Carved Light, Antelope Canyon

Interior of Antelope Canyon slot canyon showing striated sandstone walls folded around a bright shaft of light, rendered in black-and-white.

Carved Light, Antelope Canyon

A monochrome study of folded sandstone and a single luminous aperture

About the photograph

Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA

black and white

Rendered in monochrome, the photograph reduces the canyon to layered planes and a luminous aperture, where sweeping striations read like carved gesture. Tight negative spaces and tonal gradations turn geology into a quiet, almost architectural presence.

Technical details

Camera
PENTAX PENTAX K-5
Lens
smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL WR
Focal length
18mm
Aperture
f/3.5
Shutter
1/4s
ISO
2500
Captured
September 4, 2014
More context
Antelope Canyon (3)monochrome study (3)slot canyon (3)abstract landscape (2)light and shadow (2)sandstone strata (2)sculptural rock forms (1)texture and form (1)
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