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Pink Mountains During Morning Sunrise Te Anau is a great little town down in the southern fjord area of New Zealand. It's sort of the stopping-off point for Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound. It's also a great home base for photography, because there are countless things to see within just a short drive. I woke up early one morning to drive out towards Doubtful Sound and I saw this scene in my rear-view mirror. - Trey Ratcliff The rest of this blog entry is here at stuckincustoms.com.
Tree at the Serene Lake Queenstown, I miss you! The summer here in Texas has been bitter-hot. I remember the long run I had along your shores... comparing that with my 100-degree run here in Texas that just makes me want to curl up into a fetal ball and cry... When I was there in Queenstown, I took to waking up about an hour before the sunrise and brewing a whole pot of coffee. And then, I would just the take the POT in the car with me and drive around. The lake can be pretty still in the morning, and that is when I grabbed this one... I'm jealous of my friends Gordon Laing and Eden Brackstone who get to spend almost every day in these environs! - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Soft Hills on the way to Paradise, New Zealand Just beyond Glenorchy, which is just a shade beyond Queenstown, lies a little place called Paradise. The road gets tinier and tinier as you get closer. A few miles before the road becomes all dirt, I pulled over to these soft rolling hills. They were covered with little sheep families, walking to and fro.One the rare occasion when I am in the field with students, I have them notice a bunch of things. I've touched on this before, and this is another good example. It has to do with the location of the sunlight. There are three elements that can be lit here - the hills and/or the mountains and/or the clouds. Every combination looks dramatically different in the final shot. When you are there on the scene, the light changes so gradually, you don't notice. So you have to teach yourself to be mindful of the untimely flow of light. - Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Queenstown From Above Ack! I miss Queenstown. When can I get back there? I need to make this happen. My friend Gordon from Camera Labs (be sure to visit his site) goes up here to test a lot of his cameras and lenses. There's a mountain here that you can reach by gondola, and the view is, well, as you can see, quite perfect! In this case, I used my new 28-300 lens, which worked out pretty well.I've gotten to know the little town there pretty well. It's fun looking down and knowing where I can get the best burger, the best chocolate, and five places that all serve great coffee. Jeez... just writing about it makes me want to go back even more!- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Above the World It's no huge surprise that I'm enamored with the landscapes in New Zealand. So, today, I'm posting a new photo from the South Island. There is a gondola ride that goes to the top of one of the mountains in Queenstown. It's not one of the ski areas -- just an area for hanging out, seeing the sites, the luge, dinner, and this sort of thing. But it's always stunning. I went up there a few times. They have one of those giant buffet dinners up there where I took the family. It's one of those high-end ones where you try a little bit of everything and then realize that you are way too full and bloated... I tried to shake off the guilt by running outside at dusk to take this photo! - Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Range at Night I drove to Glenorchy (a not-bustling suburb of Queenstown) late in the afternoon. After doing a bit of shooting and snacking, I took a perfect little road back to Queenstown. It runs along a long and perfect lake. The sun had dropped to an interesting spot, and I could see the heavens were boiling away... so I pulled over to take this quick shot.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Most Beautiful Road in the World I found it!I've looked at travel guides and driven on a ton of beautiful, scenic roads all over the world, but I think this road to Queenstown (on the way to/from Glenorchy) is the most beautiful in the world. The road winds down one side of a perfect, fjord-like lake, and every few kilometers, the mountain views change dramatically. Depending upon the time of day you travel it, the entire landscape transforms before your eyes.Wonder what it looks like on the other side of the lake? You won't believe that it is in the same place! See this photo called Mountainstorm that I took on a previous trip to this location. It was shot later in the evening, so I wasn't able to properly capture the road that time.What's the prettiest road you have ever found? I've seen conflicting guides of the most beautiful roads in the US... I'm sure everyone has their opinion... I'd love to know what you think!- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Lake in Queenstown We are having a wonderful time in Queenstown and the surrounding area. We just can't find a place with a bad view! Thanks again for all the suggestions and info on the various neighborhoods that people have suggested via email, twitter, and the blog comments!Gordon from Camera Labs, who lives here, made a good point that living in Queenstown is a bit like living inside of a national park. There are beautiful national parks around the world, but you can't actually live inside of them... so this is really a remarkable place. Even better, the main mountain range here is called "The Remarkables"! - Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.

Tree at the Serene Lake


Queenstown, I miss you! The summer here in Texas has been bitter-hot. I remember the long run I had along your shores... comparing that with my 100-degree run here in Texas that just makes me want to curl up into a fetal ball and cry...

When I was there in Queenstown, I took to waking up about an hour before the sunrise and brewing a whole pot of coffee. And then, I would just the take the POT in the car with me and drive around. The lake can be pretty still in the morning, and that is when I grabbed this one... I'm jealous of my friends Gordon Laing and Eden Brackstone who get to spend almost every day in these environs!

- Trey Ratcliff

Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
here at the Stuck in Customs blog." href="javascript:openLB(1324923894,'',XLarge,'',1024,665);">Tree at the Serene Lake Queenstown, I miss you! The summer here in Texas has been bitter-hot. I remember the long run I had along your shores... comparing that with my 100-degree run here in Texas that just makes me want to curl up into a fetal ball and cry... When I was there in Queenstown, I took to waking up about an hour before the sunrise and brewing a whole pot of coffee. And then, I would just the take the POT in the car with me and drive around. The lake can be pretty still in the morning, and that is when I grabbed this one... I'm jealous of my friends Gordon Laing and Eden Brackstone who get to spend almost every day in these environs! - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.

Tree at the Serene Lake


Queenstown, I miss you! The summer here in Texas has been bitter-hot. I remember the long run I had along your shores... comparing that with my 100-degree run here in Texas that just makes me want to curl up into a fetal ball and cry...

When I was there in Queenstown, I took to waking up about an hour before the sunrise and brewing a whole pot of coffee. And then, I would just the take the POT in the car with me and drive around. The lake can be pretty still in the morning, and that is when I grabbed this one... I'm jealous of my friends Gordon Laing and Eden Brackstone who get to spend almost every day in these environs!

- Trey Ratcliff

Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
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