First light at Wharite peak II Photo

Photographer’s Note

Hi all.
Following on from my First light at Wharite post I show the view east from Wharite peak. This is looking out over the southern Hawkes Bay. There is a town just visible in the upper right of the photo and this is Woodville.
Taken at 6:45 in the morning the low sun has bought out the contours of the landscape.
Enjoy.
Cheers, Paul.

riclopes, Paolo, kiwi_explorer, claudeD, emjleclercq, Henryk_Bilor, zeca, Photo65Net, saylan-cb, plimrn, sufi, jafadabret, josepmarin, alainh, feather, Graal, papagolf21, jhm, gary91, fserajian, MLINES, Viera, pboehringer has marked this note useful

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ribeiroantonio (21881) 2007-03-23 1:06

This definitely is a wonderful landscape picture. The big diagonal separating both fore and background areas is excellent as is show us different textures and colours. The low cloud on top gives a second level of depth (in height). Very well done.
Antonio

siolaw (25720) 2007-03-23 1:16

Hi Paul,
The POV is spectacular, and the morning light enhances the shadows giving the relief aboost. The colors are superb as well... the top right corner has some shade... wht is it?
Greetings
Laurent

tico_tic (395) 2007-03-23 1:46

Perfect! i love the saturated colors portrayed here! the distant view, the patterns of hills. very nice. the tones and shades are good. tfs

Frisco

barrufeto_77 (25705) 2007-03-23 3:29

Hi Paul.

The "first" light was really impressive. My compliments for this and for the depth in the picture.

They're amazing!

Rgs, Oscar

riclopes (32967) 2007-03-23 5:18

Wow, what a fantastic scenery, Paul. It looks like an imaginary land of a fairly tail. It almost could be a landscape from the 'Lord of the Rings'. Great framing with a strong foreground and impressive depth. Very attractive colors and beautiful effect from the game of light and shadow. Thanks for sharing this wonderful place. Excellent shot!
Cheers,
Ricardo

Paolo (40694) 2007-03-23 5:28

Hi Paul, beautiful pano view on the mounts, the hills and the large plateau.
the POV is excellent and the quality good in the foreground forest with fantastic colours, but los something close to the distant range of mounts as you wrote in the note.
anyway, is a beautiful view.
thanks, ciao

kiwi_explorer (12195) 2007-03-23 5:52

Hi Paul,
The warm morning sun always adds some special effects on landscapes just like this scene. Well composed ... I like the sloping land running diagonally across the frame. Very good color quality and sharpness... Excellent! TFS
Cheers,
Renier

ktanska (16524) 2007-03-23 8:36

Hi Paul,
Special light on this one created by early morning sunshine and haze in the background. I like those special coloured shrubs. I remember them from my own visit in 2004.
Kari

vikous (2217) 2007-03-23 8:45

Stunning photo, Paul! The contrast between light and shade is impresive. Well ballanced, i wouldn't change a thing, well done!
viktor

jrj (34779) 2007-03-23 12:34

You use well the diagonal foreground here Paul as a intro to the grand landscape in the back. The compo 'wins' by the strong contrast and saturation where also the dark shadow there adds interest. Great landscape well captured.

claudeD (11264) 2007-03-23 13:46

Hi Paul,

you are really presenting a very good landscape shot which i love very much.A good composition , pov and colors make an excellent work of your picture.Thank you for sharing.

With regards from Luxembourg

Jean-Claude

cuneyt-sb (6559) 2007-03-23 14:07

Hi Paul
Nice warm colors nad very good light control
I like it very much
TFS\Kind regards

emjleclercq (14227) 2007-03-23 18:18

A very deep point of view. I like a lot the excellent light in the foreground, the perfect sharpness of the image for both the foreground and background and the beautiful coulds on hehorizon.

All the best,

Emmanuel

ahmetgedikli (21805) 2007-03-23 18:30

Hi Paul,
A very impressive landscape. The colours, the light and the sharpness are superb.
Have a nice weekend.
Ahmet

MIG13 (0) 2007-03-23 18:44

A wonderful landscape, Paul, captured from a very good POV. Great colours and depht! Well done! TFS! Regards! Miguel.

