payed tour through the canyon and I wasn't quite satisfied with the experience or the photos. I learned then that if you go to the lower canyon instead of the upper you can get unguided access for hours at a time to explore the amazing canyon. With the freedom and time to really play with compositions and exposure times I was hoping to to get some better shots of the mystical colors and patterns in the canyon walls. And with the thought of the thousands of people that photograph here every year, I knew that I would have to search pretty hard for something unique. For this shot I ended up on my back with my camera just inches above the sand in an effort to compose the scene.