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We've had a stunning week of clear, cold mid winter days with beautiful sunrises and sunsets and the mountain standing out clear on the horizon with its light covering of snow. I really love it when we get this type of weather in winter. I've been too busy lately to do much photography but this morning I got out to watch the sunrise from the New Plymouth foreshore. A beautiful stunning morning. …

It's that time of year when we get some spectacular sunsets in New Plymouth with the sun setting behind the Sugarloaf Islands. I'm very fortunate that I work close to the foreshore and on most evenings I get to watch the sun set over the sea as I leave work. These photos are all taken from the foreshore rocks by the coastal walkway. …

It's that time of year when the sun sets over the sea between Paritutu and the Sugarloaf Islands. For the last couple of nights I've been fortunate to witness these stunning sunsets as I leave work, a wonderful reminder of what a beautiful world we live in. …

Once you start appreciating beauty you see it everywhere, its surrounding us all the time. This is the New Plymouth forsehore at dusk with Paritutu rock and the Sugarloaf islands in dark silhouette providing the backdrop to the night lights of Port Taranaki and the city. At this time of year I get to see this view most evenings when I leave work and today I fianlly rembered to take my tripod in and capture these images. …

After a month of wet and unsettled weather we finally had a couple of fine clear evenings which just happened to coincide with a fresh fall of snow on the mountain and a full moon so naturally, while sensible people stay home and go to bed, I've been out and about with my camera finding the best spots to take night photos of Taranaki.Secrets Of The NightSnow clad slopes glowingbeneath the arc of Te Rewa Rewa bridge.Luminous in the moonlight.City lights on the coast,lighthouse shining at the cape …