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Day hike through the Hooker Valley. I was lucky that the sun was already lower when I arrived at my destination. The sight of the mighty mountain is breathtaking.
Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand, with 3,724 m (12,218 ft).
Seen from the more traditional angle across from Lake Pukaki. Mount Cook / Aoraki lies in the Southern Alps in the South Island of New Zealand. Mt Cook / Aoraki is the tallest mountain in New Zealand at a height of 3,724 m. Unfortunately the weather gods kept the sun at bay and caused a light breeze. However, I'd like to think that I still managed a respectable image. Hope you will enjoy this one!
Rather than using the traditional landscape lens I used my 85mm portrait lens which brings the distant mountains in a bit closer.
The setting sun catches the side of the vertical retort building (1932) at the site of the old Launceston Gas Company. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launceston_Gasworks
In 1826 Launceston, like most cities was running on sperm whale oil for their lamps. But in 1844, Dr William Pugh (a pioneer of anesthetic medicine) produced a means by which he could convert coal into methane gas to light his house. This was an idea that took off quickly around the world and gas companies were formed to mass produce methane gas from coal.
In 1858 the Launceston Gas Company was formed and on 5 April 1860 the city turned on its gas powered street lights for the first time. In 1932 the vertical retort building we see here (where the actual conversion process was carried out) was built. It was a far more efficient and larger means of producing more gas. Most of the coal was actually shipped in from the Hunter Valley and down the Tamar to the wharf directly outside the main entrance to the gasworks.
By the 1970s LPG had become more convenient and a cheaper form of gas and so the conversion processing plant was shut down.
So this is my tribute to yesteryear. Enjoy it while it lasts. It was also part of my personal challenge to only use a 50mm lens.
Construction began in the spring of 1907 in Rhyolite, NV and by 1910 the Cook Bank was closed. The bank was three stories tall and housed the local Post Office in the basement. The inside had marble staircases and all the modern conveniences, like electric lights and indoor plumbing. A financial crisis at the time caused banks across the country to go bankrupt.
The 'Captain Cook' cruise boat sailing around Pier One (Walsh Bay) for the start of the Vivid Sydney lightshow. May/June, 2024.
Photographed at dusk from Wharf (Pier) 2 at the Walsh Bay Wharf Precinct. Hickson Road, Dawes Point, Sydney.
Kirribilli is across the harbour, in the distance.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
Aoraki / Mt Cook reflected in the milk pond flat Lake Pukaki on a very fine late afternoon. I have rarely seen the lake this mirror like.
This is a stitched pano of 6 hand-held portrait images.
Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand. It's height, as of 2014, is listed as 3,724 metres. It is situated in the Southern Alps, the mountain range that runs the length of the South Island.
Lake Pukaki is the largest lake in the area, and it proudly shows off New Zealand’s tallest peak, Aoraki/ Mount Cook, from the many lookout points around its shores. The water colour of the lake is a bright turquoise due to glacial flour, made from extremely fine rock particles that have come from the surrounding glaciers. The lake is fed at its northern end by the braided Tasman River, which has its source in the Hooker and Tasman Glacier. When the sun hits the surface of the lake, it reflects off the particles transforming it to a brilliant blue. The combination of the magnificent lake, surrounding peaks and wide open skies are a dream for photographers and pose the difficult challenge of capturing the grandeur of the ever-changing landscape.
October 10, 1999 finds GBSOA thundering down the hill near Cooks with 6593, 1762, 1761, 1756 and 2054. The WC had done a lot of track work in the area and the hogger was putting that to good use on this fine fall afternoon.
Another 3 shot pano stitched together in Lightroom taken along the Cook Inlet in Alaska
Sorry metadata isn't there. I don't know why it didn't export. It was taken around 3:30 to 4 pm
Canon R5
Lens RF 28-70mm
28mm focal length
1/400th of a second with ISO @ 160
f / 8.0
Aperture Priority
3 photos taken in a row, moving left to right and then combined in Lightroom
Half way between Mount Cook village and the Hooker Glacier we came across this old hut. As can be seen all the way up the valley New Zealand's high point dominated the approach.
Mount Cook, New Zealand.
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Taken from SH 8 on the golden hour at about a 60 km distance away (as the crow flies) on the shore of Lake Pukaki. Due to the use of the 105 mm prime this is a heavy crop in pp. My initial plan was to shoot a wider view but decided during pp it looked a lot better cropped as the foreground was just too much water.
ペニンシュラの前ではクリスマスマーケットをやっています。
飾り付けられた歩道ではコックさんがケーキを売っています。
There is a Christmas market in front of the Peninsula Hotel.
A cook sells cakes on the decorated sidewalk.
I’m lucky to have a group of great friends from the Denver area, and another outlier like me, from Santa Rosa. Many of them have been on many landscape trips guided by Andy Cook (Rocky Mountain Reflections) and we decided to join his Glacier National Park trip from which I’ve just returned. Andy was terrific and his wife, Kati, took care of our logistics. This is a blatant endorsement of Andy and I encourage everyone to visit his website and consider one of his trips. Everything was well planned, and no one could have worked harder than Andy to as a guide and instructor. He was anxious to teach and spent time with every participant, as much as was asked for. I only saw him pull his own camera out once, and that was after we all had our fill from that location. There’s nothing better than learning and I learned a lot, now adopting his method of bracketing which I’ve never read or been exposed to before. Both he and his wife Kati are great people and I look forward to another adventure with them. Full disclosure: he gives discounts for repeat customers as well as for referrals, so please keep me in mind if you decide to take one of his trips. (I had to say that to feel right but would have sent this out even if that was not his policy.) Here’s his website address: rockymtnrefl.com/
This shot is from Avalanche Creek, one of my favorite locations. The rocks are beautiful, and the water runs fast. I combined several bracketed shots, all taken with my Sony a1, Sony 12-24 at 22mm, f/16, ISO 100, and shutter speeds of 1/3, 1.3 and 5 seconds.
There is a reef that almost completely surrounds the island, except for a gap where the natural harbour is. This acts as a natural break water and makes the sea very calm near the beaches. The break water can be seen as a white ridge that surrounds the island.The airport and the runway can be seen in its entirety.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands
“The Cook Islands (Rarotongan, Penrhyn) is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately 236.7 square kilometres. The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers 1,960,027 square kilometres of ocean. Avarua is its capital.
The Cook Islands is self-governing while in free association with New Zealand. Since the start of the 21st century, the Cook Islands has directed its own independent foreign and defence policy, and also has its own customs regulations, although it has no armed forces and therefore generally relies on New Zealand for its external defence.[9] In recent decades, the Cook Islands have adopted an increasingly assertive and distinct foreign policy, and a Cook Islander, Henry Puna, currently serves as Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum.[10] Most Cook Islanders are also citizens of New Zealand, but they also have the status of Cook Islands nationals, which is not given to other New Zealand citizens. The Cook Islands have been an active member of the Pacific Community since 1980.”
The beautiful milky blue-grey stream of the Hooker River cuts its way through the verdant valley beneath Aoraki, South Island's highest peak.