紐西蘭被稱作「活的地理教室」,那裏的秀麗風光相信看過《魔戒》電影的人一定都不陌生。主要分做北島及南島的紐西蘭,因地理位置不同而有不一樣的風景,雖然觀光客都是去較溫暖的北島居多,然而南島雪白的風景更是讓看過的人魂牽夢縈。
比利時專業旅行攝影師 Johan Lolos 花了一年的時間探訪紐西蘭各地 ,25,000 公里的路程,從本島到斯圖爾特島(Stewart Island),這一趟旅程讓他拍攝到許多有別於其他國家的景色,也給他的攝影人生帶來很大的轉變。
What I saw blew my mind. It is a real paradise.
(我所看到的這些景色奪走我的心智。這裡真的是天堂)-Johan Lolos
![Mt Ngauruhoe, Tongariro National Park](http://flipermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2FEE6A5300000578-0-image-a-18_1452304827525.jpg)
![Moke Lake, Queenstown](http://flipermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2FEE6AB300000578-0-image-a-15_1452304811574.jpg)
被紐西蘭的美景深深吸引,Johan Lolos 在紐西蘭南島的城市瓦納卡(Wanaka)住了七個月,並加入當地攝影師的行列翻山越嶺到許多當地人才會去的景點。瓦納卡對於他來說有著非常不一樣的意義,在那裡他開始他的全職攝影人生;在那裡他發現他對於戶外運動及山的喜愛,同時那裡也是他認為全世界最舒適的地方了!
![Hooker Lake & Mt Cook, Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park](http://flipermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2FEE6B3300000578-0-image-a-8_1452304712680.jpg)
![Aoraki, Mt Cook National Park](http://flipermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/i-spent-a-year-exploring-new-zealand-to-bring-back-these-photos-and-it-blew-my-mind-38__880.jpg)
「我被教導去追求柔光,尋找對比,登山好幾個小時就只為了在山頂上拍出一張完美的相片。」Johan Lolos 說道:「當我找到我在瓦納卡所需的所有靈感之後,我的攝影風格在早些年出現了相對的變化。」
「過去我的照片總在尋求蔚藍的天空,但在離開瓦納卡踏上在紐西蘭最後兩個月的旅程時,我卻在尋求多雲的天空來呈現柔光及對比,並總是在尋覓魔術光(golden hours)。」
![Wanaka](http://flipermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2FEE6BE500000578-0-image-a-50_1452305232611.jpg)
![Lake Wanaka](http://flipermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/i-spent-a-year-exploring-new-zealand-to-bring-back-these-photos-and-it-blew-my-mind-21__880.jpg)
![Lake Wanaka](http://flipermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2FEE6BF500000578-0-image-a-32_1452304965083.jpg)
![Lake Wanaka](http://flipermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/i-spent-a-year-exploring-new-zealand-to-bring-back-these-photos-and-it-blew-my-mind-30__880.jpg)
![Southern lights (aurora australis) in Wanaka](http://flipermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/i-spent-a-year-exploring-new-zealand-to-bring-back-these-photos-and-it-blew-my-mind-25__880.jpg)
清澈、壯闊、千變萬化,光是在 Johan Lolos 的鏡頭底下就可以看到這麼多面向的紐西蘭,更何況若是用自己雙腳及雙眼去探索。在遊歷多國的攝影師口中的天堂絕非只是隨口說說,不過在這個最原始也最天然的環境裡,Johan Lolos 認為景色最美的地方在 Roys Peak 的最頂端。
![Camping on top of Roys Peak, Lake Wanaka](http://flipermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/i-spent-a-year-exploring-new-zealand-to-bring-back-these-photos-and-it-blew-my-mind-26__880.jpg)
![Franz Josef Glacier, Westland Tai Poutini National Park](http://flipermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/i-spent-a-year-exploring-new-zealand-to-bring-back-these-photos-and-it-blew-my-mind-5__880.jpg)
![Mt Aspiring National Park](http://flipermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/i-spent-a-year-exploring-new-zealand-to-bring-back-these-photos-and-it-blew-my-mind-7__880.jpg)
![Mt Ruapehu, Tongariro National Park](http://flipermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/i-spent-a-year-exploring-new-zealand-to-bring-back-these-photos-and-it-blew-my-mind-37__880.jpg)
![Fiordland National Park](http://flipermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/i-spent-a-year-exploring-new-zealand-to-bring-back-these-photos-and-it-blew-my-mind-19__880.jpg)
![Cardrona ski resort](http://flipermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2FEE6AAA00000578-0-image-a-2_1452304679855.jpg)
![Lake Rotoiti, Nelson Lakes National Park](http://flipermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2FEE6A5700000578-0-image-a-31_1452304938826.jpg)
![Mt Aspiring](http://flipermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2FEE6AAF00000578-0-image-a-52_1452305352765.jpg)
Johan Lolos 建議那些從未到過紐西蘭南島的人別畏懼它的寒冷,那裡其實比歐洲溫暖且也不是那麼的壅擠。
聽到這一席話再加上看到這麼多紐西蘭美麗的照片,旅行的衝動油然而生,多想馬上收一收行李前往紐西蘭看看這些風景,即使沒有那個能力可以將他們拍的這麼美,透過雙眼親眼去見證並將之烙印在腦海中何嘗不是另一種選擇?相信每個人在那裡一定都可以找到最美的風景。
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