Lake and Church Photo

Photographer’s Note

Lake Tekapo is largest of three roughly parallel lakes running north-south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin (the others are Lake Pukaki and Lake Ohau). It covers an area of 83 km2, and is at an altitude of 700 metres above sea level.

The lake is fed at its northern end by the braided Godley River, which has its source in the Southern Alps, to the north.

The lake's outflow was at its southern end, into the Tekapo River. The lake is at the upper end of the Waitaki hydroelectric scheme. The lake was originally raised for a small stand-alone power station (now known as Tekapo A). Water from the lake was diverted through a tunnel under the town to the power station, with the water originally being returned to the river. This water is now fed into a canal which leads to Tekapo B on the shores of Lake Pukaki.
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pastadog (12821) 2006-04-02 0:18

Hi Henryk - beautiful shot of this marvelous landscape, from great POV and nice delicate colors, well done...Daniel

besnard (30212) 2006-04-02 1:19

Bonjour Henryk
Très jolie vue de ce lac d'un très beau bleu. Les montagnes ajoutent du charme à ta photo. Tout est calme.
Merci pour le partage et bon dimanche.
Nicole

rakeshgupta (2670) 2006-04-02 3:07

Hello Henryk,
Great shot of this beautifuk lake. The background snow mountains are looking great. The water color is amazing. I see two types of tranasportation medium here. I think it is one of the tourist destination of New Zealand.
Good colours and very well saturated composition.
- Rakesh

pablominto (40056) 2006-04-02 3:13

Hello Hendryk,
A beautiful landscape in a very pleasing composition!
Well balanced, with the right emphasis on the main elements... Awesome colours and some fine details!
The emerald green of the lake is most attractive...
Greetings,
Pablo -

ALIRIZA (16195) 2006-04-02 4:06

Hi Henryk ,
Wonderful shot, marvelous composition . POV, DOF, colors, reflection and framing are very well. TFS. Congratulations...
Ali Rıza

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arnoud1976 (1191) 2006-07-25 7:22

lovely shot of the church of the good shepard. its a phenomenal place! the boat and campers and coach do show its also very busy and touristy. But it was far worse when i was there :-)
Only thing i would have done different is not get the horizon so central in the comp, maybe some more water or air. that would give the image more power in my opinion. tfs arnoud