I was really looking forward to a chance to take photos of snow capped mountains when I visited a friend in Queenstown NZ. Probably because they are bit hard to come by where I live in Adelaide. The experience didn’t disappoint.
The location in the ski field carpark was far from glorious, or pristine.
I had spent the majority of the day hiking to a beautiful spot called Sylvain Lake in warm sunshine and we had to rush back to Queenstown and the ski fields to try and get a sunset shot that I had really wanted. The change in temperature was some what bracing as I got out of the car.
A little colder than I am used to!
The carpark that my friend had taken me too was muddy, dirty and as soon as we got out of the car we were confronted with beer bottles and someones partially digested lunch. But walking to the edge of the carpark and looking towards the Remarkables range it was definitely worth it.
the pinks of the Alpin glow. Definitely worth seeing
In the limited time I had to capture the colour I tried quite a few lines, panos and compositions, however the one I chose in the end was simply done using my favourite 24-105 at about 50 mm cropped down to a classic pano view. In processing had to use some graduated filters in Lightroom to lighten the foreground an d balance the sky, but in general just a really simple image that I think works and, for me at least, a really fun introduction to mountain landscapes.
Canon EOS RP, RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM, ISO 100, 50mm, F8, 2 seconds. No filters