#tongariro national park
Sometimes a gamble pays off.
I’ve been eyeing up this composition for a little over a year - not original, I know, but still a shot I’ve been wanting to take. Hard to argue with a Bortle 1 sky! Being a shift worker it can be tough to convince my regular shooting mates to head out on a “school night”, but because my luck is pretty rotten with lining up moonless nights with clear weather on my days off - it pays to take advantage when the stars literally align. The weathers been shit the past few days, but my weather app of choice was telling me there was a window, and I decided it was worth risking a drive for nothing. So here I found myself, on a Sunday night, by myself, stood about 50m into the Tongariro crossing, standing behind a tripod taking photos of the stars. Due to being a bit broken in my old age, this is as much of the Tongariro crossing I expect I’ll ever do, but at least I can say I’ve been on the trail
Keen Lord of the Rings fans will recognise Mt Doom on the left :)
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Of course Instagram is where this stuff gets posted 2nd.
Don’t forget YouTube! No timelapse shot at this location as I didn’t want to be there toooo long, but I’d love it if you subscribed to the channel!