Henryk_Bilor (20365) 2007-03-23 19:22

Hi Paul
Nice capture with the colours of late summer ;). I like the vast perspective and the clouds on the horizon.
I hope I`ll be able to visit your country within the next few years (during my winter of course).
Regards

zeca (20026) 2007-03-24 2:34

Hello Paul!
Beautiful lights, specially on the foreground! The colours are brilliant! I also like very much the DoF! Well done work! Its a nice shot!
Regards,
Zeca

saylan-cb (12726) 2007-03-24 10:23

Hi Paul
I like this photo.A very good colors and wonderful place,nice POV/DOF...
TFS/regards

banyanman (7716) 2007-03-24 12:54

A beautiful landscape photograph, Paul, with excellent depth and sharpness. I like the contrast between the brown and green tones in the vegetation on the hill on the bottom right, and the warm early morning light on the same hill. Cheers . . . David

plimrn (19600) 2007-03-24 20:39

Hi Paul,
Your spectacular POV puts you above the clouds and shows a LOT of the countryside. It is a real light and shadow picture. On my new monitor, it looks almost sepia. From other's comments about the saturation, I clearly need to calibrate it. It looks like autumn is creeping up on you. HLJ, Pat

Scharan (13951) 2007-03-25 0:23

Olá Paul

Excelente foto deste cenário de múltiplas formas e cores.
Ótimo ponto de vista, parabéns pelo bonito trabalho!

Grande abraço,
Vera.

Photo65Net (43084) 2007-03-25 4:47

Paul,
A great compo with nice view from above the valley.
Amazing depth, and beautiful colors.
Very nice Regards,
JB.

sufi (9568) 2007-03-25 8:14

Merhaba Paul, my friend...
It's a perfect landscape photograph... Your point of view and the perspective are also perfect... The tones of the green and the light are wonderful too...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

jafadabret (39417) 2007-03-26 11:19

Paul, le matin est souvent le moment pour des lumières exceptionnelles. Ici la lumière du soleil levant anime ces tons d'automne. Les nuages font des zones d'ombre ce qui donne encore plus de charme à l'ensemble.
Jacques

josepmarin (33785) 2007-03-26 13:03

Hi Paul,
Excellent high POV that offers us a deep and splendid sight of the plain and the clouds in background.
I like the hillside that descends in diagonal and the great contrast between his colors and the nice game of the light and the shades.
A great work.
Best regards,
Josep

alainh (35359) 2007-03-26 13:10

hello Paul
excelent picture as usual. a beautiful light to give the strongness at this spendid landscape. it was the good hour to give perspective at this little mountains with the shadows. the colours are great
have a nice day
alain

feather (49858) 2007-03-26 17:09

Early morning is the best time for photos; I just wish I could drag myself out then. The light/shadow contrast on the landscape are beautiful. I also like the layer of cloud visible in the distance.
Kath

colinb (1534) 2007-03-26 19:52

Great shot. You've captured such amazing depth and distance in this shot. What a view. Thanks for sharing!

Graal (57689) 2007-03-27 1:48

Hi Paul,
great view, good composition and colours. Fantastic landscape. I like it a lot. Well done photo.
Gr., Aleksander

papagolf21 (56217) 2007-03-27 3:30

Bonjour, cher Paul,
Voilà une vue très difficile à reproduire pour représenter l'étendue et la magnificence de l'horizon. Et pourtant, le résultat est étonnant de détails, la beauté est parfaitement reproduite.
Félicitations.
Amitiés.
Philippe

vincz (19039) 2007-03-27 3:33

Wonderful POV and compsotion under this beautiful early morning light. I love the so different layers in your compsotion, with less and less light, more and more mist, more and more mistery. very well done. Congratulations.

jhm (82233) 2007-03-27 7:17

Hi Paul,

What a lovely panorama view about the splendid area, exactly a satelite picture in the background, colours and composition are superb!
Is this the autumn period now in New Zealand?
Thanks for sharing

Have a nice day,
John.

