Really gorgeous shot. The reflection of the sky in the water is amazing. A pity about the aberration around the edges.

nice and peaceful...great execution

This is a wonderful wallpaper from New Zealand. This scene works very well for the wallpaper material. I can see some aberration that "Beltane" is talking about and it's not too heavy and should be an easy fix in your image editor. Good job with this image.

Nice.

Great Job, this is in my wallpaper rotation now. Excellent Quality for the Kit Lense.

my new wallpaper.

Wow. Just wow. Nicely done!

I like! ;-)

Water reflections = Awesome!
Clouds hovering above the lake = Fantastic!
Light = Just wow!

IFL Score: 9.9
(-0.1 for the tiny little aberration on the left, but hey, nobody is perfect!)

My monitor feels too small for this great wallpaper =/

Whoa - Macindows - scoring! Now THAT is an idea!

2880x900 downloads as 2280x900; please fix, thanks...

Incredible. Thanks.

Beautiful light!! I didn't get anything as nice as this when I was down there.

Beautiful! almost surreal lighting! thanks for sharing!

The low clouds and fiery background make it seem almost like a scene out of LOTRO. Very nice.

man the godray that is lighting the mountain on the other side of the lake is just unbelievable..

possibly one of the best shots i ve seen on IFL

respect

OMG! Amazing! Is that on The Earth?????????

Absolutely stunning.

This looks like something straight out of a fantasy movie. I absolutely love it! Thanks for uploading this.

@Macindows

Why does that happen? What should he be aware of so that doesn't occur?

I got rid of a little bit of that stuff (aberration as Macindows said) with the stamp tool is PE7, I'm a photoshop noob so be nice xD (idc for criticism honestly) but here it is. I only did the part where it was really serious.

http://i29.tinypic.com/svtgth.jpg

@knaim2

Well, in general you can say that a chromatic aberration occurs when a lens (in this case a kit lens which usually doesn't use high quality & expensive glass e.g. nano-coating) is not able to focus all colors to the same convergence point. The result: distortions, like the one you see on the left.

You can however, easily remove distortion in programs like Photoshop. Nevertheless, sometimes even the best photographer overlooks minimal flaws like this, so it's really not a biggie.

@Macindows

Thank you so very much! You're the man!

Whoa I am blown away with all the positive feedback!! Since finding this website a year ago I have always wanted to put an image up but didn't think I would ever make the grade. But I am real happy this shot (my first shot ever up loaded to IFL) has been enjoyed by so many people.

I am an amateur photographer with just kit gear so I will take on the feedback about the aberration and learn from your comments.

I have a few other shots from my trip to the South Island that I will put up on the Loupe in the coming days. I am also thrilled to be going back down in a couple of weeks time for work so I will try get some more shots I can upload.

Thanks for your feedback, its made my day.

Cheers
Jordan

sure captures the essence of what a beautiful morning feels like.

this is good stuff.. is now my background, have had passer-bys make the comment "Just waiting for a fish to pop up out of the water"

very peaceful shot~ eager to see your other submissions :o)

don't know how i missed this one back last month....

its my desktop now, lol @ rotation