Above Moke Lake

On a day off from working in Queenstown in May 2023, I set out with Jenny and Adam to explore the ridge above Moke Lake along to Mt Crichton. We never made it as far along the range as Mt Crichton as the conditions weren't great. They were, however, excellent for photography, mostly of Moke Lake itself.

I feel it's not often you see the sky in a lake like this.

It allows you to take slightly mind-bending photos where an almost unreal tongue of land seems to reach into the sky itself.

This one too

Such a Central Otago vista, it's currently making me slightly homesick

As always I love to play with the light in the mountains and Central Otago is such a great backdrop for this

Another one of Moke Lake, I don't like the composition as much as above, but I do love that you can see the gust of wind on the last

Is it just me? Or does Hidden Island look like a submarine? I tried to lean into this with the helicopter on the hill and the rough surface of the lake. To me the black and white makes me envisage this scene as an alternate reality where Queenstown is at war

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