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Skippers Road is one of the most scenic drives in the Queenstown region in New Zealand’s South Island. It is known as a filming location for several scenes in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, and the river cutting through the canyon below is a popular spot for jet boating. This was a spectacular day-long drive offering photography opportunities both from the ground and from the air.
During our visit to Queenstown, we took the beautiful road through Skippers Canyon, known as the filming location for some of the Lord of the Rings movies. Although I will be sharing more conventional images of the road in the coming weeks, I also enjoyed photographing the trees in particular. The combination of living native trees and dead invasive species makes for some really interesting textures. In this blog post, I share some of my favourite textures of these Queenstown trees.
This weekend, I’m sharing a few more highlights of the Atacama Desert. First, some aerial photos of the Death Valley, followed by an incredible sunset at the Amphitheatre in the Moon Valley. The Atacama is one of the most unusual landscapes I have ever photographed, and I would have loved to spend longer there to capture more of its arresting beauty. I hope to be back there again some day soon!
