A Winding Pause

Mount Cook, New Zealand

The road winds, the lake glows, and the mountain waits. A Winding Pause captures one of New Zealand's most spectacular drives. The road hugging the turquoise shore of Lake Pukaki as Mount Cook rises through the clouds ahead, snow-capped and enormous. Autumn scrub burns amber in the foreground, the sky stretches wide and blue above. A photograph of a moment where the only sensible thing to do is pull over and stare.