Sheep grazing, Tekapo

Thanks for all the feedback

Although I know the scene is not really up there, but I really like the effect that you created, good job!

Please come over to NZ and I will take you there.

400mm lens from mt John. Hand held, balance on a rock.

5D2 with a 200 mm lens and a 2x converter, so manual focus.

bright light from the sun low in the sky, with colour through a gap in the background.I will post the google earth location screen shot I made.

The great thing about Mt John is a cafe on the summit to warm you up. Owned by a photographer.

For the google image see the image in this gallery.

Looks like I tilted the image (hence the angle of the trees and the hill). I do that quite a lot as I have very poor eyesight in my right eye, but I still use it sometimes out of habit.

This is a wonderful scene, and the light in the sky is incredible. I, too, wondered how close this photo is to what the eye saw. It's too bad that in this digital era we have to wonder about or question exceptionally beautiful images. It's much appreciated when you set the viewer straight as to how the photo was captured. I might consider cropping a bit off the bottom (maybe 50% of the space between the bottom edge and the sheep) just to focus the viewer's attention more on the sheep. Some might suggest the same for the top, but I wouldn't want to lose any portion of that wonderful sky.

Thanks for that, I appreciate your comment. You know, in reality photographers have always done something to their images, Even good old Ansel did a bit of dodging, burning and bleaching. I suspect it went on more with film.

I got a bit upset as it was assumed this was not real, rather then asking me. So thanks for your comments.

In the end the picture is all that matters, how we interpret the images is up to us the photographers. I just get concerned when people make assumptions about others, when we should just enjoy and appreciate photography as a subject.

A very strong image: the light, the color tones and the mood created trough it, it all fits together