Gottlieb Braun-Elwert said he tried to strike a balance between showing the beauty of the high country and the threats it faced.
Sleeping mountains: Northwesterly clouds above the Malte Brun Range. Photo by Gottlieb Braun-Elwert.
Glowering: A northwesterly sky above the Malte Brun range. Photo by Gottlieb Braun-Elwert.
Fire ball: Late evening storm clouds assemble over the Malte Brun range and the Tasman Valley in a northwesterly. Photo by Gottlieb Braun-Elwert.
Full bloom: A spray of snow marguerites in a high rock crevice on the Ball Pass route. Photo by Gottlieb Braun-Elwert.
Mountain guide and part-time photographer Gottlieb Braun-Elwert, who has perished while on a trip with Prime Minister Helen Clark, was a keen photograher who exhibited at the New Zealand Photographic Society's convention in Timaru in April.