Tapuae o Uenuku dawn
Awatere River valley dawn view, looking south to the inland Kaikouras - Tapuae o Uenuku (2,885m), Mount Alarm (2,877m) and Mitre (2,621m)...
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Awatere River valley dawn view, looking south to the inland Kaikouras - Tapuae o Uenuku (2,885m), Mount Alarm (2,877m) and Mitre (2,621m)
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Jul, 2017Views
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People's Choice in Nature´s cut! a road end Photo Challenge
Peer Award
Superb Composition
Top Choice
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Relaxed
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Top 30 rank week 1Categories
geophotos
January 23, 2019
Beautiful landscape! That's the same beastie I use for my 4WD adventures... yet to visit NZ though. One day... :))
occasionalclimber
January 23, 2019
It's just a short hop across the ditch George - better get over here - you'll love the landscapes
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Behind The Lens
Location
In August (winter), on the Molesworth Road, approaching Tapuae O Uenuku.Time
At dawn.Lighting
It was a nice calm morning with low rolling mist and quite subtle delicate cloud formations – perfect to catch the unfolding drama of dawn light.Equipment
A Nikon D70S with a 28-70 lens. Settings for this image were F5, 1/80 sec, ISO 200, zoom at 40mm.Inspiration
If you’re a photographer you’ll know that if a colourful dawn with mountains in it appears then that’s motivation enough to stop and take pictures.Editing
Primarily Photoshop adjustments to light and shadow to bring out the details and texture.In my camera bag
I love the mountains, so as little as possible - at present a Nikon D7000 camera body, an 18-85 small zoom and the 55-300 bigger zoom, a spare battery and beaten up lightweight tripod - good for hiking. If I'm going for a summit then it's even less - a compact Nikon P7800 with mirrorless through the lens digital view finder, full manual operation and RAW file capture - absolutely great when you still want to control your photography but need to keep moving and can't afford to have stuff hanging off you.Feedback
Go to great places and be prepared to break your journey if a great scene unfolds.
