During my visit in New Zealand in 1994, a sudden change of weather provided me the opportunity to capture this dramatic landscape image. I was fortunate to be able to stop the vehicle to take this image. This image is a study of mood, colours and composition of a scene that has great visual impact.
One of the images that I took during my first trip to New Zealand in 1994 was “Moonrise at Mount Cook”. I was commissioned then by the New Zealand Tourism Board to shoot images for the “1994 NATAS Fair” in Singapore. When I reached the hotel after a hard day’s work, I was attracted by this refreshing landscape scene of Mount Cook. The setting sun gave just a touch of light to the tip of the mountain. At the same time, the half moon was surprisingly visible in the sky too. The mood and colours of the image is what I like best about it. You really have to be at the right place at the right time to catch such scenery.
This image of board surfing was captured along the coast while I was in Fremantle, Western Australia, in 1990. Good vantage point, back-lit lighting conditons, gorgeous colours are the important elements of this picture. The decisive-moment nature of the shot was a challenge to capture, providing visual impact to the final shot.