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18. Pineapple Drive by moonlight, Waimarama, Hawkes Bay
Fun with car light trails; balancing car lights with much dimmer moonlight.
17. A grove in early spring, and a moonlight metaphor
Moonlight draws the veil; a stallion becomes a pony.
16. Moonlit Moturoa from Back Beach, at Paritutu
The big camera out on a wind-swept beach, well before full moon.
15. Leaving Port Taranaki at midnight
Monochrome in sepia; a vessel leaves port on calm seas, at high moon.
14. Moonlit mountain from Kent Rd, Taranaki
Swirling cloud in intermittent moonlight; problems with viewing in the dark and high ISOs.
13. Lake Rotoiti under full moon, Nelson Lakes National Park
Half an hour on an autumn evening, along the pebbly shore; in compositional thirds.
11. Self-portrait by moonlight, Jack’s Bay, Otago
Travelling with two tripods, a calendar photographer records his own work one quiet night on the beach.
10. Moonlit surf on the Boulder Bank, Nelson
An invisible line of surf on a rocky shore; getting close enough but not too close.
9. Late sailing through the Cut, Nelson
A night-fishing boat leaves a light trail, making its way out into Tasman Bay.
8. Rustic evening near Omata, Taranaki
Farm animals make good subjects for moonlight photography – precisely because they won’t keep still.
7. One a.m. and the last house on the street, Waikawa
Find a quiet street and mix your moonlight with some sodium. Add your shadow to hide the tripod’s.
6. Twilight at Te Rewa Rewa bridge, Waiwhakaiho, New Plymouth
The madding crowd stayed only till sunset. Deep twilight is close to moonlight in exposure terms.
5. Stony River (Hangatahua) by moonlight, Taranaki
On the last evening of summer, a clear view from a wild river of the mountain bare, in oblique moonlight.
4. Twilight view from South Rd, New Plymouth
City lights and headlights with a mountain backdrop: balancing picture elements in the fast-fading light of day.
3. Waitakere nikau and the rising moon
In a leafy Auckland suburb, an uncommonly “short” long exposure gives iconic silhouettes.
2. Harataonga moonrise
L-o-n-g exposure with a field camera, set up before dark. Clouds and moonbeams moving over water.
1. Mt Taranaki under full moon
Making the most of a break in the weather; mixing the sublime with an electric fence.