Won’t be long until the snow properly returns to Queenstown, followed super quickly by the skiers! For now, we have some awesome autumn colours kicking off.
Sometimes right before dusk over in Mackenzie County there is a nice inversion layer that makes everything extra-dreamy.
This was taken on a short chopper flight near Queenstown a bunch of years ago. I liked the shot but man, did it take an age to finish off. There was a lot of moisture in the air, and it was all over the window of the helicopter. I tried to position my lens with minimal droplet cover but loads of it still showed up. So, it was off to Photoshop for some significant, time consuming, clean up.
I can only assume that this little pond is where you practice before graduating to the amazing blue lake beyond.
Looks lovely out there…
Continuing the rundown of my cameras over the years before I reveal what new device, I’ve moved to it is Sony time! My move to mirrorless and views on how the market would evolve wasn’t the first time I’d received “a bit” of heat in the photography world and it probably won’t be the last. Fortunately, that sort of thing bothers me not a jot. I’d rather be out creating than spending brain cycles on other people’s rage. It is however fun to look back and see how it all unfolded in blog posts such as here and here.
In the end though, as I suspected back then, mirrorless was indeed the way forward. Here’s one of my early shots from the Sony NEX-7 as it began taking over from my D800.
Here’s a new one I recently finished from the Slot Canyons in Arizona. This is in the Upper Antelope area. I spent about half the day in there with a guide. I got a ridiculous number of photos and I’m obviously still processing them, many years later!
I just love the shapes and textures of the slot canyons… the light down there ain’t half bad either!
The calmness of this scene from near here in Queenstown does not reflect the recent weather AT ALL. Landslides, floods… and a cryptosporidium outbreak to top it off (fortunately, I’ve not experienced that!). Hopefully normal awesome NZ life will resume soon. 🙂
Ahh… the good old NEX-7 adventures… fun times!
