Strong winds from Antarctica, a photo from Southland, South Island

Photographer's Note

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The small settlement of Riverton is close by the Southern Ocean and exposed to lots of winds blowing from the direction of Antarctica. Many of the trees around Riverton look like these with the branches which over time are forced by the winds to grow horizontally.
There's another similar one in the WS.
The town of Riverton is not thriving as evidenced by the other WS photo.

aliabazari, ikeharel, jemaflor, ChrisJ, Fis2, pierrefonds, jean113 has marked this note useful

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pajaran (115989) 2022-04-13 22:03

Pozdrav.

Lep pogled, dobar tekst ...
Intereantano i lepo drvece, dobro pokazano sa lepim bojama i kontrastom.
Dobar rad sa lepim fotografijama u radiuonici.
Lepa stara arhitektura.
Lepo secanje.

Zelim vam lepo popodne, sve najbolje.
Paja

Silvio1953 (221729) 2022-04-13 22:12

Ciao Ian, amazing effect of wind on beautiful trees, wonderful natural colors, fine details, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

aliabazari (22281) 2022-04-13 22:27

Hello Ian
Beautiful view of these trees in the wind. Clarity and lighting done well. The workshop view shows well. Thanks for sharing

jemaflor (147224) 2022-04-13 23:13

Hi Ian,
Impressive these trees and the wind effect, it is not useful to tell us which way the prevailing winds blow ... good colors contrast with the pleasant green and grey for branches and trunks, tfs.

emka (158204) 2022-04-13 23:30

Hello Ian, Stunning view of these windblown trees. I saw similar trees in the Last Hope Sound (Seno Ultima Esperanza) in Chilean Patagonia. It was also very far south, even closer to Antarctica. The abandoned old house looks nice too.

best regards Malgo

lousat (139332) 2022-04-13 23:40

Hi Ian,impressive work mae by wind on the trees,your 2 pics show this impressive spectacle in a perfect way, an excellent front view of old and abandoned shop too. Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

holmertz (102774) 2022-04-14 1:03

Hello Ian,
Marvellously shaped trees. If there had been such a strong wind at that moment, as we are inclined to believe, you would have been blown away. The powers of nature are amazing. The village where I grew up is full of such abandoned shops as in the WS, but of course the style is different.
Best regards,
Gert

ChrisJ (171884) 2022-04-14 1:52

Hello Ian

South at right and north at left, obvious by the pronounced lean of the trees. Good landscape shot with superb sharpness. Tfs!

Fis2 (170861) 2022-04-14 2:10

Witaj Lan!
Another curious set of photos.
Amazing what nature does!
I have not seen such trees yet.
Good framing, colors and light.
Very well done.
Good evening.
Krzysztof

kasianowak (17676) 2022-04-14 3:52

Hi Ian
No wonder the town seems to be slowly abandoned. Imagine living there with this kind of weather! They look a bit like the trees in Poland after the snowfall a couple weekends ago.
Well captured and nicely presented as a series of 3 very informative shots. Thanks for sharing.
Best wishes
Kasia

pierrefonds (114536) 2022-04-14 6:20

Hi Ian,

The scene is impressive. The point of view is showing the details of the trees affected by the wind. The light is bringing out the colors. Have a nice day.

Pierre

jean113 (27893) 2022-04-14 9:02

Hello Ian, well if we wanted an indication of how strongly the wind blows, we need to look no further than these pictures. I have never seen such a great example, fantastic.
Straight from the Antarctic.
Thanks for sharing.
Kind regards, Jean.

ikeharel (113427) 2022-04-18 0:32

Hello Ian,
the strong and notable winds bent the trees and made them look as they were dancing.
Unusual and beautiful.
Good evening,
Ike

jmdias (115252) 2022-05-19 9:20

ian

impressive trees tilted by the constant wind from the same direction, in my town we have winds for any direction. nice the old sample of architecture in WS.

take care

jorge