POUTO LIGHTHOUSE

New Zealand Landscape Photographer

One of the cool things about shooting at night and in particular, shooting with the moon at night, especially when it is setting, is that you can get some very interesting daylight-esque tones.

This was one of the first images I captured from my weekend mission up north to this most remotest of locations. The forecast was for clear skies but we were a little tricked by the reports so instead of getting all depresso about it, I took advantage and got my creative on!

The clouds were moving quite slow so I opted for a long exposure of around 3 minutes to add some movemnt to the scene. The moon was starting to set as well and gave it an almost sunrise feel and then of course there was the added bonus of some star trail movement.

This is a classic case of 'there is always something to shoot" if you are willing to see it, especially when the conditions are not what you had hoped for or expected.

TECH: Canon 6D | Canon 16-35mm @ 35mm | ISO1600 | ƒ4 | 201 sec