prumod (8258) 2007-03-27 9:29

hi paul...
fanatastic view ... the light on the gradient and its tone is very attractive...
regards,
pramod

gary91 (15321) 2007-03-27 9:51

Hello Paul,
A very nice composition. I like the strong diagonal formed by the edga of the moutain going across the picture. The light is superb and smooth and gives delicate pastel colors. A very nice morning, I can breathe the fresh air :o)
Have a nice day,
Best regards, Christian

fserajian (4461) 2007-03-27 15:14

Hi Paul,

What a magnificent view with an excellent DOF, the shadows caused by the clouds make this a very interesting shot with an amazing lighting. TFS

Regards,

Fara

xavshot (62267) 2007-03-27 15:15

Bonsoir Paul
magnifique paysage avec une très belle profondeur. La lumière est excellente et permet de faire ressortir de très belles couleurs. Beau travail !
amicalement
Xavier

MLINES (10860) 2007-03-28 6:13

Hi Paul. You have an ability to glamorise some of these places well. Hawkes Bay is a good place to visit with all the vineyards, kiwifruit farms and beautiful beaches with offshore winds. Glorious colours and clarity well presented. TFS. Murray.

Viera (884) 2007-03-28 11:44

Hi Paul,
really very nice view into the distance,
I like such bird-eye perspective.It´s very nice,that you got up so early and brought this photo to us.
Nice greetings to the New Zealand.
Viera

pablominto (40456) 2007-03-28 12:09

Hello Paul,
Good details in the distant landscape!
The angle of light really gets out the details, lovely colours in what seems to be beginning autumn...
Strong foreground interest, good feeling of depth!
Greetings,
Pablo -

tabora (13638) 2007-03-28 12:35

Bonsoir paul,
Elle est superbe cette prise,j'aime bien le jeu d'ombres avec les nuages et la vue très en profondeur de ce paysage aux couleurs merveileuses.
A+ Joseph

pboehringer (770) 2007-03-28 16:42

It isn't just the low sun light but also the golden hue over the shrubs in the foreground that gives a magical touch to this shot, Paul. The texture of the whole landscape is so clear that I have the impression to be standing at the peak myself.
TFS, Peter

TravelerNL (2951) 2007-03-28 17:12

Hi Paul,
What a beautiful landscape photo. The light and colors are very good. This a shot well taken from this high POV. I like the clouds on the horizon being the border between the landscape and the sky.
Well seen and captured!
Harko

deblink (2548) 2007-03-28 18:06

What a spectacular view you have captured here Paul. The colours are magnificent and the shadows superb. I was born in Woodville but the one which is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
Cheers,
Debbie

Angshu (33561) 2007-03-29 4:11

Hello Paul
Excellent effect of light & shadows from the spectacular high POV. The colours, especially the intermingled autumnal & green colours. I like the vast perspective and the clouds on the horizon
Regards
Angshu

t0mmm1 (5434) 2007-03-29 13:32

Hi Paul,
what a view. It's a wonderful feeling to look down from there. I like it.
Have a nice day,
Tomi

IgorDeleze (9247) 2007-04-02 5:46

Hello Paul,
Great picture taken from a nice point of view.
Excellent deep and clear view.
The light on the foreground in excellent.
Greetings.
Igor

evanrizo (456) 2007-04-03 3:23

Hi Paul.
It is very impressive photo, this light/schadows play give a nice effect.
Depth and colors are very nice here too.
TFS
Evan

jmcl (13721) 2007-04-06 0:52

Hi Paul,

Beautiful color palette .. you are right about the contours .. such a wonderful detail and depth from this wonderful point of view.
absolutely beautiful image.

take care,

John

sebinho342 (18736) 2007-04-11 12:32

I'm speachless Paul viewing this picture... so much beauty, what a landscape and what a POV !!
This is really really amazing :)))))
A true pleasure to see it, thanks for sharing that jewel
Have a good evening

bibs69 (3243) 2007-04-24 9:55

Hello Paul,

Beautiful landscape :) The view is very deep, and I really like the different colors, tones of yellow, red and green.

Best regards, Laurent.

giorgimer (21000) 2007-08-05 23:56

Hi Paul,

wonderful landscape! The colors in the FG are absolutely stunning! I love them! Light is very good too.

TFS

Gio

MadraRua (793) 2007-08-18 5:58

Very good Paul. I love when sun and clouds liven up a landscape. Great texture in those hills. The image seems to have a slight yellow cast though.
Regards,
Hauke