All lines lead to..... Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is a photo I have been intending to take for some time now. This is the view from state highway one just south of Waiouru as you cross a railway overpass. I have driven this way for years and never stopped to take this photo, until now.
I love the way the roads, lines and tracks all lead to the mountain. The road is on the far right and Waiouru is only just visible centre right.
Hope you enjoy.
Cheers, Paul.

robertosalguero, Photo65Net, luisafonso, izler, peco85, pboehringer, tonyking, Henryk_Bilor, ChrisJ, somkiat, leo61, sufi, feather, gelor, josepmarin, elmec, jean-marie, jhm, cunejo200, plimrn, fabio_ts, Cretense, vincent24, zeca, ahmetgedikli, riclopes, Donald, balatrek, benkrut, lappino, fserajian, Yffic, anney, dareco, kiks has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

robertosalguero (110) 2006-11-02 23:22

Very nice picture. I also like the roads and lines going straight to the massif. Good picture with excellent depth of field and perspective. I think you did some noise removal by looking t=at the brown bushes beside the train line. Nice work :-)

Roberto

dhurjati (2827) 2006-11-02 23:51

Hi Paul,
Really wonderful landscape.The rail tracks seemed to be converging with the horizon peaks.A wonderful sight,treat to eyes.The colour is extremly good,little low in light but that anyway is not a major concern.Great job.
Greetings from India,
Dhurjati

Albrecht (11004) 2006-11-03 2:41

Hi Paul
You have got a real DUTCH name....
beautiful POV and view. Great sky and the atmosphere and colours are good.
greetings from Holland
Albrecht

arjun_das (1850) 2006-11-03 2:48

excellent pov of this wonderful place. nice mountain with the white clouds hovering over it in the background. tfs.

regards,
arjun

Photo65Net (43084) 2006-11-03 3:59

Hi Paul,
Very graphic pic, with beautiful contrasted colours along the lines.
Very pleasant.
Have a nice day,
JB.

ktanska (16530) 2006-11-03 4:32

Hi Paul,
Great view. Funny looking dry wegetation. Lake and snowy mountain background. And the railway line works as a main focal point. I guess traffic over there is so scrarcs that waiting for the train would be too much to ask.
Should the location be spelled Waiouru?
Kari

luisafonso (858) 2006-11-03 5:48

The railway and the mountain; what a combination! I love the railway, I even have a theme on that, but combining it with that snowy mountain has created a beautiful scenery. Love your composition and your pov Paul. Placing the railway on the right third was a clever move since it allows the viewer to navigate from foreground to the back. Amazing.
Technically, I think you could gave opened the shadows a bit. Guess you were afraid of overexposing the snow... Probably you had to use a ND grad filter to balance the light. I am presenting a workshop to deal with this. Hope you don't mind. Great photo!

[workshop] [compare] +

johnnyh (637) 2006-11-03 5:48

Hey Paul, great shot love it. good perspective and nice colours with sharp details for stunning setting, good work best regards John.

izler (6) 2006-11-03 7:46

hi paul
you are presenting fantastic and impressive atmosphere with superb perspective. composition, point of view, colours, contrast, using of light and details are great
TFS
izler

Floydian (30970) 2006-11-03 10:06

Hi Paul,
Very impressive...very IMPRESSIVE..!!!
Those snowtop mountains are coming straight to us with the large clouds on top.
Simply wonderful in this very strong composition with the railway lines.
A great shot Paul...very good.
Have a nice weekend, Henk

peco85 (919) 2006-11-03 14:20

Nice job Paul:)
Beautiful colors and lovely comp.:)
Good qaulity and a soothing atmosphere:) I especially like the contrast between hot summer and snowy mountains! :)

PeCO

Lisas_world (1180) 2006-11-03 18:29

I love how the snowy mountain blends into the clouds, and how the railway ties the foreground right to it. Interesting how all the "important clutter" of man is so trivial in comparison. Good view.. you are lucky that it is yours to enjoy any time :)

Lisa

pboehringer (770) 2006-11-04 1:33

I see, you were waiting to get the ideal weather conditions to get this picture. The fusion between the snow-capped mountain and the clouds is terrific. And, you're right the, the triantracks leading straight to the mountain is a good one.
TFS, Peter

tonyking (1599) 2006-11-04 4:29

Hi Paul,
You chose a good day to take this pic. Having the cloud hanging low over the mountain creates a really nice effect. The composition with all the lines leading away towards the mountain, as you say in your note, is a great way of leading the viewer's eye towards where you want it. The effect is really nice. It's just a shame that the pic seems a little too dark because, other than that, it's really good work.

