Lake Matheson - New Zealand - a photo on Flickriver

At Lake Matheson, nature has combined exactly the right ingredients to create truly stunning reflections of New Zealand's highest peaks Mount Cook and Mount Tasman. The waters of Lake Matheson are dark brown, so on a calm day they create the ideal reflective surface. The colour is caused by natural leaching of organic matter from the surrounding native forest floor.
Out of bed at 4:45am, driving 10 min to the parking lot, walking 40 min through the forest and there i was, before sunrise...beautiful Lake Matheson and the most beautiful reflection i've ever seen.
Enjoy...

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Technical Details;
Camera; Canon EOS 1Ds mkIII
Lens; Canon 24-70m/m 2.8L USM
Exposure; 1 sec
Aperture; f16
Filter; Lee Hard Edge 0.6 Grad
ISO 100 RAW
Tripod; Gitzo 3541L
Ballhead; RRS BH-55 with B2 AS II clamp
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Taken in: New Zealand / West Coast / Westland District (show map)

Taken on: March 2, 2009

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