A year ago I photographed a ploughing competition not far from where we live at Rapaura, and while chatting to our local MP Colin King, he made the point that we were lucky to have somewhere to hold it because our landscape is so predominately laid to vines.  As a photographer, I often feel the Marlborough landscape lacks variety and interest because of this.

One of the sites I use to show my images arranges them in order of ‘Interestingness’.  The formula used to determine this order is apparently a closely guarded secret (or people would try to second guess it in order to gain precedence for their own pictures), but it has something to do with how many people view the image on flickr; how many mark it as a favourite, and what mood the boss is in (I made the last one up).  What surprised me when viewing my images on this site, was that most of them were taken very close to where I live, so perhaps there is always a new angle to show things in a different light.

So if you are a Marlborough local take a look and see how much you recognize.  If not, then I hope you’ll feel pleased for us who enjoy living in such a beautiful location:

Click on the link to see the pictures:  Flickr Hivemind