The beautiful spaces and places of New Zealand have always been a source of wonder, endeavour and recreation for me. Sometimes the shear size of the scene only fits onto a panoramic image.
Dawn Reflections of Aoraki/Mt Cook with the icebergs from the Tasman Glacier on Tasman Lake. Anorak/Mt Cook National Park, New Zealand.
Pre-Dawn Milky Way at Irishman's Creek Road House, near Tekapo, New Zealand.
Moody Skies over Hawked Range in the Maniototo area of Otago, New Zealand
Lake Camp Sunrise. Although this image is a single shot, it fits nicely into a panoramic format. The long backdrop of the South Island's Alps (Ka Tiritiri o te Moana) with the peak of Mt D' Archaic (2876m) on the left.
Evening Reflections of the Humbolt Range on Lake Wakatipu at Glenorchy
Lake Wanaka Sunset from Paddock Bay. Paddock Bay has long held an attraction to me for the shallow edge that big brown trout cruise in search of food. The clear water and sunny skies make spotting fish a joy. This evenings visit was not for fishing but to capture the beautiful autumnal willow trees on the mirror lake with mountains reflected. I had hoped an early snow would top the peaks. Maybe next time. This image is a huge 30 shot stitched panorama, with each exposure being 15 to 30 seconds.
Wellington's Chaffer's Marina Sunset. I have longed to capture the stunning city scape of New Zealand's capital city from across Oriental Bay. On this evening the light was changing fast and the walk to my chosen place would have resulted in missing this fabulous sunset. Thank you Gaby for knowing this vantage point.
Lake Heron Aurora and Milky Way. One of my favourite images as it occurred by taking a chance. Driving up the South Island I checked the Aurora Alerts and found a forecast for a visible Aurora that evening just as I was going past the turn off the highway at Mt Somers that leads to the amazing Canterbury High Country known as Ashburton Lakes. I spent a hurried afternoon scouting for a location in which I could capture the elements of Lake Heron, the Taylor Range (no relation), a rising Milky Way core and the predicted Aurora. The resulting image of this 30 shot panorama pleases me immensely, not just because it involved camping out in this beautiful location in freezing conditions. But also because the long exposures caught the slight movement of the foreground tussock and editing allowed for the subtle pastel glow of the Aurora that is the "norm" at these latitudes combined with a lone beam of Aurora action paralleling the rising Milky Way.
Mt Hutt and the Canterbury Plains under a Milky Way and Aurora Sky
