new zealand

Our town is famous as the blue penguin capital of the world (or at least New Zealand), but they are famously mostly viewable during evening and nighttime. During the day they tend to be out to sea feeding, so imagine my surprise when I was at the foreshore today playing with my new camera and...

Last night I planned to get to bed early, since I had been out at 3:30am to shoot the Milky Way and had been prevailed upon to do the same this morning for another friend. So I was all set to go to sleep at 9pm when my iPhone started to rattle uncontrollably with notifications of a strong aurora...

On Friday morning, it seems the entire eastern coast of New Zealand woke up to a vibrant red dawn. As soon as I saw what was up, I rushed down to a lookout point overlooking the town and harbour of Oamaru, and was mesmerised by the colours and textures. Here is one of my favourite images from...

Inspired by this week's Recipe assignment, I scoured my catalog for all the fences I could find, which weren't many. There were four, actually, and they were all from New Zealand coincidentally (or maybe it's not so coincidental - NZ has good fences :D). I've already submitted my fence photo in...

Fence on Lyall Bay Ridge in New Zealand, 2018. Fence on the Ridge by Amy Earl posted Apr 7, 2020 at 3:56 PM

Here is Part II of my series of Wellington's southern coastline. We lived in Island Bay in 2015 and this was certainly our favorite spot on the coast. We also had the best apartment, a self-contained unit made from a converted garage. It was practically on the water and you could hear the waves...

I've been perusing photos taken in 2017 around Wellington, New Zealand where I lived for almost 3 years with my husband. Makes me miss it. Wellington is on the southern coast of the North Island. At sunset you can glimpse mountain peaks on the South Island across the strait. The small village...

Halloween seems like a good day to finally post one of the photos from my New Zealand trip in May. I know, it is time to share something from there! So here it is...And yes, these blue ones are glow worms. Happy Halloween to you all!

This waterfall is along the Haast highway between Wanaka and New Zealand's West coast. I shared a phone edit of this in a waterfall Wednesday thread a few weeks ago. Here's the finished version. This was taken after sunset as the sky was darkening. I took two images for DOF and blended in a...

Here's another shot from the beautiful sunset I had in Wanaka, New Zealand. The sunset blew up across the lake, leading me to push the iconic tree to the side to follow the light. Any thoughts are welcome.

I never love arriving at a site for a sunrise shoot without having first had a chance to see it in the light. That wasn't going to be an option at Milford Sound, so I arrived early enough to at least get the lay of the land before selecting a spot for the sunrise. The wind was stirring up the...

Part 1: Basic Info, Gear and Wanaka Intro: I recently took a vacation with my wife to New Zealand and Australia, including spending 6 days based in Wanaka (rhymes with "Monica") on New Zealand's south island. I figured I'd share my experience here, where it can hopefully be useful for anyone...

I spent one morning at Milford Sound in New Zealand's Fiordland national park, including an unspectacular sunrise (I haven't really played with those pictures yet), some kayaking and then some exploring around the coastline. According to our kayak guide, Milford is misnamed as it isn't really a...

I spent 6 days in Wanaka, just 5 minutes from their photographic icon. That left me no choice but to head over and shoot it a few times. So here are some images from an amazing sunset with some windy waters, a calm morning where the sun never appeared, and another sunrise kind of in the middle...

I just returned from two weeks in New Zealand and Australia. This wasn't really a photo trip, but was instead a vacation with my wife. Fortunately she was kind and patient enough to accompany me for at least a few serious landscape attempts so I do have a few things to share. This was taken at...