The head of Lake Wakatipu in August, water absolutely dead, the willows bare and each one landing its own reflection. Behind them the Humboldt range runs right across the frame. I put the horizon dead centre, which you are told never to do — here the whole picture is the symmetry, and moving the line anywhere else just breaks it for no reason.

The Willows
Glenorchy, New Zealand · August 2020
1D X Mark II, 24 millimetres, f 22, 20 seconds, ISO 100
Dead flat water, bare trees, and the Humboldts behind. Nothing to do but not ruin it.
Part of The Southern Alps, a series.