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Layered grey and ochre rock ridges descend toward a bright green valley floor below a snow-dusted summit, South Island, New Zealand.
Australia · October 2025

Banded Ridge to the Snowfield

Spring afternoon near Punakaiki. The ridge faces show bands of grey rock and reddish earth, stepping down to a bright green valley floor. The summit above is snow-dusted, the sky a flat grey.

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Sony Alpha 7R VFE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS72mmf/41/80sISO 508 October 2025
Diagonal Tension Foreground Interest Layering Overcast Soft Light

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