From Queenstown, New Zealand’s fun capital, a 45km drive on what is basically a dead-end street takes you to the small town of Glenorchy at the northern end of Lake Wakatipu. But the road doesn’t end right there. Just across the lake – some 3km as the Kea flies – is Kinloch, but to drive there you need to take a little detour, making it another 25km from Glenorchy, the last few on an unsealed road. Kinloch was once meant to be a small town, but never really was. Today, it basically consists of a lodge, a campsite and a couple of buildings in the area.

Kinloch is situated beautifully at the top of Lake Wakatipu and is a great place to relax, to go on some of the walks in the area or do some other activity in the outdoors. I spent two full days at the lodge, and while on the first day the sky was overcast, the next morning had a great sky with those feathery clouds. The waters of the lake were also quite still so that the jetty, the boat and the surrounding landscape and sky reflected nicely in the lightly rippled water.

This photograph was made with a Canon EOS 6D and an EF 35mm f/2 IS USM lens. The exposure was 1/320 second at f/5.6 and ISO 200. The photograph was edited in Adobe Lightroom. You can find all of these photos along with others from this journey across New Zealand’s South Island in my album New Zealand 2013 or on Flickr.