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One of the popular Lone Tree at Lake Wanaka that was taken on an early autumn morning.

One of the popular Lone Tree at Lake Wanaka that was taken on an early autumn morning.
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cameraCanon EOS 5D Mark III

settings Aperture f/16.0 ISO 100 Shutter 30/1 

upload_dateMay, 2014

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Contest Finalist in A Lonely Tree Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in A Dry Tree Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Lonely Trees Photo Contest
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Top Ranks

The Beauty Of Autumn Photo Contest 2019Top 10 rank
Tree Silhouettes Photo ContestTop 10 rank
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World Photography Day Photo ContestTop 10 rank
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12 Comments |
ejdelamora
 
ejdelamora May 17, 2014
another amazing job..... :-)
benzcatbagan
benzcatbagan May 17, 2014
thanks ejdelamora
Kazza60
 
Kazza60 May 17, 2014
beautiful !!
gondmagdi Premium
 
gondmagdi May 19, 2014
wonderful capture, congratulations !!!!
HaliSowle
 
HaliSowle May 30, 2014
This is gorgeous as well!! Congratulations
senka
 
senka June 10, 2014
beautiful
Sanmi
 
Sanmi June 10, 2014
Lovely photograph.
avguzzi Premium
 
avguzzi July 14, 2014
wow beautiful....the other finalist was the same tree as well. Popular tree :)
ArtQ
 
ArtQ July 15, 2014
Congrats on your finalist award.
charlespayne
 
charlespayne July 15, 2014
Awesome capture on this iconic tree! Congratulations on your finalist award.
laneyloganphotography
 
laneyloganphotography November 19, 2017
Gorgeous
benzcatbagan
 
benzcatbagan December 06, 2017
Thanks everyone!!!!!! Appreciate your comments :)
dominiquemassart
 
dominiquemassart January 23, 2018
Je suis sans voix. Beautiful!!!!

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Tags

#tree #sunrise #New Zealand #south island #travel #sky #mountains. snow
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Behind The Lens

Location

The photo was taken at Lake Wanaka, New Zealand.

Time

This is one of my favorite place to shoot and hoping to comeback again. I remember waking up around 2am to drive from Queenstown to Lake Wanaka to chase the sunrise.

Lighting

This is one of the most famous and photograph tree in NZ. I just used natural light to capture the sunrise by using filters.

Equipment

I used my Canon 5D mark 3 with my favorite lens Canon 16-35 f2.8 USM lens. 30 seconds exposure, ISO 100, f/16 My camera mounted on my manfrotto tripod, and using a cable release. I used a Grad ND filter on the sky.

Inspiration

Been wanting to capture this tree since I started my photography. The lighting, location and composition during sunrise inspired me to take this image.

Editing

This was single shot processed Adobe Camera Raw and Adobe Photoshop. Standard processing of the RAW file and further enhancement of colours, contrast, sharpness.

In my camera bag

This was shot with canon 5Dmark3 and Canon 16-35 f2.8 USM lens this is my main lens, Canon 70-200 f2.8 USM version 1, Canon 50mm f1.8 STM, Filter System, DJI mavic pro, Canon G9, small tripod, extra batteries, headlamp, extra cf, sd and micro cards.

Feedback

Be prepared to put your work out there. Share it on social media and nature photography forums. What I learned from the past is getting wet while photographing seascape or waterfalls, I normally bring a waders with me all the time to keep me dry and to get a better angle. Woth this shot I used my waders to get closer to tree.

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