234. Quiet light of dusk and MDF plant, Waimea Inlet

234. Quiet light of dusk and MDF plant, Waimea Inlet

 I see magic in the quiet light of dusk.  –  John  Sexton 85mm; ISO 250. 30 seconds at f16. Incandescent light balance

233. High tide, no moon, Waimea Inlet

233. High tide, no moon, Waimea Inlet

Photographing at night can be fascinating because we lose some of the control over what happens in front of the camera.  –  Michael Kenna  28mm, ISO 2000. 464 seconds (7 min 44 sec) at f13. Sodium vapour light balance      

232. High tide by moonlight, Turtle Cove

232. High tide by moonlight, Turtle Cove

High tide by moonlight, Turtle Cove, Golden Bay. 7.35 pm, 2 June 2012  The night has vast potential for creativity.  –  Michael  Kenna 28mm; ISO 2000. 30 seconds at f11

231. Daylight is too easy

231. Daylight is too easy

Daylight is too easy. What I want is difficult – the atmosphere of lamps and moonlight.     – Edgar Degas 28mm; ISO 2500. 30 seconds at f11

230. On the way to Turtle Cove

230. On the way to Turtle Cove

Twilight photography is unfortunately neglected; what may be drab and uninteresting by daylight may assume a magnificent quality in the halflight between sunset and dark.  – Ansel Adams 28mm; ISO 2000. 1/200th sec at f5. Flash

229. Long exposure from Turtle Cove

229. Long exposure from Turtle Cove

Ah the moon’s too bright, the chain’s too tight, the beast won’t go to sleep… – Leonard Cohen (I’m Your Man) 85mm; ISO 500. 294 seconds (5 mins) at f16  

228. Evening view from Westhaven Retreat

228. Evening view from Westhaven Retreat

I’ve had a lot of trouble in my life – most of which never happened.  –  Mark Twain 28mm; ISO 2000. 30 seconds at f13. Flash

227. Waxing moon, Westhaven

227. Waxing moon, Westhaven

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.   Marcus Aurelius 28mm; ISO 2000. 15 seconds at f8. Flash

226. Many ways to be free

226. Many ways to be free

There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do. – Anaïs Nin 50mm; ISO 2000. 15 seconds at f8. Incandescent light balance  

225. The Pot from Fox Glacier Holiday Park

225. The Pot from Fox Glacier Holiday Park

 The future will be better tomorrow.  –  Dan Quayle  50mm, ISO 2000. 8 seconds at f2.8. Light balance 3030 deg K

224. Autumn evening, Cheviot

224. Autumn evening, Cheviot

The moon could not keep shining if it had to pay attention to all the dogs barking at it.  –  Anon 28mm, ISO 2000. 30 seconds at f11. Flash  

223. Each of us is born

223. Each of us is born

Each of us is born into an already existent conversation.  –  Martin Heidegger 28mm, ISO 2000. 30 seconds at f16. Light balance 2500 deg K.    

222. Foothills from Fox Glacier

222. Foothills from Fox Glacier

As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be, you can’t see how it is.   – Ram Dass 28mm; ISO 2000. 94 seconds at f8. Light balance 3030 deg K.  

221. Target practice, Arrowtown

221. Target practice, Arrowtown

         Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.  –  Arthur Schopenhauer 28mm; ISO 2000. 30 seconds at f8  

220. Night portal at Kurow

220. Night portal at Kurow

It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.  –  Lewis Carroll 28mm; ISO 2000. 10 seconds at f2.8. Incandescent light balance  

219. Cheviot after dark

219. Cheviot after dark

Change is the very essence of life.  –  Anatole France 28mm; ISO 2000. 30 seconds at f11. Light balance 2500 deg K  

218. Wintry evening, Kurow

218. Wintry evening, Kurow

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.  –  Emily Dickinson 28mm; ISO 2000. 30 seconds at f4  

217. Just keep going

217. Just keep going

 Just keep going. No feeling is final.  –  Rainer Maria Rilke 28mm, ISO 2000. 30 secs at f4. Light balance 3030 deg K  

216. Seeking love at Kurow

216. Seeking love at Kurow

 Seeking love keeps you from the awareness that you already are it.  –  Byron Katie 28mm; ISO 2000. 30 secs at f5.6. Mercury vapour light balance.      

215. Sinking moon, Arrowtown

215. Sinking moon, Arrowtown

If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good.  –  Dr Suess  28mm, ISO 2000. 15 secs at f8. Col balance 2500 deg K.

214. Maitai moon, Nelson

214. Maitai moon, Nelson

Yet my moon always hung faithfully in the sky: constant companion, luminous and remote, gentle symbol of mystery, femininity and noctural wisdom.  –  Michael Leunig 85mm, ISO 2000. 10 secs at f8  

213. Suva Capetown by the stars

213. Suva Capetown by the stars

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. – Ursula K. Le Guin 85mm, ISO 2000. 30 secs at f7.1. Flash      

212. Let it go, let it out

212. Let it go, let it out

Let it go, let it out / let it all unravel; Let it free and it can be/ a path on which to travel.  – Leunig 28mm; ISO 2000. 30 secs at f8. Incandescent light balance  

211. Ebbtide evening, Marahau

211. Ebbtide evening, Marahau

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground but a kind word is never thrown away.  –  Arthur Helps 28mm; ISO 2000. 6.6 secs at f10. Incandescent light balance; flash

210. Mixed moonlight at Kaka Pa Point

210. Mixed moonlight at Kaka Pa Point

 The problem with the youth of today is that one is no longer part of it. – Salvadore Dali 50mm, ISO 2000. 30 secs at f11. Flash  

Barney Brewster – NZ Landscape Photographer

Based in Nelson, Barney loves to capture the New Zealand landscape, mostly through long exposures at dusk or after dark.

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