Mount Ngauruhoe in the setting sun

Posted by
Aaron Schmidt (Auckland, New Zealand) on 8 November 2006 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

Taken on my ski trip to Mount Ruapehu. Mount Ngauruhoe is also known as Mount Doom by the locals, as this was where Peter Jackson filmed a few of the Mount Doom scenes from The Lord of the Rings.

Canon EOS REBEL 1/200 second F/5.6 ISO 100 55 mm

Comments (24)

Claireg from Dendermonde, Belgium

All i can say is WOW

8 Nov 2006 8:20am

Manuela from Hainburg, Germany

Love the soft light & the perspective /angle.
Must be an amazing place.

8 Nov 2006 8:33am

emarquetti from Itajai, Brazil

Nice one. All this images allways remember the movie. The geology was realy very kind with New Zealand.

8 Nov 2006 10:04am

@emarquetti: Or you could say that it was really very violent! ;)

Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium

beautiful! you captured the mount doom aspect nicely :)

8 Nov 2006 10:14am

Rodion Kovenkin from Mogilev, Belarus

Fantastic! Amazing light!

8 Nov 2006 10:37am

Prashanth Manikyarajaiah from Bengalooru, India

nice tones!!

8 Nov 2006 12:06pm

Sophie from France

Beautiful ! Incroyable...

8 Nov 2006 12:11pm

Craig Persel from Montreal, Canada

Stunning shot. Magnificent.

8 Nov 2006 1:02pm

Ryan from Canada

Great shot. Wonderful mood. However, I find the clouds to the left distracting.

8 Nov 2006 1:42pm

@Ryan: I thought about Photoshopping them out but I liked how they offset the scene. And sometimes distracting can be good.

Addey from London, United Kingdom

It is kind of an intimidating mountain actually.

Brilliant shot. Love the tones and colour.

8 Nov 2006 1:52pm

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

Some spectacular light there!

8 Nov 2006 4:31pm

Ella Cooper from Toronto, Canada

Wow

8 Nov 2006 5:06pm

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Fantastic.

8 Nov 2006 5:07pm

Dave T from Auckland, New Zealand

Nice work bro!

8 Nov 2006 7:54pm

Jenny from Manchester, United Kingdom

Amazing - excellent work.

8 Nov 2006 8:13pm

mara from madrid, Spain

what amazing colours! stunning place...

8 Nov 2006 8:43pm

Aurélie from Auckland, New Zealand

That is just breathtaking! it almost look like a miniature one on a set. It might end up framed at home :)

8 Nov 2006 11:49pm

Daniel from United States

Very nice image. I'd be tempted to crop the bottom of the image, so it starts at the foreground rocks. Cheers!

9 Nov 2006 1:48am

Nadège from Paris, France

Comme disait Siba... on dirait un flan ! C'est le Mont Flamby !

9 Nov 2006 4:29pm

Helen from Melbourne, Australia

What a superb photo. Congrats

9 Nov 2006 6:46pm

Aaron Schmidt from Auckland, New Zealand

Thanks to everyone for the great comments ... much appreciated.

9 Nov 2006 8:21pm

Stu from Kyoto, Japan

absolutely love this shot aaron. i visited your great country a couple of years ago and fell in love with the place. This really takes me back.

15 Nov 2006 10:13am

MK from Portland, United States

Beautiful shot!

25 Jan 2008 11:21pm

Herbert from Singapore

Nice- very unique composition.

7 Mar 2008 4:11pm

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