Following on from my last post all about travels about Otago, when I got home the skies opened, and so in such events photographic opportunities abound.
Lake Wanaka got very high…
My good friend Roger and I settle in for some dusk ’till dark time exposures, amid a rather nerve wracking electrical storm
When the sun came out was a great time for a day trip up nearby Rob Roy Stream in Mt Aspiring National Park with a visiting friend Rianna, who besides being a very wise “old soul”, is a professional model…
As a photographer it’s very handy having a trained model, so we agreed her fees for the day would be $1000, and mine as a photographer and guide would also be $1000 – an easy way to do business!
There is a lesson here in the benefits of looking after our skin [tip coconut oil and good nutrition]…
Because there had been little spring snow melt before the big storm event mentioned above, the water was simply pouring out of the snow pack higher up for days afterwards. Here we have a unique example of how a waterfall in NZ can flow uphill when we get strong winds…
This tree, as my friend Robb noted, simply “called us” to honour it in many ways including some challenging situation photography, but I’m glad I made the effort, both on site and during post production cropping/alignment perspective in PhotoShop…
Then the weather settled and it was time for the crazy annual Challenge Wanaka race that is turning into a monster of an event….
And then it started to really get hot, so grass is mowed everywhere to reduce the fire risk…
And it’s hardly rained since! Stay tuned… 
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