Best wishes,
Tony

Budapestman (41686) 2006-11-04 10:23

Hi Paul!
This is a very spectacular POV and fascinating mood! Its an expressive composition and impressive theme. Details are effective and fine. This is a very nice country and excellent shot!
Thank you, nice days
George

anesugur (16818) 2006-11-04 14:52

Hi Paul,
A wonderful panoramic composition.
Good POV, DOF and very beautiful cloudy sky.
I like it.
Best wishes. Uğur

maximage (13349) 2006-11-04 18:30

Bonjour Paul,
Mgnifiques paysages complètement inconnus pour moi!
Jolie compo.
Amitiés.
max

ChrisJ (70125) 2006-11-04 20:46

Hi Paul

Spectacular view of Ruapehu. I like the cross light on the railroad tracks. Well managed shallow dof. Tfs!

AandK (1795) 2006-11-04 21:13

I love these types of pictures. Pictures were long roads lead towards something beautiful. Especially when a nice and impressive mountain stands at the end of the road. In this case it's even better because there's not only the road... What I would have prefered would be a POV right above the road or the railway because that gives a sense of travelling for the viewer. Anyways, truely impressive scenery!
TFS
Andreas

prezntime (3945) 2006-11-04 22:10

Hello Paul.
This is indeed an incredible sight. I find myself passing by scenes time and time again before I actually stop...I should just take the time and stop right away.
Anyway, the lines that you refered to are a great track for ones eyes. The browns of the foreground contrast quite nice with the backgrouind maountain and snow. Great perspective and the cloud cover is awesome.
Regards,
Chris.

somkiat (1096) 2006-11-04 23:01

hallo paul,
very beautiful and fascinating view.the mountain is so great.the brighten at the mountain and darker tracks at the bottom of your frame is nice contrast.i like the details of snow with cloud over mountain.it's obvious.tfs.
somkiat

leo61 (43336) 2006-11-05 2:14

Hi Paul!
Good shot with amazing depth given by the repetition of the masts and the railwaytrack,leading the eyes to the nice mountans in the background.Your POV is excellent.Since 8 years I pass a verry similar scene (with less high mountans) every morning....I hope I can manage a good shot like yours soon.
Regards,Leo

sufi (9568) 2006-11-05 5:09

Merhaba Paul...
Perfect perspective... Also perfect point of view, light, colors and details... The contrast between the warm and cold colors are wonderful... Of course great shot...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

tabora (13638) 2006-11-05 7:04

Bonjour Paul,
Les lignes convergent vers ces montagnes enneigées,qui sont englobées par ces beaux nuages floconeux.
Beau Travail.
Amitiés Joseph

Click3 (1871) 2006-11-05 7:29

Paul...great scene...fantastic ride...Love how the tracks leads in to this stunning mountain scene. As mentioned a bit dark, otherwise excellent.
Saludos, Robert

feather (49858) 2006-11-05 8:19

Incredible scenery Paul. There is such a contrast between the snowy cloud-capped mountains and the foreground with all the man-made trappings. At least they served to create the wonderful perspective that leads our eye to the mountains. Well done.
Kath

danyy (68602) 2006-11-05 8:58

Bonjour Paul;
j'aime ces photos un peu sous exposées où les couelurs sont bien plus intenses. Neige et nuages sont eux parfaitment rendus.
Un joli paysage , tu as chois un POV bien adapté à ce que tu voulais montrer.
Regards
Daniel.

gelor (3224) 2006-11-05 13:30

Bonsoir Paul,
Un très joli paysage ! Ces montagnes dans les nuages superbes. Beau travail, merci.
Gérard

Janice (4386) 2006-11-05 14:51

Ah, so it's Ruapehu. I thought you might have beeen in the Sth Island. This is certainly a new angle of looking at the mountain. Well compsosed Paul, I like it!
Janice

josepmarin (33785) 2006-11-05 14:58

Hi Paul,
I cannot believe that you have crossed for this bridge often for years and have not taken this photo till now.
It is a spectacular and very beautiful landscape, and I like the perspective that there form the highway, the railroad and the posts, which take the glance to us directly up to the magnificent mountains in background.
Excellent shot.
Regards,
Josep

capthaddock (28640) 2006-11-05 21:03

Hi Paul - railways photos are not typically associayed with NZ, of course there are not many of them, nice documentary, and yes the convergence of the lines works very well, the beautiful landscape does not hurt either.

