While I was up at Coronet a few weeks ago there was a real variation in the lighting in the sky over the course of an hour or so. Here is one of the more interesting patterns that it made.
One night while I was on a road trip around the North Island I wandered out to the beach in the middle of the night. Even to the naked eye the stars were so bright, it was quite staggering so I had to stop and capture the scene.
I love it when two (or more) pieces of art come together randomly at Burning Man. It makes for such epic scenes.
I’ve been up on Coronet Peak quite a bit over the past few weeks for an upcoming project which I’m looking forward to sharing. It’s been fun to see the ever-changing conditions and find different angles to capture. Here’s one of the views…
Wouldn’t this make a really cool version of Battle Bots? (Or Robot Wars depending on where you are from.) My money is on the orb… it might not take down the other bot, but it looks resilient.
I happened upon this scene at Burning Man in 2018 at sunrise… or maybe it was sunset. I’m terrible at updating my cameras clock from country to country! Anyway, it was such an interesting performance to watch. I’m always in awe of people who can make moving in these sorts of scenarios so graceful. Takes a wild amount of muscle control I’d imagine.
Back at the beginning of the pandemic being in New Zealand was really beneficial as we had a fairly normal life. That allowed me to finally do some exploring on the North Island when normally I’d have been all over the world. Here’s a spot I stayed on the east coast; it was pretty spectacular. Especially so on the days when storms were passing and really churning up the sand and overall atmosphere.
Not long now until the trees down in NZ start to go nuts. Can’t wait!
Well, don’t we?
