NZPhotographer Issue 35, September 2020

LAKE TAUPO
F13, 1/20s, ISO64
New Zealand’s biggest lake and the gateway to the volcanic plateau as well as the lesser-explored Te Urewera
National Park, Lake Taupo has many hidden wonders and is an area I would like to spend more time in and
around.
The evening I took this shot I was staying at the camping ground up the road so it was an easy decision of
where to shoot sunset. I was hoping that the colour would light up the sky and that the volcano would be visible
in the far distance.
I was struggling to get anything decent with the wide-angle lens so decided to bring out the telephoto lens,
hoping I would get something with that. It was windy but I had no idea a yacht was going to come along!
While they were enjoying their ride, I was thanking my lucky stars – It was perfect and adding a human element
to the image really made all the difference. As fast as it sailed into frame, it sailed out of frame but thankfully,
the sky had lit up with an amazing display of colour.
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