Ian Riddler Photography

“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.” ― John Muir #Scape #PureNZ #Fiordland #NZ

Icarus Flight of the photo geek. High amongst the granite peaks of Fiordland, and far above the fog. - #Fiordland, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul" #Sunset #Mountains #Winter #PureNZ #RealMiddleEarth #EastCoastKin #Roadtrip #Bucketlist #FavouritePlaces

Little Pond, Big Hill Quite a nice evening up at Mt Cook, getting wet feet. - #Aoraki #MtCook, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Evening #PureNZ #RealMiddleEarth #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #Scape

Doubtful Late evening. The closest I ever got to a decent sunset here. It came so close to lighting up, and then faded away. - #DoubtfulSound, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Travel #Fjord #Mountains #PureNZ #RealMiddleEarth #EastCoastKin #Roadtrip #Sunset #Landscape

A Sense of Porpoise Curio Bay and Porpoise Bay in the Catlins are two absolutely gorgeous places, but they couldn't be more different - one is soft and sandy, the other is ancient fossilised forest. Well worth the visit. - #Catlins, #NewZealand - #PorpoiseBay #CurioBay #EastCoastKin #PureNZ

Southern Style A warm evening, the crashing of surf, and a golden sunset. What more do you need? - #Southern Coast, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #coast #ocean #Southland #Seascape #Stunday #EastCoastKin #PureNZ

Lakelight - Lake #Manapouri, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul" #Sunrise #Lake #Mountains #Roadtrip #Scape #Stunday #EastCoastKin #PureNZ #RealMiddleEarth #Landscape #Photography

Waipapa Point The end of another day and the Lighthouse readies itself for another night's work. - #Waipapa Point, #Southland, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Lighthouse #Sunset #Landscape #Roadtrip #EastCoastKin #Scape #PureNZ #RealMiddleEarth

Lush Deep in New Zealand rainforest. Life is dense, and rich, and beautiful. - #Southland, #NewZealand. - "Look with your heart. See with your Soul." #Forest #Waterfall #Stream #Landscape #EastCoastKin #PureNZ #RealMiddleEarth #Photography #Roadtrip

Into the Light A wider shot of yesterday's image, because I wanted to show you more of the complex structure of the clouds in the darker areas. I love watching them twist and develop! - #Twizel, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Lake #Cloudscape #EastCoastKin

The Crossing A blustery sunset on Lake Ruataniwha, making for some nice wave reflections for me. - #Twizel, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Lake #PureNZ #Reflections #EastCoastKin

Lake Pukaki's Girdle The Girdle of Venus rises over Lake Pukaki at the end of a long day. It was nice to just sit for a while and watch the colours develop, and fade away. - Lake #Pukaki, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul" #Sunset #Landscape #stunday #PureNZ #EastCoastKin

Pylons of the Plains - #MackenzieBasin, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Power #Pylons #Twizel #Landscape #Photography #FineArt #Art #Stunday #EastCoastKin #RealMiddleEarth #PureNZ #Roadtrip

Ghosts of Ryolite The town sprang up almost overnight, on visions of striking paydirt and riches. Now all that remains are crumbling ruins, and the ghosts of shattered dreams. - #Ryolite #GhostTown, #USA - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul" #Sunset #Ruins #Scape #EastCoastKin #Roadtrip

Threads Threads of mist warp and twist into a fabric of brightly coloured clouds. - #Twizel, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Clouds #Patterns #Threads #sunset #EastCoastKin #PureNZ #Cloudscape #Scape

Firebird Through fire and flame and crucible, From the ashes of her old life, She rises aloft and soars anew. - #MitrePeak, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Mountain #Phoenix #Landscape #NationalPark #PureNZ #EastCoastKin #NewBeginnings

Naked Flame She burns and dances in the far, far distance, A naked flame in the night. And I am but a moth, Powerless against her Light. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunrise #Mountain #Landscape #Photography #Poetry #Roadtrip #Scape #MilfordSound #PureNZ #EastCoastKin

Last of the Sun At certain times of the year, with the right conditions the setting sun sends brilliant shafts of light up the Fjord. It's gorgeous. - #MilfordSound (Piopiotahi), #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Mountains #RoadTrip #PureNZ #EastCoastKin #Scape

Heavy Weather Bring me a wheel of oaken wood A rein of polished leather A Heavy Horse and a tumbling sky Brewing heavy weather. - Jethro Tull - #Southland, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Storm #Sea #Surf #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #PureNZ #Catlins #RoadTrip

Stormburst A stormfront powers over the ranges, driven headlong by a howling wind. - #Twizel, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Storm #Clouds #Sunset #Pond #Mountains #Landscape #Photography #Stunday #Scape #EastCoastKin #PureNZ #RealMiddleEarth

Cracked The bone-dry playa of the Racetrack, in Death Valley. A sunset storm closes in upon us. - #DeathValley, #USA - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Desert #Playa #Storm #Landscape #Scape #Photography #EastCoastKin #Roadtrip #BucketList #Travel

