I've been gone for a month.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

My wife and I drove from one end of New Zealand to the other. Here are just a few of the thousands of images I have to go through. More to come.


Church of the Good Shepherd

Mount Cook

Milford Sound







Sperm whale

A blue penguin, the world's smallest penguin.

Northern royal albatross with a nine foot wingspan



Huka Falls

Tuatara

[brush]

1. Wow. Love the Milky Way and house image. And the water falls shots are spectacular.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

2. Thank you.

It's hard to see the little steeple. It's actually a church in Lake Tekapo, N.Z.

[ZoltarSpeaks]

6. With the Southern Cross constellation nearly dead center

I'm jealous. I'll never see it in person.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

24. Thanks!

I wasn't sure if it was the Southern Cross. No one around me knew. It was on my bucket list. Made me think of the Stephen Stills song.

[3Hotdogs]

19. House or church?

[Grumpy Old Guy]

25. Church.

[70sEraVet]

3. Spectacular place!

Yeah, your shot of the tiny stone church against an immensely alive universe - amazing. And the shot of the Albatross with its wings in almost vertical position!
Great stuff! Thanks!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

26. Thank you!

[mobeau69]

4. Spectacular! Question: when zooming in on the church little red and white dots that look like the stars in the photo

appear on the roof of the church and on the adjacent landscape. What causes this effect?

The church and the albatross photos are just outstanding!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

10. It's probably digital noise.

This is a high ISO shot processed on my phone while we were travelling i'll have to take a closer look. It could also be autofocus lights from the hundreds of tourists standing elbow to elbow around me! LOL!

I haven't really seen this image on a computer screen yet, only on a phone so far.

[mobeau69]

16. Thanks for sharing your wonderful photos.

[NJCher]

5. Welcome back

What a spectacular middle of the night treat!!

I love the texture in the Huka Falls shot.

The wingspan on the birds had me in awe.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

27. Thank you NJCher!

You have always been supportive of my work. I greatly appreciate it.

[Easterncedar]

7. Thanks for sharing!

The picture of Huka falls with the mineral tones of the gray sky and green trees and blue water is mesmerizing.

All are spectacular.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

28. Thanks! It was on my bucket list.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Beautiful scenes and photos. You must have had a great time. . . . . nt

[Grumpy Old Guy]

29. It was amazing! Nt

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Nice that you've seen it before they pave everything ./nt

[Grumpy Old Guy]

31. Hooefully that doesn't happen. Nt

[Joinfortmill]

11. Amazing. Keep them coming

[Grumpy Old Guy]

32. Will do!

[babylonsister]

12. You have

quite an eye for photography. Fantastic pictures!!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

33. Thank you so much! Nt

[Scrivener7]

13. These take my breath away. Thank you so much.

How did you travel? Were you on your own or with a group or visiting family or friends?

[Grumpy Old Guy]

35. We drove ourselves.

We have friends who live on the North Island. They picked us up in Auckland and we spent two days with them. Then we flew down to Queenstown and rented a car. We drove up to Picton and took the ferry to North Island.

Our friends met us in Wellington and loaned us their car, then took the train home to Hamilton. We drove the North Island up to the Coromandel Peninsula. From there we rejoined them and they took us back to Auckland.

My secret for driving on the left: Everytime I got behind the wheel I just started chanting "left, left, left, left, left, left, left!" LOL!



Incidentally, we met our Kiwi friends when we drove to Alaska in 2016. They were camping next to us in a Walmart parking lot in Whitehorse, Yukon territory.

[Scrivener7]

46. Lol! You're braver than I am! When I was in Australia, I couldn't even cross the street safely, much less drive.

Those photos are just amazing. And I'm glad you had such a great trip.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

47. Thanks!

It took both of us paying 100% attention, but we did OK with the driving. We hardly messed up at all.

[underpants]

14. Amazing images.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

36. Thank you!

[HAB911]

15. WOW!

My next door neighbor has been there for the past three weeks and we will be seeing their photos soon too!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

37. We were there for the entire month of February,

and it still wasn't enough. I could have used another month.

[Callalily]

18. What an absolutely fabulous trip!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

38. Thank you! Nt

[highplainsdem]

20. Wow! Absolutely stunning...

[Grumpy Old Guy]

39. Thank you! Nt

[Tom Kitten]

21. Awesome!

Great photos!
Mt. Cook is an impressive peak.
Did you just happen to come across the tuatara.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

40. The tuatara was at a wildlife preserve...

...outside Wellington. There were some amazing birds there as well. I'll be posting photos of them later.

[Duppers]

22. Wow!! +1000 to what the DUers above said!

Beautiful photography!

Would you let us tag along on your trips?
We'd pay our way, of course.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

41. That would be great! ❤️

We'll look you up when we get to the East Coast. My wife says bring chocolate!

❤️❤️❤️

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. Omigod, my dear Grumpy! These are amazing shots! Each one is a winner! Thank you. ♥ nt

[Grumpy Old Guy]

42. Thank you my dear Peggy! ❤️

[lapfog_1]

30. if things go wrong come November

I wonder how they would feel if around 120,000,000 of us showed up on their doorstep and asked for asylum?

[Grumpy Old Guy]

43. That thought has crossed my mind more than once.

[c-rational]

34. Wow, stunning photos and a great trip. The small church and stars

is spectacular. Thanks for sharing.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

44. Thank you.

It was a bucket list shot.

[Mousetoescamper]

45. Splendid photos! I've missed seeing your posts. Welcome back!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

48. Thank you very much!