Magazine Bay - Ice I hate to be repetitive but I'm afraid today's and the next photo are sunrise/predawn shots with a pier as the central subject. This was not the plan. However the past week has for the most part gone completely sideways in terms of photography. Every time I went out, gear primed and brain doing the backstroke through coffee, it all went to to custard. Well except one morning... Read more here.

Ruapuki Part 2: A companion shot to this previous landscape Ruapuki I've only ever been there a few times but each of those times its been extremely windy with rough seas. A true New Zealand west coast beach you might say. I don't think it needs a lot said about it. You don't really talk much when you're at this kind of beach, you just huddle up against the cold, let the wind push you around a bit and enjoy it for what it is. Wild.

Maraetai: Read about it on my Blog