Shhh... Just Listen Just... listen. Just Be. Just for a moment. shhh... - #Southland, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunrise #Tranquil #Nature #Landscape #Scape #CountryLife #PureNZ #RealMiddleEarth #EastCoastKin #PondLife

A Southern Idyll Tranquility as the sun languidly climbs into the sky. The quacking of ducks, the lowing of cows, and the quiet clicking of a camera's shutter. Perfectly idyllic. - #Southland, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunrise #Nature #Landscape #EastCoastKin

Southern Gold A Stunning Sunset along a Southern Southland Seaside Street. - #Southland, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Roadtrip #Gold #Rural #Town #WhichOne #Landscape #Photography #art #EastCoastKin #PureNZ #RealMiddleEarth

A Galactic Kiwi And they say Kiwis can't fly! - Aoraki Dark Sky Reserve, New Zealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Galaxy #Astro #GalacticKiwi ##Stacked #EastCoastKin #Stars

Aoraki in Winter It's a cold road to a great peak some days, but it's always a cool road. - #Aoraki #MtCook, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Winter #Snow #Road #Landscape #Mountain #Stunday #Scape #EastCoastKin #BucketList #Travel #PureNZ #RealMiddleEarth

The Bright Lights, the People, and the Moon and all..... Bourbon Street. Iconic. Sting made this a bucket list destination for me, so of course I timed my visit for the night of the Full Moon. - #BourbonStreet, #USA. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #FullMoon #Sting #Scape #Travel

Pluto Peak One giant lump of granite catching the last few moments of sunshine. - #Glenorchy, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Mountain #Roadtrip #Scape #Landscape #EastCoastKin #Travel

Ignition That first flash of Light, that decisive moment glimpsed at the moment of cresting. That Spark! Ohhh, that Spark. - #Otago Coast, #NewZealand- "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunrise #Golden #FirstLight #Cloudscape #EastCoastKin #Scape #DecisiveMoment #PureNz #Bucketlist

Eye of the Tiger The first shards of light glimmer over the horizon, setting the sea all a-glistening, and the clouds aflame. - #Otago coast, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunrise #FirstLight #Landscape #Clouds #Photography #RealMiddleEarth #scape #EastCoastKin #PureNZ

Aoraki After Dark 30 seconds of light, at F2. to suck in every last dreg of Light I can find. - #Aoraki #MtCook, #Aotearoa #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Sortof #Alpenglow #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #Scape #PureNZ #RealMiddleEarth #Bucketlist #Travel

Hazy Riverton There's gold to be found in most places, if you know when - and when - to look. But some places are a little more blatant about things. - #Riverton, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Landscape #PureNZ #RealMiddleEarth #Gold #Stunday #EastCoastKin

A Prickling Feeling Here I am. trying to shoot the storm, but there's this strange sensation I'm not alone. I'm being watched. An uncomfortable prickling on the back of my neck... - #LindisPass #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #BlackAndWhite #Landscape #Watchers #Scape

As the Sun Sinks A later shot from the scene from yesterday, as the sunset developed into deep blues and reds. - Lake #Dunstan, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Lake #Cromwell #PureNz #Landscape #Scape #Photography #EastCoastKin

Lake Dunstan Sunset I just had to stop on the way home and admire this sunset over Lake Dunstan. Loved the ripply clouds catching the light like that. - Lake #Dunstan, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Lake #Roadtrip #PureNz #RealMiddleEarth #EastCoastKin #Scape

Strange Visitors Across an otherwise clear sky, this little train of visitors chuff-chuffed its way across the heavens. I wonder where it was going? - #Twizel, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Landscape #Photography #PureNz #EastCostKin #Art

But Soft... ..What light cross yonder mountain breaks? It is the west, and Juliet is the sun. (Romeo and Juliet, mangled to fit. Kinda. ) - Lake #Pukaki, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Lake #Sunset #Aoraki #MtCook #Aotearoa #Landscape #Art #EastCoastKin #Scape #PureNZ

Criss-cross Much like Luke Skywalker, sometimes I also like to stand and watch the twin suns setting. - Lake #Pukaki, #Tatooine - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #NewZealand #Sunset #Landscape #Photography #Scape #EastCoastKin #BinaryStar #PureNz #Adventure

Opposites - Lake #Pukaki, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #LakePukaki #Aoraki #MtCook #Aotearoa #Landscape #Photography #FineArt #Sunset #Stunday #EastCoastKin #RealMiddleEarth #PureNZ #Travel

The Watcher If you're gonna be a rock... at least be a rock with a good view. - Lake #Pukaki, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Lake #Aoraki #PureNZ #Stunday #Landscape #EastCoastKin #RealMiddleEarth #Photography

An Illinois Sunset We were driving Route 66, & as the sun set it was getting more and more vibrant - so I was looking for anything for a good foreground. This tree "volunteered". - #Illinois #USA for #FornPartsFridays - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Scape #Route66 #Travel

Glimpses of Fire The sky opened up just a tiny crack right at the end of the day, and gorgeous orange light poured through. A few moments later, the crack snapped shut and all was dark again. - #Southland, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Scape #Winter #Snow #Sunset