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Filtered Light

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 90 mm, 1/100 sec at f/8, ISO 100

A closer up of the distant mountains with the amazingly good and versatile Nikkor Z 24-120/4 S lens

The lens is crazy good and as a travel lens it’s just about perfect

Diamond Lane

DJI Mini 3 Pro FC3582 + 6.7 mm f/1.7 @ 6.72 mm, 1/5000 sec at f/1.7, ISO 110 x 21 Frames

A 180˚ panoramic view with Diamond Lake and it’s walking track off to the right. With this lovely road snaking off into the distance between the mountains

Our luck with the mostly good weather was holding up again

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Question Everything

DJI Mini 3 Pro FC3582 + 6.7 mm f/1.7 @ 6.72 mm, 1/2000 sec at f/1.7, ISO 100

We drove out to Diamond Lake (which is near Wanaka and to the right of this image) to walk the circuit around the lake (it’s about a 45 minute return walk)

Whilst the others walked right up to the high viewing deck above the lake I wandered to take my own view

Afterlight

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 48 mm, 61 sec at f/11, ISO 64

A little decent colour at sunrise at #thatwanakatree. More peachy with hints of orange and red. Still it was a lovely morning to be out photographing – just on 6AM here

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That Wanaka Tree

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 57 mm, 83 sec at f/11, ISO 64

More pre-dawn goodness @ #thatwanakatree on the shores of Lake Wanaka

It still looks pretty good even though someone vandalised the tree cutting off that famous low curving branch %#!!