What do you call an iceberg in a ghost sheet?

A polargeist

Twizel Reflections.

I think Twizel is a very much unrated little town in NZ, its no Queenstown or Lake Tekapo, but its got a genuine salt of the earth feel to it where it seems people are not pretentious. Could just be me and preferring to be in a place with less tourists (yes I know the irony of that since I am one). A shout out to the local kids who rock up in town for hot chips wearing shorts… i suppose it was a barmy 4 degrees… 😉

During our ( Rodney Campbell ) stay here we tried a bunch of food places and it was nice to have a great variety, from the local bakery to a more upmarket cafe (Mint Cafe – good coffee there) and the local street food stalls, of which the pizza one was so popular it sold out by the time we got there.

Its also a popular salmon fishing/farming place, hence I think i may have eaten my yearly share of salmon while I was there, burgers to breakfast and dinner…

These shots were taken on the second wind of the first sunrise we had there, we had hit the Lake Poaka for some reflections but could see some nice fog still sitting around the town, hence we made a dash back to the local town lake (Lake Ruataniwha) to smash some reflections, this was just the start of chasing the location which had the best and most still reflections…

Reflection.

Sometimes you need to standout from the rest.

Lake Ruataniwha, New Zealand

Searching for Whales.

yeah it was a bit choppy.. and windy.. and cold 🙂 but we tried.

Cape Banks.

Mount Aoraki Road

I got alot shots of this road, these are just the start 🙂

Its also great for the surrounding mountain ranges..

Rodney Campbell is in there somewhere blocking the traffic…

Mount Cook / Aoraki Peak.

I do love a good mountain peak shot and this hill did not disappoint, with a nice layer of cloud and some soft colours from the sunrise it made for some nice shots.

Roys Peak B-sides

A few shots as I went up and passed the dunny.

Check out the helicopter perched on the edge of the tip.

Lake Poaka Reflections

Ben Ohau Range in the background with the nice snow capped tips.

If your looking for an unassuming camp ground and location, this is it, its no Queenstown or Lake Tekapo but still pretty cool and the ducks are friendly. Less tourists here too 🙂

Typically all 4 or 5 shot panoramas as the morning light progressed.

Hello Peaky.
whatcha hiding under there? nasty avalanches, rockfalls, razor sharp ridges and guaranteed crevasses…

would be a damn great view from up there tho.

Mount Cook or more correctly Aoraki

Church of the Good Shepherd

Lake Tekapo, New Zealand

Me and Rodninator (Rodney Campbell) have cracked the secret of getting clear skies. Just pretend your not gonna shoot the milkyway ’cause its so damn overcast and get ready to go to bed.. then as a joke before hopping into bed just say ‘ imagine if the sky was clear now’ 🙂

and Moses parted the clouds, religion is good for something, if only for decent buildings.

Lake Poaka, NZ

Rodney Campbell and I had two locations for this sunrise, the decision was made to decide on the way which one would be better given the conditions. We opted for this little duck pond rather than the bigger majestic Lake Pukaki, which would have been pretty good too, but limited in options, ie one shot wonder.

It ended up being a half decent sunrise.

What the Duck.

How your ass not frozen. I know for sure my fingers were…

Lake Poaka, NZ

Twizel – Powerlines.

I would tell you a great joke about them… but high voltage wiring jokes are usually over people’s heads.

The real Windows XP background.

Wanaka Tree B- sides.

Find the Drone.