Lake Rotioti - Nelson Lakes NZ

[Markvetnz]

Little buggers wouldn't stand still in the right place for long enough for me to get the shot I really wanted. This was the best of the bunch.

[jiro]

Whoaaa! Awesome background! Spare the ducks and capture more of the sceneries. Just joking. I agree with you, it's too hard to keep these beings to stay or even be at the spot where we want them. I think that's what makes photography challenging. You guys are really blessed with spectacular scenes out there. Hope to see more if possible.

[Colin Southern]

Hope to see more if possible.

Well since he asked so nicely Mark, wadda ya reckon?

I shot this from the same lake a few weeks ago - whilst waiting to give my brother & his wife a ride to the end of the lake in the boat.

[jiro]

Well since he asked so nicely Mark, wadda ya reckon?

I shot this from the same lake a few weeks ago - whilst waiting to give my brother & his wife a ride to the end of the lake in the boat.

I can see a lot of similarity on the mountains, Colin. Thanks for letting me see this. It is really an awesome view.

[Canadian Girl]

They are both wonderful shots. The first would be just as great without the ducks..."little buggers"!

[Markvetnz]

Well since he asked so nicely Mark, wadda ya reckon?

great Colin - I think you captured the mood nicely. I like the rising mist. What time of day was that.

They are both wonderful shots. The first would be just as great without the ducks..."little buggers"!

The problem with a wide angle lens is that if you don't put something in the foreground then all you end up with is teeny weeny hills and clouds in the distance

[MiniChris]

I want to live there...

[Colin Southern]

I want to live there...

The sandflies would eat you alive!

Not to rub it in or anything, but it's about an hour's drive from where I live, and I've been there so many times the car knows the way all by itself

[Colin Southern]

great Colin - I think you captured the mood nicely. I like the rising mist. What time of day was that.

Hi Mark,

Off memory, around 8am, just before the sun came over the mountains.

I might have another crack at it shortly ... I should have been at the other jetty as it aligns better with the lake.

[Markvetnz]

[Katy Noelle]

wow!!!

[tameigh]

I like the second one and the last one, except for the ducks, I think there are enough photos of sitting mallards in this world, and probably other worlds too, the way they spread.

The foreground is also a little soft, I think. I also think the picture would be fine without the beach. Maybe better, as it brings little to justify the real estate in the image it takes up, in my opinion.