Run ! | Photo Lanscape Dunia

Lake Matheson New Zealand I fit the description for a group of tourists with whom I have had the worst experiences with while travelling. So when I bumped into many versions of 'me' around 5am at the parking lot, I knew it was going to be an interesting morning at Lake Matheson. Perhaps that clouded my judgment into jogging to the 'jetty' viewpoint instead of reflection island! I wondered why I hadn't seen too many shots from here as opposed to the standard shot and found out that morning once the clouds started to lift and I could see what I was shooting ......only a part of Mt Cook and Mt Tasman. 20 minutes later, listening to yelling across the lake and a lot of LCD peeping later from the many versions of 'me' and I was kind of ecstatic to have been a witness to this scene, sad that it could have been better captured .This morning was progressing so nicely even on the walk out that I almost wanted to forego a glacier walk booked the previous day to hang around. [Deviant Art Gallery] [Facebook] [Web Gallery] [Flickr] [G+]

Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including the physical elements of landforms such as (ice-capped) mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of land use, buildings and structures, and transitory elements such as lighting and weather conditions.

Combining both their physical origins and the cultural overlay of human presence, often created over millennia, landscapes reflect the living synthesis of people and place vital to local and national identity. Landscapes, their character and quality, help define the self-image of a region, its sense of place that differentiates it from other regions. It is the dynamic backdrop to people’s lives.

The Earth has a vast range of landscapes including the icy landscapes of polar regions, mountainous landscapes, vast arid desert landscapes, islands and coastal landscapes, densely forested or wooded landscapes including past boreal forests and tropical rainforests, and agricultural landscapes of temperate and tropical regions.

Landscape may be further reviewed under the following specific categories: landscape art, cultural landscape, landscape ecology, landscape planning, landscape assessment and landscape design. The activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land is named Landscaping.