West Coast
... a stop on one of New Zealand's best one day drives along the west coast of the South Island.
Paparoa National Park, West Coast, New Zealand
The long exposure of rough Tasman sea with the Pancake Rocks in the foreground.
... a panoramic view of the sun rising behind the Southern Alps with Mount Cook and Mount Tasman reflected in Lake Matheson.
.... in Franklin Gordon Wild Rivers National Park near Strahan, Tasmania
A very small place where the fairy penguins go.
Mount Aspiring National Park, West Coast, New Zealand
Motukiekie Rocks New Zealand 52 week project : 17
What can I say about this location - superlatives all round. I'm pretty sure that if you get an...
Motukiekie Beach
We timed our visit here this year for 3 days of low tide and on 2 of the evenings we had spectacular light . I'm looking forward to...
A photo taken during our family tour of the South Island last month. Vivid turquoise water of the Hokitika River rushes through a magnificent granite...
You can find the Truman Beach at the end of the Truman Track which is a short, 1.5km amble through native bush to this small, picturesque beach.
Wilderness at its pristine best from the hike to Frenchmans Cap.
Coal Creek Falls, West Coast, New Zealand
After leaving Lake Brunner we headed up the west coast. Just north of Greymouth we headed up the Coal...
.... near Fox Glacier, on New Zealand's South Island
... in this shot, the lake is perfectly still, allowing a much higher resolution reflection of Mount Cook. I just noticed, there's a shimmer on the lake on my last upload of this scene a few days ago...
... of Mount Tasman and Mount Cook as the sun rises over one of the more famous "mirror lakes" in New Zealand's South Island
Time exposure to soften the image and to ease the pain of my watch sitting at the bottom of the pool.
Different view on Pancake Rocks area.
West Coast, New Zealand
Lake Matheson, near the Fox Glacier in South Westland, New Zealand, is famous for its reflected views of Aoraki/Mount Cook and Mount Tasman. On the...
At Lake Matheson, nature has combined exactly the right ingredients to create truly stunning reflections of New Zealand's highest peaks Mount Cook...
Motukiekie Beach, on the northwest coast of New Zealand, has some of the best sea stacks I've ever seen in my travels. Very Dr. Seuss-ish, and...
A day of rain when driving along the west coast and my arrival at Hokitika was not promissing anything better. But around 8pm it became dry and i...
After a long day with lots of rain finally the sun gave his last show over the ocean. Taken on the very windy beach of Hokitika with no one else...
Iveagh Bay, Lake Brunner, New Zealand
After our night at Lake Pearson we headed over Arthurs Pass and onto the West Coast; and it was wet.
We were...
The northern view.
Eroded limestone with many incredible blowholes.
Black & white treatment of Hogarth Falls
.... one of the best drives in New Zealand's South Island.... from Westport to Greymouth, with stunning coastal views along a 90 minute stretch of coastline
.... to Lake Matheson, near Fox Glacier, in New Zealand's South Island. Plenty of detail to be found if the image is seen full res (click twice on the image with your mouse).
Staying at Fox Glacier for two reasons. Photographing Lake Matheson and trying to photograph Mount Cook (highest mountain in New Zealand, 3766 meter)...
The famous pancake rocks of Punakaiki, before sunrise, they are most impressive at high tide, and when I was there it was supposed to be only an hour...
The famous pancake rocks of Punakaiki, before sunrise, they are most impressive at high tide, and when I was there it was supposed to be only an hour...
Scanned image.
Scanned image.
12 Mile beach New Zealand
The Motukeikie seastacks stand tall in the distance at the beginning of an amazing twilight from 12 mil beach. The swell...
From the top of Lion's Head, the sunset light out to the west was wild over Macquarie Harbour ! Below is Lake Gwendolene.
Punakaiki, West Coast, New Zealand
Next stop on our trip was a stay at Punakaiki. Rather than trying to shoot the dramatic blowholes and pancake...
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to West Coast!
Most notably David Hamments, George Kurzik and Kamil Ghais.