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Copyright: Dawn McKenzie Wykes (Dawn) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1134 W: 100 N: 3364] (17538)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-09-10
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Canon EOS 30D, Canon 70-300mm DO IS USM, hoya UV(0) 67mm
Exposure: f/13.0, 1/320 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-09-26 5:10
Viewed: 620
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 52
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Here we have a photo taken from the plane looking down onto the Rakaia River and the Canterbury plains, and reaching into the snow capped Southern Alps in the distance.

The Rakaia River is one of the principal rivers of the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand’s South Island. It rises in the Southern Alps, travelling 150 kilometres in a generally easterly or southeasterly direction before entering the Pacific Ocean 50 kilometres south of Christchurch.
20 kilometres from its mouth, the river is crossed by the country’s longest road and rail bridges, each of which is some 1750 metres in length. The southern end of these bridges is at the small town of Rakaia.

Thanks for taking a look treklens buddies..
Warm wishes Dawn.

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What a beautiful day, great notes, nice angle on this, very tricky to get normally.

Cheers

Steve

hi dawn,
nice and beautiful aerial shot. i like the colors and the lines and curves across the scenery. tfs.
jeff

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  • laine Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 376 W: 37 N: 106] (877)
  • [2006-09-26 5:21]

wow!
this is a very beaautiful landscape!
especially like the "drawing" of river - it really looks like drawn up not natural setting!
amazing!
tfs
laine

Hi Dawn

An excellent shot showing some really great shapes and colours. Love the graduated blue sky. Quality work. :-)

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  • pozaru Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3579 W: 737 N: 2415] (19132)
  • [2006-09-26 5:44]

Wonderful view, dawn !
Superb compo, colors and sharpness.

stay well,
v

Nice work DD
Good and lovely view
John T

I recognise this!
Beautiful colours, it's not often the plains are that green. Lovely work, I'm really enjoying your holiday!
Rew

Hi Dawn,
What a spectacular view and what a beautiful river. I love the way it finds its way through the country. And what a country, those mountains in the back are beautiful. Great colors and contrast and excellent work on the exposure.
TFS,
Niek

Excellent work Dawn! So sharp and good colour. I've not seen quite this view of it before!
Well done ! Cheers, Pat.

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3277 W: 268 N: 7781] (33204)
  • [2006-09-26 6:44]

Stunning! What a scene, the Plains are so flat but with so many patterns and colours. I like seeing how the mountain range bursts forth like this too. What a beautiful day it was down there!
Janice

Hello Dawn,
It doesn't happen often but once in a while I see an image I wish I took myself.
This is one of them.
Congratulations!
Regards,
Pablo -

Fantastic Dawn...jsut like it looks. .but better! the sky..the lines ofthe river, the greens.. a picture to marvel at! TFS Meagan

Excellent and unrepeatable this capture, Dawn. I like very much the depth of the field the clarity and shrpness as well.Bravo
Regards
Ioannis

Excellent view,
The colours are very sharp and focus is good even from this altitude.

Good work.
Regards, Daniel

Wow, great view with very good sharpnes, cobtrast and nice colours.
Regards
Zoran

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  • Beger Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 789 N: 4433] (19960)
  • [2006-09-26 21:53]

Hi Dawn,
Impressive photo! Great clearness and colors. Perfect composition! This is an amazing view! Congratulations! Annie

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  • linus Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1477 W: 10 N: 738] (10767)
  • [2006-09-26 22:54]

This one of a kind image. The colours are lovely, the composition is outstanding, and the subject matter is very interesting.
Well done.
Sunil

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  • lucbus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2115 W: 92 N: 1857] (10319)
  • [2006-09-27 7:17]

Hi Dawn,
What a superb POV with great colors and excellent lighting. I like all these texture and design on the ground with that far away line of mountains covered with snow. I feel so small looking at this. Very well done.
Regards.
Luc

love this high POV dawn :)
the deep blue in the sky is awsome
beautiful patterns on the ground, excellent work :)

Hi Dawn,

Excellent aerial photo! The river looks like a network of veins! The blue sky is amazing and so is the snow on the mountains! Great sharpness and colour!

Very well done
Constantinos

Superb shot Dawn! Lovely colours, excellent detail, perfect frame. TFS,
David

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  • Click3 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 196 W: 19 N: 135] (1182)
  • [2006-09-30 13:39]

Hola Dawn...what a great view...trully marvelled with the quality you achieved through the plane window...or were you on the wing ? Incredible detail. Compo with lines driving the view into the photo very well captured...Great photo eye.
Saludos Amiga... from Chile,
Robert

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  • puffy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1791 W: 128 N: 3006] (16617)
  • [2006-10-01 5:11]

I'll tell ya, whoever is cleaning the windows of this plane had done a really good, cos the shot came out soooooo crystal clear and sharp! Excellent colours, great POV.. just awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend...

Cheers,
Sweety

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  • sebcz Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 172 W: 31 N: 60] (869)
  • [2006-10-01 5:27]

Amazing view. Regular shapes in green against curvy shapes of the river, beautiful details and clear colours. Well done!
Seb

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  • inaam Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1719 W: 5 N: 389] (1376)
  • [2006-10-10 8:13]

Such a beautiful landscape has been composed with high level of skill. Clear blue sky and snow line on the horrizon looks fabulous. This is interesting to see the channels of water in the river just like veins of blood in the human body.

Thanks for sharing a breath taking moment from nature.

Superb picture Dawn
The view is fantastic. I'd like to be this bird.
have a nice day
bye Aga

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