Day 1 of the hike brought us to this stunning spot. Pretty amazing, right? These mountaintop lakes are called tarns, formed when glaciers carve out small hollows in the landscape. Rain and snow replenish these tarns throughout the year, creating an extra element in these breathtaking scenes.
Another from the Pixel series, this time the “4” which was a great little device.
Just another epic view from the Routeburn track!
Here’s the next in the series, as we reached one of the higher parts of the track where we began to exit the forest.
A few years ago, I hiked the Routeburn track here on the South Island. It’s an epic trail but I didn’t release many images from that trip yet. So, let’s spend a few days fixing that. here’s a lovely stream from along the way. Nothing fancy, just lovely.
On the middle day of the hike, the fog rolled in for the entire day so it was extra moody. I didn’t mind at all because it just makes for a different kind of photo. I felt like I was in the Scottish Highlands, even though I’ve never actually been to the Scottish Highlands! That’ll be fixed soon though!
The Routeburn track is a great hike… if walking is your thing and you visit NZ definitely put it near the top of your to-do list! Here’s another of the epic views along the way.
Looking forward to the new Google Pixel 6 arriving in the coming days… It’ll be interesting to see how the camera is on this generation. The past models have often been class leading. In fact, they have been so good that as well as sharing a bunch of images on here from each phone, an image from one of them has even made it into my Fine Art collection! Anyway, here is a pic from a misty hike along the Routeburn track last year, taken with the Pixel 4.
Man, I was just looking at the metadata for this one to see where I took it exactly, and I realized it was with the Google Pixel 4 phone. Quite impressive, I must say. I could tell it was a little different because when I opened up the little “i” on SmugMug (you can do this too), I saw a little map of where I took the photo.
