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JimFox

JimFox

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From a few months back in Antelope Canyon in Arizona. Many of you know they don't do Photo Tours anymore there, which let you stay in longer and the group was smaller. Because of Covid the groups were smaller anyway for the now normal tour. I found it pretty easy to photograph around the other 6 or 7 people in my group. While they were all lined up to take their selfies in one direction, I would shoot the other, so it worked out great. You guys probably know that I do almost anything I can to avoid having people in my Landscape photos. When my kids were little and we were out hiking, my Ex would have to remind to take a few photos at least with the kids in them too.... I know... that sounds bad... but I just like my landscapes without people... :)

But.... just every once in a while, I think people can be important to telling the story in my photos. In this case, I really love that there is 3 different things all going on in this one photo. The group in the center with our female guide pointing up at the large branch stuck up in the slot canyon where floods had deposited it. At the same time the guy on the right is taking a photo with his phone aiming to the left, while the lady on the left is taking a photo angling up to the right. I can't quite find the words to explain it, but I find all 3 of those totally different focuses working apart, but also working together. It's like the visual point of interest is bouncing around the image in a triangle.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

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AlanLichty

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Interesting notion for a shot although I'm not sure I would have taken it myself. It does give a nice sense of scale to the slot.
 
JimFox

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AlanLichty said:
Interesting notion for a shot although I'm not sure I would have taken it myself. It does give a nice sense of scale to the slot.
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Serendipity! That's the word I was looking for before! Thanks Alan! :)

I wouldn't normally take it, not 100% sure why I did take it since I 99.999999% of the time avoid people in a photo.... I will rack it up to Serendipity.... :)
 
Darcy Grizzle

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That lady better run, that Giant Cricket she is under looks like he is going to eat her. I swear he just crawled out of that hole that looks like it could be his nest. It is nice to see the people as normally you only see the light & shapes, so that we can see more of what the scale is, like Alan said.
 
JimFox

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Darcy Grizzle said:
That lady better run, that Giant Cricket she is under looks like he is going to eat her. I swear he just crawled out of that hole that looks like it could be his nest. It is nice to see the people as normally you only see the light & shapes, so that we can see more of what the scale is, like Alan said.
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Ha ha!!! A giant cricket? :) thank you for your creativity Darcy, I won’t look at this one the same again. :)
 
JimFox

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TimMc said:
I like Darcy's giant cricket idea. Any idea what we are seeing?
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A large branch wedged up in there after being deposited up there by a flash flood. The guide was showing how high it was to share just how high the water can get in the slot canyon.
 
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