Tag : landscape

Golden pool, Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa

Late in the day in the Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa, the setting sun reflects off a hill to light a golden pool.

The abstract landscape

When you’re in a grand natural landscape, the temptation is to get out the wide-angle lens and try to capture the “big picture”. However sometimes it’s worth looking beyond the obvious and look for smaller details, a telephoto lens can be helpful in doing so.

Golden sky, Serengeti National Park

The colours depicted are true to the original scene, they haven’t been “souped-up”.

Sunrise, Serengeti National Park

the potential for using long lenses for landscape shots

Lake Atitilan, Guatemala

Guatemala has numerous volcanoes some of which are among the most active in the world,  Lake Atitilan is surrounded by several.

Fumaroles, Pacaya Volcano, Guatemala

Several of these fumaroles exist at the top of the volcano, spitting out smoke, steam, and sulphur which can be seen as a yellowish crust in the picture.

Pacaya Volcano, Guatemala.

Pacaya, one of the most active volcanoes in the world

Mountains, clouds and rainbows, Nepal

The clouds part long enough to review the mountains and a rainbow

Himalayan Cloudscape, colour vs monochrome

Clouds envelop the Himalayan peaks of Nepal, a scene that is dramatic in colour or monochrome.