The Maniototo is a stunning part of the NZ South Island, it's one of those places where you feel the NZ history. It's now sheep farm land,it's harsh, dry climate, ranging from over 30°C in mid-summer to -15°C in mid-winter so it's a hardy place. The gold rush hit there in the early days, it's been photographed, painted and talked about for many years, and I can understand why, I love the place and really need to go back and do more!
This is an image I love, the clouds were starting to roll over a hill with the light just peaking round the edge, the pathway draws you up to the summit and into the coming storm. I like the way the light reflects off of the clouds and your left wondering what's at the end of the path, well I was anyway.
I'd travelled down to this area with Tony Bridge, a stunning NZ based photographer and a great teacher. This is an area he knows well and was happy to share it with me. This image was captured on the 1st day were were there but it wasn't completed for another 3 weeks after that by the time I got home, converted the raw files (300+ images! from the whole shoot) and then started to bring out from the image what i saw, what i remembered about the area and I guess all the additional elements that your mind adds as you embellish a memory.
The resulting image is one I'm very happy with and one that I've got on my wall at home.
You can see this and some of the other images from that trip in the Maniototo Gallery under Places.
Enjoy.
