Got a map of where you went, planning a bit of a trip round the south island myself:

Dynamic:

 

Stan: Did a 4000km trip on a 150cc motorcycle around the South Island.

 

On a 150cc?  Wow that's keen.  Did that 18 months ago on a cruiser but travelled with others who had done the ride before and they were not keen to stop as often as I wanted, so will have to do it again at my own pace.  That lake colour is stunning - one of the glacier lakes?

 

Yeah 150cc Honda XR150 Trail bike. Was a bunch of fun :D. Went with a friend on a VFR800 but I took all my own luggage would be keen to do it again myself we did a few long stretches (left Collingwood at 9am took the ferry across  kept going till I got home just north of Hamilton at 2:30am), but mostly 300-400km a day.

Yep that is Lake Pukaki.

RileyB:

 

Got a map of where you went, planning a bit of a trip round the south island myself:

 

We planned everything but got a bit wet so we stayed in Dunedin for a few days and just went where we wanted.

A rough idea of where we went excluding North Island part :) we tented most of the way

https://goo.gl/maps/xgdkzg5LjX82

Ride from Mt Cook by David Bennett, on Flickr

Nice!

Nice Warbird photos. I've never been, how do you find it for taking photos? ie. do you ave to fight for good spots, or is there good views from anywhere?  I was going to head up and watch from one of the free spots I know about, but was lazy and couldn't be bothered dealing with traffic/thousands of people.

Feel like this thread hasn't gotten a bit quieter then usual, will have to remember to post more :P

Takahe Chick:

Tomit:

Rifleman:

Few random photos:

Some blue penguins, cranking the ISO on some of these:

Stu: Thanks for sharing. Excellent work as always!

Studying more of the theory side at the moment. Brain is getting a bit old for this stuff!

A site I found great for theory is Cambridge in colour, well explained and diagramed: http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm

Last night's Aurora:

Stu: Thanks @RileyB, I'll have a look!

Was thinking of heading to Queenstown later in the month for an astrophotography workshop with Mark Gee, but it'd cost around $700-$1000 to fly down and back, food, rent a vehicle and a cheap room and hope the weather is fine!

Rob Dickinson would be worth looking at for astrophotography worksshops as well, not sure what his prices are like but here is his website: http://www.rjd.co.nz/index.php?route=product/category&path=63

Been a bit absent since I went away at beginning of April. Here's a few of my favourites from the trip:

Coromandel - Cathedral Cove 3 by Jeff Bell, on Flickr

Tongariro National Park - Road to Mt Ruapehu 2 by Jeff Bell, on Flickr

Kaikoura - Ohau NZ Fur Seal Colony 9 by Jeff Bell, on Flickr

Lake Tekapo - Moonrise 1 by Jeff Bell, on Flickr

Moeraki - Moeraki Boulders 2 by Jeff Bell, on Flickr

Wanaka - Lone Tree 1 by Jeff Bell, on Flickr

Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks by Jeff Bell, on Flickr