Location: Canterbury

Kaikoura, Canterbury Plains, Aoraki-Mt Cook National Park, Mackenzie Basin

  • Early morning starts at Lake Tasman may be cold but they are often beautiful for photography
  • A colourful sunrise lights up remnant snow from a recent storm in the Tasman Valley
  • Aoraki-Mt Cook (3724m) towers above inversion cloud blanketing the Tasman Valley
  • A rainbow forms as the morning sun lights up Aoraki-Mt Cook National Park
  • An alignment of rocks provides a great leading line to this winter scene at Lake Tekapo
  • A double rainbow and lupins in full bloom makes for a colourful scene at Lake Tekapo.
  • In summer the lupin flowers blooming along the hydro canals of the Mackenzie Basin are a treat for the eye
  • The rising sun creates strong light contrasts on the Southern Alps
  • A UFO cloud (altocumulus lenticularis) hovers over Aoraki / Mt Cook
  • A storm coinciding with sunset made for a surreal scene across the Canterbury Plains
  • An arch of nor'wester cloud lights up as the sun sets beyond Lake Ruataniwha
  • The foothill ranges between Mt Hutt and Mt Somers provide this great layering effect
  • A spectacular display of the Aurora Australis (Southern Lights), viewed west of Christchurch in May 2017
  • Sunrise lights up the Ben Ohau Range across Lake Pukaki
  • A long exposure of nor'west skies over Lake Benmore
  • The setting sun casts the last warmth of the day along the shoreline of Lake Camp, Canterbury
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