Magical Mount Cook - NZ Photo

Photographer’s Note

A magical sunset over Mount Cook (Aoraki - The Cloud Piercer), on New Zealand's wild west coast of the South Island: sometimes, we photographers get lucky and just happen to be at the right place at the right time.

From a RAW image, cropped & resized, filter effects using Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0

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rossy85 (2865) 2008-03-11 5:04

Hi Jeff,
Wonderful sunset and a really nice colors and light!
Great composition!
Cheers,
Rossy

giorgimer (21274) 2008-03-11 5:11

Hi Jeff,

you are right, it's magical! Great light, excellent sharpness.

Compliments!

Gio

lopshang (628) 2008-03-11 5:51

Hi Jeff

One word, awesome. Its one the great shot that I have came across recent days. Stunning sharpness and a great composition. What i liked most is the way those clouds across the mountain. If you watch closely it feels like as if those clouds are moving (thats what i felt when i saw this first).

Regards,

Lopshang.

sevy (13564) 2008-03-11 8:42

Hello Jeff,

I live in mountain and I see a lot of mountains photos from friends, so I know the subject.
Your shot is really nice: first for the incredible lightninh putting nice color but with a soft contrast, second for the play of the clouds providing a wild atmosphere and sharing the idea of the wind, third for the panoramic frame selected which gave a balance composition.
To my mind, this shot can provide a good big size print.

Yves.

mabelle2006 (648) 2008-03-11 9:10

Hi Jeff!

Your photo deserves more points! It's really fantastic! The colours and the sharpness of the mountains which stand out of the background. A pleasure to look at!

Congratulations!

Sabrina.

gneufeld (15175) 2008-03-11 10:40

Hi Jeff,
A very well seen mountain scene with awesome late hour colors - you might want to wander into my gallery to see an early morning sunrise image I was lucky to get in Canmore last fall. I love this stuff. Well done and TFS. Gerald