Otago
Roadside View: From the Lindis Highway
The view west from the sharpest corner on the Lindis Pass-Tarras road, heading north from Wanaka. I had driven to Central Otago to meet up with a Wellington friend, thinking that Spring would follow me south. It didn’t, and a biting southerly blew for some days. When it relented some beautiful weather followed, but here […]
May 2018 in new Perfect Evenings calendar
Another sample from my 2018 New Zealand calendar, this one is for May 2018. The holiday park at Kurow was decidedly off-season on the cold autumn night that we stayed there. A bitter, blustery wind was blowing but I coated up and left our snug cabin with tripod and gear, determined to make use of […]
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
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.
90. Purakaunui Falls by moonlight
40-minute exposure by muted moonlight, where film still has the upper hand
50. In silhouette, Nugget Point night
A moonlit figure unaffected by a passing car; low ISO and lens selection
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.