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East of Aoraki part I - New Zealand part III

Tuesday, 24 September 2019

Despite the fact, that I still have only processed parts of my New Zealand images, I would like to show a few more of the finished ones here today ... Although we had to start and finish our trip in Auckland to pick up and return our car, we wanted to go south rather quickly, because of the temperatures at this time of the year. So we caught our ferry to the south island about three days after our arrival and after we spent a few days close to Kaikoura, the area around Lake Pukaki and the east side of the Mount Cook National Park was our second intended destination. So, in my upcoming three sets of images I would like to show a handful of pictures I took in this areas. As mostly, I do not show the pictures in a chronological order and I also do not display just my favorites, I rather prefer to give you some variety and to show different parts of the places for a more overall impression. This time I decided to upload three blog entries at once. Just in case some of you might wonder, why I quite often split my entries in two or more parts ... there's a technical reason why I cannot upload more than nine images in one posting. And by the way, Aoraki is the original Māori name for Mount Cook ... just to avoid any confusion.

The sun sets and New Zealand's highest peak catches the very last light.

On sunny days the mesmerizing color of the water becomes even more surreal.

A close-up shot of a small glacier up in the mountains. I like that I could witness the common three states of matter of water (the solid glacier, the liquid waterfall and the steamy clouds (which are in fact also liquid though)) and that these three states of matter are very well indicated by the colors blue, white and orange.

One of the countless rainbows we enjoyed during our stay in the national park.

We just stopped at Lake McGregor for a few hours and a picnic on the meadow.

Although the sun was long gone at this moment, there's still a beautiful glow on the summit.

A few soft rays of the rising sun break through the clouds on this rainy morning.

Post sunset light on a clear evening at Lake Alexandrina.

Aoraki as seen from the east shore of Lake Pukaki on a sunny morning.
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Wetlands of gold part II

Tuesday, 10 September 2019

Time for some more (misty) morning impressions of "my" wetlands. I always deeply enjoy to stroll around there only with my camera and mounted telephoto lens in my hands and no particular plan or intention in mind. As long as I go out without an expectations, I will always experience something rewarding. All of these pictures have also been taken already back in 2018. May the fog be with you ;)

A Great Egret approaching as the rising sun sets the fog on fire.

This subadult Roe Deer is following its mother, which already crossed the stream.

The first light hits this beautiful big wetland tree and the egret, while there's still shadow in the background.

I published this one already in my 2018 recap. Definitely a moment to remember.

Pretty interesting clouds creating great patterns on the morning skies.

A very peaceful moment during this eye contact encounter.
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Wetlands of gold part I

Tuesday, 3 September 2019

As most of you may already know, one of my favorite easy-to-reach photography locations is a particular area in the Traun-Danube Wetlands in Upper Austria. And since I visite this place quite frequently, I already experienced a wide range of different conditions there. In my upcoming two blog entries, I would like to display a handful of shots I took there in the early morning, mostly during misty conditions, which are for sure one of the most exciting and photogenic ones. And if I'm lucky enough to encounter one of the wetland residents at the right time every now and then, things are perfect.

I was probably out there already about 100 times, but I only experienced a stunning scenery like this once.

What a wonderful calm place to spend a few hours before breakfast.

At the right time of the year, the very first sunlight makes its way through the trees and bushes and when there's also mist on the water and no cloud in the sky, the air can be illuminated with a quite surreal red.

A little glittering right before the sunlight will finally lighten up all the mist.

One of my favorite and certainly most exciting encounters there. Taken without the use of a hide, like actually all of my images.

A Great Egret escaping the flames.
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