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Published: 2010-10-18 11:09:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 20703; Favourites: 1106; Downloads: 0
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As per the norm with my deviation submissions, please click here to save your retinas, and view the image on a black background, thereby preserving shadow detail.Gentle morning light radiates throughout the Mackenzie Basin. The sun was at an altitude of just 11.3 degrees at the time this image was made, which provides for the softness in the quality of light prevalent in the image.
In the distance is the beautiful turquoise Lake Tekapo. Lake Tekapo has a surface area of roughly 83 square kilometres and sits approximately 700 metres above sea level.
The lake is being fed by the pristine glacial Godley River, seen in the image proper, as a network of braided twists and knots. The water in the lake has flowed 30 kilometres south from the Mount Cook region in the Southern Alps.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/100s f/10.0 at 105.0mm iso320
Edit: stoked at my third Daily Deviation. Thank you so much (^anoya) for featuring me.
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Comments: 116
your beautiful work is featured in my new exhibition...[link]
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This image has been promoted to the #SydneySyders 'featured ' folder and also featured in this blog entry . Well done!
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Aaron,
Thank you!
lol @ three! Surely there's got to be more talented artists in Sydney! Having said that, I don't mind being featured, at all.
Cheers, bruh.
Regards,
H
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woow, thats a crazy pic man, thats truly beautiful
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This deviation has been featured in the APN Daily Deviations - October 2010 news article!
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Nancy,
You are the best.
Regards,
Humayun
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You didn't happen to take this shot climbing up to Mueller Hut, did you?
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Meema,
Unfortunately, no. Perhaps I'll do that walk next time I'm in the area.
This was taken from the air during a scenic flight.
Cheers.
Regards,
H
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Very nice pic. It has a lot in it that keeps my attention.
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Wow. x.x This is the sort of thing I *dream* of laying eyes on. Very lucky, you. :3
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I wish I lived somewhere pretty like this. ;_; That's what I get for living in Invers.
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23-tiny-wishes,
I wish, too.
You're in Invercargill? I only went through there briefly earlier this year. I think I stopped off at the famous coffee shop and to get petrol. I was on my way to Franz Josef, the long way around, as the roads were all closed due to the ridiculous rain you guys had!
I'd love to go back there and spend some more time around that area and go exploring.
Cheers.
Regards,
H
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Yeah, Invers, where it pours most of the time. It's been miserable for a week. Hailing, blowing a polar gale, raining. And today it's SUNNY!! THE SKY IS BLUE!! 
You should! The scenery is really lovely on a nice day. The Catlins are really nice, even on a stormy day. If you're ever down this way again, you should definitely go to the petrified forest. There's normally a seal or two on the beach down there
See ya 'round! 
Keep up the awesome photography!
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bosniak,
Thank you, so much, kind sir.
Regards,
H
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south island without a cloud .... lucky bastard!
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This is... wow. This is amazing. *Instafav* Ffff what a great use of a camera. ;0
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What a great photo. You take nice pictures. May I snag it (with credits on) and use it for a sig tag? Thanks ParkladySharon
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Unreal looking photo, this is beyond great!
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Wow, absolutely stunning!! Amazing capture!
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I like how you can see the flows of water
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Experiment270,
Thank you, ever so much.
Regards,
H
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kimqt,
You bet it's real!
New Zealand is an amazing place. You only have to watch Lord of the Rings to see how drop dead stunning the scenery is.
Regards,
H
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II....adore it.....
like it.......
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clostrophobic,
Thanks, so much.
The camera is an absolute landscape/waterscape eating machine. I have never shot with a better 35mm digital camera in my life.
I also use it for weddings/portraiture, and, it's incredible the amount of detail that is resolved in prints. Just astounding.
I'm not sure if it will be worth upgrading to a 5D Mark III when/if it is released. This does the job wonderfully well.
Regards,
H
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