Whilst on our way to Mount Cook Village alongside Lake Pukaki, we spotted a car park which was called Peters Lookout. It would have been rude of me not to stop seeing as how they named it after me 
. All of the people who were there stayed at the car park. However I decided to tramp down to the lakeside and I'm so glad I did as this was the scene that greeted me.
Update:-
Two comparison images added which hopefully answer Barbara's question regarding the blue colours in the original image. All three images have been processed in the same way. Lens corrections, highlights and shadows, white and black points set in LR. Then to PS for two NIK layers, define, and some local contrast enhancement using Colour Efex Pro at a low opacity. Sharpened and resized for display here.
1. The original image in this thread, which prompted Bo to ask about the blue colour.
2. Comparison Car Park Scene, taken the same day as 1 above, not one of my better compositions. But it does show the blue's and how the sky impacts on the scene.
3. Second comparison Car Park Scene, taken the day after 1 and 2 above. Whilst not the same composition, I hope it shows the difference that a blue sky has on the overall image. In this image the lake surface has a bit of wave/wind movement on it, unlike the first where the sufaces was flat calm and like a mirror.
. All of the people who were there stayed at the car park. However I decided to tramp down to the lakeside and I'm so glad I did as this was the scene that greeted me.Update:-
Two comparison images added which hopefully answer Barbara's question regarding the blue colours in the original image. All three images have been processed in the same way. Lens corrections, highlights and shadows, white and black points set in LR. Then to PS for two NIK layers, define, and some local contrast enhancement using Colour Efex Pro at a low opacity. Sharpened and resized for display here.
1. The original image in this thread, which prompted Bo to ask about the blue colour.
2. Comparison Car Park Scene, taken the same day as 1 above, not one of my better compositions. But it does show the blue's and how the sky impacts on the scene.
3. Second comparison Car Park Scene, taken the day after 1 and 2 above. Whilst not the same composition, I hope it shows the difference that a blue sky has on the overall image. In this image the lake surface has a bit of wave/wind movement on it, unlike the first where the sufaces was flat calm and like a mirror.
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