Gregtom (7119) 2006-11-06 2:42

Hello, Paul!
Very beautiful view, i already know it only from the Peter jackson's film trilogy... Mountains look very majestic and huge! I like vividness of colors and a line of the railway, leading an eye to the deep of the cadre, to the mountains. Fantastic place!
regards,
Greg

Henryk_Bilor (20365) 2006-11-06 3:30

Hello Paul
Excellent perspective of this all lines leading to the mountains. And the mountain - lovely covered with snow. Great capture.
Regards

pablominto (40508) 2006-11-06 3:36

Hello Paul,
An interesting scenery, in a combination of nature and man made!
The contrast to the majestic mountains are awesome, still with lots of snow and topped by some beautiful cloud formations...
Well composed presentation, where a good angle of light gives fine details!
Greetings,
Pablo -

rosaline (0) 2006-11-06 3:53

Hi Paul
An impressive shot which captures many elements. I like the way you have used the railway to frame the shot and lead the viewer,s eye into the composition. The distant mountains and clouds are spectacular and contrast markedly with the colours of the foreground. Very nice capture.
Aubrey

Cricri (43030) 2006-11-06 4:48

Bonjour Paul,
Un moment bien capturer ou les nuages se mélange à la montagne enneigé, bon POV, joli paysage
bonne journée
cricri

elmec (12194) 2006-11-06 10:42

Hello Paul!
Amazing photo!
I like the lines and the white mountains in the back!
Perfect composed, very good done!
Congratulations!
Best regards!

prumod (8258) 2006-11-06 11:37

hi paul,
very nice colors you brought... the landscape is very beautiful with its amazing mountain at b/g...
greetings
pramod

jean-marie (3088) 2006-11-06 11:54

Hello Paul,

Quel cadrage mes amis ! superbe avec cette voie de chemin de fer qui nous emmène vers les montagnes. Ces montagnes impressionnantes réhaussées par les nuages à leurs sommets.
Bravo !
Amitiés
Jean-Marie

nanauhauer (761) 2006-11-06 16:44

Hello Paul,
Very interesting and impressive composition!
More light on ground should be better to enhance green and brown.
Regards
Nanau

jhm (82319) 2006-11-07 7:29

Hi Paul,

The composition with all the lines leading away towards the mountain, this care for very great perspective and excellent depth picture, I love how the snowy mountain blends into the clouds, very nice composition too! Thanks for sharing.

Have a nice day,
John
Ps: Paul you have a dutch surname, roots in Europe?

cunejo200 (7157) 2006-11-07 8:03

Hi Paul,
Superb scene. Wonderfully composed. The snow-capped mountain, the brown/green grasses, and the track lines are all engaging elements. Good DOF and colors. Best regards. Danilo

plimrn (19602) 2006-11-07 8:25

Hi Paul,
I do like the symbolisym of all lines leading to that wonderful mountain with its double mantle of snow and clouds, and its feet in the blue lake. Excellent detail and color; the RR tracks gleam silver and the clouds are so puffy I want to play in them. Does the train run again? I took the train from Wellington to Aukland in 2003; it was running very slowly d/t problems with the rails and then it was shut down. It was a wonderful trip; we had a very chatty group in the club car: an avocado farmer headed to his home a bit south of Aukland, couples from GB, ISLe of Mann & Seattle.
Regards, Pat

dcawker (5667) 2006-11-07 10:42

Amazing POV.. The light and colors are really strong as well! Regards, Doug

jafadabret (39485) 2006-11-08 0:56

Hi Paul,
Une perspective bien dessinée avec les rails qui nous conduisent jusqu'à cette montagne imposante et superbe. La brume du lointain et les nuages donnent du mystère.
Jacques

barrufeto_77 (25719) 2006-11-08 3:48

Hi Paul.

Good contrasts in the composition. It's great how firstly there is vegetation everywhere and eventually the mountains with its atmosphere. Excellent composition.

Rgs, Oscar

fabio_ts (13674) 2006-11-08 4:41

The wonderful contrast of white clouds and snow against the dark dominant of the rest makes this picture amazing, also the way how you have composed it is perfect... excellent work Paul, all my compliments!!

have a nice day,
Fabio.

Cretense (55848) 2006-11-08 7:34

Hi Paul!

Great landscape photography, as always! Great POV, Perspective and amazing depth of field. Very impressive use of the rails as leading lines, that point straight to the snowcapped mountains. Congratulations!

