Rocks at Wilkies Pools - Taranaki, New Zealand. #photography #landscape #nz

Rapids to Mount Taranaki - Taranaki, NZ. Golden-purple evening light bathes the river as it rushes over smooth rocks, guiding the eye toward the majestic Mount Taranaki. A tranquil moment where the movement of water meets the still grandeur of the mountain. #photography #landscape #newzealand

A Track Through Gold - Te Mata Park, Hawke's Bay, NZ. Late-afternoon light turns Te Mata’s hills into soft gold. Along the lower ridge, a runner and two dogs slip through the scene — almost lost in the landscape, yet completing it. #photography #landscape #nz

Castlepoint Lighthouse Tentacles - Wairarapa, New Zealand. #photography #landscape #nz

Band of Trees in Mist - Hawke's Bay, NZ. What drew me to this scene was its quiet sense of order—just a simple band of trees standing in perfect balance against the soft weight of morning mist. #photography #landscape #nz #foggy

Light Dance - Te Mata Park, Hawke's Bay, NZ. #photography #landscape #nz #hawkesbay

Unveiling the Maunga - Taranaki, NZ. #photography #landscape #nz

Golden Reflection - Lake Tutira, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. #photography #landscape #nz #hawkesbay

Among the Ghost Trees - Lake Tutira, Hawke's Bay, NZ. #photography #landscape #nz #hawkesbay

Layers of Wharariki Beach - Tasman Region, New Zealand. #photography #landscape #nz

Evening Tide at Tata Beach - Tasman Region, New Zealand. #photography #landscape #nz

Golden crowns, blue-ringed eyes, and lifelong devotion. #photography #nature #nz

Mount Taranaki Reflection - Taranaki, New Zealand. #photography #landscape #nz #balancedsymmetry

Reaching Goblin Arms - Taranaki, New Zealand. #photography #landscape #nz #halloween

Layers of Stillness - Hawke's Bay, NZ. #photography #fineart #nz

A strange and fleeting sunrise on the edge of Cape Farewell, NZ #photography #landscape #nz

Passing Storm - Pillar Point, Cape Farewell, New Zealand. #photography #landscape #nz

Wharariki Beach, New Zealand — wild, remote, and endlessly changeable 🌊 A place where light, wind, and tide never tell the same story twice. #photography #landscape #nz

Ethereal Valley - Tukituki Valley, Hawke's Bay, NZ. The early morning mist transforms the Tukituki Valley, as seen from Te Mata Peak, into an otherworldly landscape. #photography #landscape #nz

Trees in the Mist - Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. A dreamscape beneath Te Mata Peak. #photography #landscape #nz #hawkesbaynz

Fotofest is underway. This is one of my landscape images currently on display at CAN. Go have a look (and see the amazing work of many other photographers at the same time). On until October 2nd. #photography #landscape #nz #hawkesbaynz

Bare Essentials - Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. A moody close-up of the trees at the base of Te Mata Peak. The early morning fog obscures the land underneath and behind the trees, stripping the landscape back to a minimalist scene. #photography #landscape #nz

A Pair of Twins - Lake Tutira, Hawke's Bay, NZ. A symmetrical reflection of four trees in Lake Tutira with a hint of early morning fog. #photography #landscape #nz

Trees and Green Hills. And a few sheep because we're in New Zealand. #photography #landscape #nz

Silver Beech at the Cleddau River - Milford Sound, New Zealand. #photography #landscape #nz

Golden Crowns in Fog - Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Veiled in morning mist, the trees wear crowns of gold, their fleeting brilliance turning fog into poetry. #photography #landscape #nz

Golden Crowns in Fog - Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Same photo. Three totally different moods. 🤯 Want to know the trick? It’s all in Lightroom’s Tone controls — and I’ll show you how. www.josbuurmans.nz/peaklight/ma... #photography #lightroom #creatingmoods

The Power of Water - Fiordland, New Zealand. #photography #landscape #nz

Cone Division - Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. The volcanic cone of Mount Ngauruhoe encircled by clouds during a colourful sunset. #photography #landscape #nz

Sunrise at Wharariki Beach — one of those wild, unpredictable moments that make landscape photography so rewarding. #photography #landscape #nz

Standing Tall under Brooding Skies - Pukehou, Hawke's Bay, NZ. #photography #landscape #newzealand

Valley Highlights - Te Mata Peak, Hawke's Bay, NZ. A collaboration between the rising sun and moving clouds to highlight the Tukituki river and green valley. #photography #landscape #nz

Monuments in Gold – Wharariki Beach, Tasman Region, New Zealand. #photography #landscape #nz #goldenhour

Moonrise and the Milky Way at Waimarama Beach - Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. A recently sold print. #photography #landscape #nz #astro

Beyond the Scenic. Lately, I’ve moved away from chasing scenic views and started focusing on how a place feels. This image, taken on a misty Hawke’s Bay morning, is about mood, rhythm, and subtle light — not location. #photography #landscape #nz #beyondscenic

Triangular Rhythm - Taranaki, New Zealand. I find joy in revealing that subtle order in nature through composition. Have a look at the Orderly Nature image collection on my website to see more of these kinds of images. #photography #landscape #nz #orderlynature

Golden Reflection - Lake Tutira, Hawke's Bay. #photography #landscape #nz #foggytrees

Mirrored Trees at Napier's Westshore - Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. #photography #landscape #nz

Mistbound Lines of Trees - Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. #photography #landscape #nz #foggymorning

Valley of Light – Hawke’s Bay, NZ. Golden mist drapes the rolling hills of Hawke’s Bay, as morning fog curls through the valleys below. Layer by layer, the land softens into stillness — a fleeting moment where light, air, and silence converge in perfect balance. #photography #landscape #nz

Stillness Beneath the Giants – Te Mata Park, Hawke's Bay, NZ. A quiet morning in the Redwoods of Te Mata Park, where low fog weaves through towering trees and soft light paints the forest in gentle layers. A tangible calmness. #photography #landscape #nz #mistytrees

The Land’s Quiet Dreaming - Tukituki Valley, Hawke's Bay. Golden mist drifting through the Tukituki Valley — soft hills, quiet trees, and a distant ridge where cattle graze in silence. A dreamlike moment from Te Mata Peak, both intimate and expansive. #photography #landscape #nz #foggymorning

Light Between the Shadows - Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand. #landscapephotography #nz #lightandshadow

Awakened by the Sun - Te Mata Peak, Hawke's Bay. Bathed in gold while the land below sleeps, the mountain greets the day before everything else. #photography #landscape #panorama #nz

Tree and Morning Mist - Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. This photograph marks one of my first attempts at capturing misty scenes from Te Mata Peak, and it’s safe to say I became hooked after that. #photography #landscape #nz #fogandlight

Layers of Dawn - Tongariro National Park, NZ. #photography #landscape #nz

Ochre and Radiance - Lake Tutira, Hawke's Bay, NZ (2025). #photography #landscape #nz

Horses and Trees above the Mist - Hawke's Bay, NZ. Golden morning light washes over horses and leafless trees in the misty foothills of Te Mata Peak, Hawke’s Bay. #photography #landscape #nz #foggymorning

Moss Ball - Fiordland, New Zealand. A group of silver beech trees, their trunks and branches thickly draped in moss, seem to curve inward, forming a tunnel of green that draws the eye to a single delicate branch at the centre—its tip crowned with a ball of moss. #landscapephotography #nz

Among the Ghost Trees - Lake Tutira, Hawke's Bay, NZ. #photography #landscape #nz #peaklight #foggymorning