A daily photo of Mount Aspiring in the South Island of NZ

* 9 May 23

Let me say at the outset that there is just no chance that I will photograph this same shot every day… sorry!

My zoom lens is knackered and currently away in Auckland for repair (damn it). But Black Peak Mountain is viewable from my lounge window, so I’m going to get some snaps of it – with or without the good zoom lens! Hence I’m going to put up some daily pictures of it as I capture it at different times of the day, over the coming months and through different weather patterns.

It is Autumn going into Winter here in the South Island of New Zealand, so snow is heading our way. Yippee!!!

Mt Aspiring - 09 May 23 — Black Peak – **09 May 23**
*The view from my lounge seat:*

Mt Aspiring - 10 May 23 — Black Peak – **10 May 23**
*Through the curtain windows*

Mt Aspiring - 11 May 23 — Black Peak – **11 May 23**
The snow is looking like an oil painting on the iPhone

Mt Aspiring - 12 May 23 — Black Peak – **12 May 23**
Last shot on the Canon zoom (in for repair)

Black Peak – **13 May 23**
Sunrise just hitting the 10,000 ft peak

Mt Aspiring - 14 May 23 — Black Peak – **14 May 23**
Captured just with the sun setting behind it.

Daily photo of Mount Aspiring on 15 May 2023. — Black Peak – **15 May 2023**
In the morning

Black Peak – **16 May 2023**
Rubbish day

Black Peak – **16 May 2023**
Also from the 16/5, but the weather was (is) crap over the next few days, so here is a snap from the Lake’s edge.
* note the mist / steam rising from the creek.

Black Peak – **19 May 2023**
The weather has not been playing the game recently. This is as close as I got to a picture of it. Note how much more snow there is on the mountain.

Black Peak – **23 May 2023**
The sun is out again today, things look amazing – a fair bit of snow has been dumped on it (shot on Canon L lens).

Black Peak – **27 May 2023**
More snow in this morning shot

Black Peak – **31 May 2023**
Moody day over Mt Aspiring

Black Peak – **1 Jun 2023**
Another cloudy day

Black Peak – **2 Jun 2023**
The sun has come out today – yay!

Black Peak sunset – **3 Jun 2023**
Wild sunset over the mountain tonight

*Black Peak sunset –* **4 Jun 2023**
Almost did not get the shot. Helicopter overhead twice but so many mistakes, this is the only shot I got.

*Black Peak sunset –* **5 Jun 2023**
Out for a walk today, thought I would take my daily picture from somewhere else.

* 8 June 23

I got my zoom lens back from repair (almost didn’t – Canon left the top line of my address here off) after a month away for repairs.
Can you tell?

*Black Peak sunset –* **10 Jun 2023**
Early morning shot with the zoom lens back (I’m very excited)

*Black Peak sunset –* **11 Jun 2023**
Zoom baby, zoom

*Black Peak sunset –* **12 Jun 2023**
A lot more snow about now

* 24 June 23

Well, frankly, the weather has been terrible here for the last few weeks. It is now officially ‘winter’ here so that is to be expected, but it did hit -4 deg C (24 deg F) the other week while I was staying in the van. So unless I was to post photos of cloud or fog, there ain’t been much to show and certainly no mountains.

In short, there has been very few pics because (take your pick):

(a) I’m lazy,
(b) It’s been cloudy / foggy,
(c) I’ve been away in the van or in Auckland,
(d) all of the above…