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Shop Open

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The online shop is now open where you can buy prints of some of the best images. Featuring pictures from Bowentown, Katikati, Te Aroha, Whangamata, Waihi and Waihi Beach. Check it out at shop.kiwiphotographer.com. And as part of an opening sale get 20% off purchases until 01 May - enter the code 'MATESRATES' at checkout in order to get the discount. … [Read more...] about Shop Open

Phone Screenshots

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For the longest time I've been using the same image as a screensaver on my phone... Just recently I changed it over to a folder of images I'm of mind to post here and there (so you might recognise a few). It's been quite pleasant to see a different image every time I look at my phone and I started to take some screenshots of them. It's interesting to see how they looked so … [Read more...] about Phone Screenshots

Meteors over the Southern Alps of New Zealand

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There was a post I put up on social media right at the end of 2023. It was taken in May of that year after an evening spent astro photographing at Lake Tekapo, I had zoomed across to Lake Pukaki to capture the sunrise over the Southern Alps via timelapse... Unbeknownst to me there was a meteor shower going on (as I later discovered). I do remember thinking at Lake Tekapo … [Read more...] about Meteors over the Southern Alps of New Zealand

Meteor Shower (Comet 46P / Wirtanen)

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There was a meteor shower last night and New Zealand was in prime spot to observe it. Comet 46P / Wirtanen had gone too close to Jupiter in 1972 and the debris from that event was hitting Earth last night - having taken 51 years to get here! It had been a windy and cloudy day, but the skies had opened enough at night for me to 'generally' see the sky in the central North … [Read more...] about Meteor Shower (Comet 46P / Wirtanen)