Revived
Within this dense, damp forest, a tall fern tree basks in the temporal warmth instilled by the setting sun. Patience has been rewarded.
Haast, New Zealand (2023)
Fine Complexities
Sunset within a primeval coastal forest, alive with various trees, ferns and vines.
Haast, New Zealand (2023)
Larakin
A juvenile Kea, with a cheeky expression, watching me curiously as I climbed up a tree to share in this moment.
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Fiordland, New Zealand (2022)
Peace
The landscape is brought alive, on a day of gentle rain which flows from the highest mountains and feeds into the shadowy depths of the temperate rainforest.
Fiordland New Zealand (2022)
Here
If we're willing to see, to listen. The presence of something greater is found within nature.
Fiordland New Zealand (2022)
Silver And Gold
A family of silver beech, backlit by the afternoon sun.
Te Anau, Fiordland New Zealand (2022)
Back In Time
Walking through the forest, I’m generally not seeking anything in particular, simply observing and reacting. Following light, shape, texture, darkness. Sometimes an image results, most often not. I liked the symphony here of all that the forest can provide. It’s a complex, yet simple place where time seems to stand still.
South Westland, New Zealand (2022)
Where The Light Leads Us
I could sit and watch this scenery all day. Words cannot express how I feel about such a place. The trees, the light, the mountains and the sea. All here in this moment. This is fraction of the grander scene. I hope you enjoy too.
Vancouver, Fiordland New Zealand (2022)
Webbed
A silver beech reaches toward the light, sewn in a jacket of spiders web. A simple scene that resonated with me.
Wet Jacket Arm, Fiordland New Zealand (2022)
Now I See
An overwhelming moment, as snow began to fall as we were amidst the dense beech forest. Absorbed in the enchanted scene, this natural frame caught my eye.
Haast, New Zealand (2022)
River Symphony
The beauty found below the mountains, as the last light glows in across water, trees and sky.
Fiordland New Zealand (2022)
On and On
An army of beech, reaching from towering heights far above the surface of the sea.
Broughton Arm, Fiordland New Zealand (2022)
Grandfather
A large silver beech, adorned in a thick coat of moss, accumulated over a hundred years. As the morning light reaches through to the valley floor, these trees are lined in gold.
Fiordland New Zealand (2022)
Seekers
A cold, misty winters morning in the remote fiords, as light finally pierced through the veil.
Wet Jacket Arm, Fiordland New Zealand (2022)
Into the morning
The tallest trees in New Zealand, the mighty Kahikatea, captured here right on dawn as the low hanging mist are caught in the first light of day.
South Westland New Zealand (2022)
Light Soaked
One of those scenarios you can only dream of, as shafts of light pierced through the forest, right beside the oceans edge. The scene vanished not long after arriving.
Fiordland Coast, New Zealand (2022)
Crystal Waters
A hidden pool, accessed by kayak beneath towering mountains not far from the lakes edge. Whilst exploring the area, the light made its way through the forest and created this pristine scene.
Fiordland New Zealand (2022)
For A Moment
I was in awe as the light spread through the mist, transforming the dense forest into a cathedral of light.
Fiordland Forest, New Zealand (2022)
Times Past
Ancient creatures outstretched into the fleeting warmth of winters dawn.
Fiordland Forest, New Zealand (2022)
Crown
A crown fern, displayed in all its glory.
Te Anau, Fiordland New Zealand (2022)
The Climbers
Beech trees cling to towering cliffs, as morning light breaks the dark of night. Captured mid-winter in the remote fiords of New Zealands Fiordland.
Fiordland Forest, New Zealand (2022)
Gilded
Between snow flurries, as morning light gilded the resilient forest.
Fiordland, New Zealand (2021)
Frozen Dream
The beauty of the frosted and frozen landscape.
Twizel, New Zealand (2021)
Daybreak
As the slow moving winter light breaks through the darkness of the misty morning.
Dusky Sound Fiordland, New Zealand (2021)
Intricacies
The finer details within one of many lush mountain valleys, home to old growth forest and flowing waters.
Fiordland, New Zealand (2021)
Immersion
A frame I've tried to find for some time, showcasing the lush forest, along with one of the rain-falls that plunge hundreds of metres from the nearby mountains.
Fiordland, New Zealand (2021)
Departure
As a new day dawns and a veil of cloud slowly rises to the heavens. This was the brief moment in-between.
West Coast, New Zealand (2021)
Whisper
Winters silent veil covering the ancient ones of the fiords.
Fiordland, New Zealand