A willow that started life as a fence post, took root in the lake bed and is now the most photographed tree in the country. I resented it slightly on the way down and then stood there for forty minutes. A long exposure flattens the water completely, which is the only way to isolate it — in a chop it just looks like a shrub in a puddle. Cloud came down over the range at exactly the right moment and took the background out.
That Wanaka Tree
Lake Wanaka, New Zealand · March 2018
1D X Mark II, 60 millimetres, f 22, 20 seconds, ISO 100
It has its own hashtag. It is also, annoyingly, a very good tree.
Part of The Southern Alps, a series.