Antelope Canyon or bust

Now that we are at Lake Powell, we have seen a number of pictures of Antelope Canyon and have decided that we absolutely must go on the tour.  Of course it's very popular and all fully booked.  There are however, some professional photography tours that go through the canyon, at the time when the lighting is optimal.  This seems like the tour for us!  We find one with a couple of spaces, but you must be a serious photographer and have a tripod.  

We have a problem, Stuart didn't bring his tripod on holiday and only has his monopod.  We figure we may have a solution, a quick trip to Walmart, and yes they do have cheap and cheerful tripods for sale!  

We book on the trip and hope that one cheap tripod and one serious monopod will allow us in!  Although I love my camera, in all it's Super Vivid glory, I decide to keep it hidden until we are at the point where they can't throw us off the tour.

This is just as well, since Stuart asks one of the other members of the group how much his camera cost and he says $52,000!!  More than 100 x the cost of my camera.  Ah, but does it do Super Vivid?

Anyway, we are in, and although the brochures claim there is peace, spirituality and tranquility in the canyons, they can't have factored in competing photography tours.  It's dog eat dog when it comes to getting the best photos. 

Here are my efforts.

Woof!