Southern Alps Sunset by Lydia Sutcliffe
My parents have a house where the backyard looks out towards these beautiful Southern Alps (Mount Hutt). My father and I went for a walk as the sun started to set, before crossing the bridge we definitely had to snap some photos as it looks surreal. The Rakaia River/Gorge looked so crystal clear and blue, it was truly stunning.
Mintola SRT with EF-S18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS | Exposure 1/320sec @ f/5.6 | ISO 160 | Focal Length 2
Award Winner
Photo of the Day
Award Date
February 28, 2020
63
AWARD SCORE
Value 12
Clarity 12
Composition 16
Style 12
Skill 11
Award Category
Travel Photography
Photograph Location
Rakaia Gorge, Christchurch, New Zealand
I am a 26 year old who has constantly had a passion for photography and loved doing it for fun and now partially work. I did A & A2 level Cambridge photography exams and came first in the class for two years in a row, selling work picked out by my teacher. Now, at 26, my father gifted me his old Minolta camera, which I had never shot on, or had ever used film. Since then, I have been in love with film photography and am awaiting a new polaroid to come through also.
Current Location
Auckland
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Love the colours & drama in this photo Lydia
This image is breathtakingly beautiful. The scenery and colours are stunning. I feel chilly just looking at it!
Total calm washed over me looking at this. So so so beautiful.
Beautiful!
What a beautiful landscape shot. The colour, light and depth this image captures speaks many words. Love the perspective angle of the bridge heading through the forest. The multicoloured tones from sky to River.
Very talented capture, picture perfect.
This evokes romance, home, hope and warmth, what I would do to wander across this bridge and feel so small in such a beautiful part of the world, stunning work.
This photo perfectly captures a romantic night I long for, holding the hand of my significant other and whispering sweet nothings to each other. Beautiful photo.
This is one of our great heritage bridges, and Lydia has captured the essence of the bridge and it’s environment very artistically…incredible photo…
This is stunning!!
Gorgeous! Makes me want to see in person… so talented!
Very Nice!
So talented, just wow
This photo is STUNNING. Absolutely took my breath away. What a talented photographer.
Awesome photo!!! Has a great vibrancy with the colours and composition!
Superb photo – love both the composition and the colours in this – well done!!
Such beautiful images! Thought provoking and emotional
Absolutely STUNNING!
Is this heaven? Haha this is An amazing photo!! Should be on a post card or promoting travel in NZ!
beautiful shot. takes me back and leaves me speechless!
Amazing as per usual!! Such a talented queen :)
Such a crazy capture. Colours are unbelievable.
Wow this is awsum ☺️
Absolutely beautiful photo
THIS LOOKS AMAZING, you did so good girl❤️
This shot is epic!!
Wow. Inciroyable!!! Such a beautiful photo and country ???
I love how you have successfully capture the light and colour of this location. The tones are truly beautiful
Living in nz I know that the photos actually look like that! Beautiful
well done
this photo is beyond words, the colours compliment each other to evoke such powerful emotion. you have a brilliant eye!
Beautiful shot!
The vivid colours and high contrast are stunning! What a beautiful photo!
Absolutely beautiful! In love with this shot
YAY!!!
Obsessed! This is stunning!!!
Absolutely stunning – can’t believe this is a real place! Amazing work.
This photo is amazing. Love the colours and the whole composition has a great study to the whole picture.