Hercules

Bluejeans (32083) 2006-11-08 8:48

Ola Paul fantastica paisagem desta montaha com neve , gostei da linha do comboio.
Um abraço Gonçalo

vincent24 (9038) 2006-11-08 14:35

Hello Paul,
Very well titled picture...amazing perspective...great depht,i think we all have a lot of "pictures to do" in our heads...
good job,
vincent

osse (2806) 2006-11-08 17:31

Hi Paul
Nice landscape shot. Good POV, DOF and colours.
Well done

osse

ahmetgedikli (21841) 2006-11-09 1:20

Hi Paul,
Wonderful landscape... Superb colors, beautiful cloudy with snowy mountains and very good perspective... Great job!
Have a nice day.
Ahmet

riclopes (32971) 2006-11-09 3:19

Hi Paul, it's a very beautiful composition and the sight of the gorgeous background is spectacular. Actually, I like the strong contrasts and the may be a bit too dark foreground, even if I agree that the ws of Luis is very good.
Ricardo

Andrzej_HHH (2558) 2006-11-09 10:01

Amazing picture - My congratulations! Andrzej

Donald (134) 2006-11-09 11:50

Hi Paul, Very good photo and great DOF all the way out to that wondeful hill. Top job TFS
Kind regards
Donald

fc22 (746) 2006-11-09 16:41

Great view Paul. Wished maybe a later (towards sunset) or an early morning hour. Indeed a place worth returning to.

Take care, Florin

zeca (20026) 2006-11-10 0:05

Beautiful POV, Paul! Well, New Zealand is a huge nice POV! Nice to see that railroad leading our eyes to that mountain with snow and clouds looks great. Nice lights!
Regards,
Zeca

sarhanp (122) 2006-11-10 3:39

Hello Paul,

This is really a stunning photo. It has it's own story.

Congrats,

Sarhan.

balatrek (7419) 2006-11-13 15:17

Hi Paul,

Excellent image and great perspective, the composition is perfect and creates a good depth, you have created a fantastic contrast with mountains, I like as the line is lost in the horizon, small but interesting it details the red light of the traffic light, great shot!

Regards
José

sebcz (2345) 2006-11-21 4:08

Hi Paul!
Thank you for visiting my collection, I found this one here and I can see you also had taken teh power lines and industrial constructions composed nicely in natural background. Lovely deep DoF.
Regards,
Seb

benkrut (3395) 2006-11-22 20:27

Hi
You live in country of unfinished opportunities for photographers. Even railroad trail and the electric lines can look interesting when composed with the nature wonders. I still keep in my memory your other picture with Mount Ngauruhoe. Both photos make a quite interesting theme.
I'd clone out the red light in the center of photo - for me it's disturbing.
Take care
HS

maphoto (8076) 2006-11-24 19:23

Very nice view Paul, the mountain and clouds makes a gorgeous background, excellent contrast, well done.

lappino (848) 2006-11-26 2:21

Hello Paul,
what a perfect perspective you got here...and full of details, too!
I like the look of the grass, just like the fur of some big cat...
Well done, thanks for sharing!
Vlad

Anna-- (7737) 2006-11-27 13:52

Ciao Paul,
I like the photo for linearity in the low part and irregularity in the high one with these splendid snowy mountains and the beautiful clouds
Anna

isabib (1951) 2006-11-28 17:40

Hi Paul,

The thing I like on this pics is the train tracks that leads your eyes to the mountains. Great sharpness and clarity. Well done and TFS!

ayurut (100) 2006-11-29 17:00

Hello Paul,
I think; very very nice shot.Thanks
ayurut

colinb (1534) 2006-12-07 19:43

Really nice shot. The railway leads the eyes perfectly to those grand mountains which you have captured with stunning detail. TFS!

jrj (34779) 2006-12-23 6:21

I have heard Paul that New Zealand and Norway in many ways have the same kind of landscapes. Well, looking at this photo it could for sure as well have been of my country. Great place and nature, good capture with a fine use of the rails for adding depth and perspective.

fserajian (4469) 2007-01-20 11:51

Hi Paul,

A very interesting shoy, the railway line gives it such a depth, the mountains are just fantastic. TFS

Regards,

Fara

Yffic (6106) 2007-01-23 4:18

A real nice picture Paul.
The colors are lovely and the sharpness is impressive.

RegardS.

Yves

Greg1949 (8507) 2007-08-08 15:40

Paul,

Interesting how we discover each other's galleries here on TE.

I like this shot, it is grand, an epic shot I think. It is the type of vision I have when I hear "New Zeland". The scale of it is awesome and I like the original better than the ws, the dark shadows give it a larger feel. Great capture.

Greg

dareco (17104) 2007-11-01 0:33

Another real beauty!! Gorgeous scenery! Love the pov and the colors are extremely beautiful. Thanks!!

kiks (6053) 2008-08-18 4:53

Hi Paul, glad that after all the years you stop to take this shot and post it. It is indeed a great scene with the lines leading into the mountain. Very impressive.
Best regards
KIks