Ian Riddler Photography
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Ian Riddler Photography
@ianriddler.bsky.social
Pillars of the Sky

Dancing lights all night long.
Just the way I like it!

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#Twizel, #NewZealand
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"Look with your Eyes. See with your Soul"

#Aurora #Lights #Reflection #EastCoastKin #Scape #Landscape #Nightscape #Photography #Art #RealMiddleEarth #PureNZ
January 22, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Snakes on an Astral Plane

This was an interesting formation, coming in at an unusual angle to the main rays, snaking and twisting about.

I like the big storms, and their unusual structures!

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Twizel, New Zealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Aurora #EastCoastKin #Scape #Stunday
January 21, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Brilliance

What a night!
Dogged by clouds, but brilliant beams, and pulsing rays throughout the night.
Amazing stuff!

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#Twizel, #NewZealand.
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Aurora #Nightscape #Landscape #Photography #Art #Night #EastCoastKin #Green #Glow
January 20, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Back Beach

A hidden cove tucked away out of sight in Dunedin, Back Beach makes a cool little stroll when I'm down there.

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#Dunedin, #NewZealand.
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Beach #Seascape #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #Roadtrip #PureNZ #Art
January 19, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Stormy Nook

A rough weather day whips the waters of Foveaux Strait to a froth.

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Southern Coast, #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Storm #Ocean #Coast #EastCoastKin #Stunday #Landscape #Seascape #Photography #Roadtrip #Art #Travel
January 18, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Frozen Tarn

A throwback to a nice winter's day at the head of Lake Ohau.
A frozen over tarn, as cold as it is pretty.

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Lake #Ohau, #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul"

#Winter #Frozen #Twizel #PureNZ #Landscape #Photography #Art #Scape #EastCoastKin
January 17, 2026 at 2:14 PM
South Haven Lighthouse

Me:
Is it Tuesday or Wednesday today?
Wednesday? I think so...
Might be Thursday but that doesn't sound right...

Alexa what day is it?

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#Landscape #SouthHaven #USA #Michigan #Lighthouse #Photography #Winter #EastCoastKin #Scape #Ice #NotthatIce #TheGoodIce
January 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Gold

An ephemeral treasure
so beautiful, so fleeting,
no rich man can hold
this moment of gold.

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#Twizel, #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul"

#Gold #minimalism #Photography #EastCoastKin #PureNZ #art
January 15, 2026 at 1:27 PM
The Elder... Thing..

A great, writhing mass, forming from nowhere, twisting in and out of existence, created from the stuff of nightmares.

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#Eldritch #Twisted #Cloudscape #Landscape #Photography #art #Ohau #Lake #NewZealand #EastCoastKin #Scape
January 14, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Blissful In Blue

The blue hour is my favourite time of day.

The last birds are saying goodnight, the stars awaken for their nocturnal patrols, and all the Sunset Tourists have gone off to the pub for a pint.

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#Wanaka #WanakaTree #Bucketlist #BlueHour #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Photography
January 13, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Waipapa Point Lighthouse

Wayyy down south, almost as far south as you can get on the South Island, one of my fav lighthouses stands guard over the Southern Ocean. Next stop, Antarctica!

#Southland, #NewZealand

"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin
January 12, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Mesopotamia

Here's a throwback to a few summers ago, a trip out to some of the mid-Canterbury mountains.

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#Canterbury, #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Summer #Roadtrip #Mesopotamia #Scape #Landscape #EastCoastKin #Photography
January 11, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Wild Weather

Strange clouds, forming and twisting over the mountains, heated harbingers of gales to come.

We're in for 3 days of batten-down-the-hatches weather here, & man it's blowing!

#Twizel, #NewZealand

"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul"

#Storm #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin
January 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Pitch Black

Driving home tonight, I could see just the barest hint of a red glow against the night sky. Intrigued I decided to stop at a nearby pond and set up the camera to see what it really looked like...

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#Twilight #Night #Landscape #LongExposure #Sunset #Scape #EastCoastKin #Photography
January 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
A Southern Sunset

A steamy evening on the southern coast, dilute light filtering in through far-off haze.

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#Southland, #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Summer #Sunset #GoldenHour #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #Scape
January 8, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Lake Ohau Sunset

A nice calm evening at the lake.

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Lake #Ohau, #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Sunset #Panorama #Landscape #Photography #Art #EastCoastKin #PureNZ #Twizel #Travel #Bucketlist
January 7, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Like a Great Bird

High, she flew... High.
Far above us with wings outstretched and feathers of flame!
And vast - So vast her wings encompassed the sky.
Ah, but I see you do not believe, young one...

#Sunset #EastCoastKin #Photography #Landscape #Art #Bucketlist #Travel #DoYouSeeWhatISee
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Pelennor Gold

The galloping hoofbeats have long gone silent on this field, but if one knows where to look, one may still find some Kingsfoil, growing down by the creek.

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#Twizel, #NewZealand.
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Sunset #Summer #FilmLocations #LOTR #EastCoastKin #Travel
January 5, 2026 at 2:14 PM
A Certain Glow

There's a certain glow the deep sky gets on the hot days here.
The air shimmers in molten memory, as if unwilling to relinquish the day.

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#Twizel, #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Sunset #Summer #Stunday #EastCoastKin #Shimmer #PureNZ
January 4, 2026 at 1:55 PM
The Night is Darkest

Shooting straight into the rising sun gave me this really dark and kinda grungy shot.
I quite like the feeling of disquiet that it gives me.

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#Twizel, #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul.

#Sunrise #Landscape #Photography #Scape #Stunday #Grunge #Art
January 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Stillness and Glory

Calm upon the water, fire in the sky, and all around, the near-deafening music of the dawn chorus.

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#Twizel , #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Sunrise #Dawn #Landscape #Photography #Art #EastCoastKin #Scape #Travel #PureNZ #Clouds #Bucketlist
January 2, 2026 at 1:53 PM
First Light of the First Day

2026 opened with beautiful colours, a still morning, and air thick with birdsong.
Yeah. It'll do.
As portents go, it'll do nicely.

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#Twizel, #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#NewYears2025 #Sunrise #EastCoastKin #Photography #Scape
January 1, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Happy New Year!
This is "Eclipsing Ben Ohau"

I can't think of a better way to end the 2025 recap than this one -
Moonset and another night ends, appropriate for the Dec 31st post.

#NewYears #BestShots #Eclipse #Moonset #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #NewZealand #NewYears2025
December 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Wings of Fire and Shadow

It seems appropriate that the penultimate image for this year is this - a great Phoenix aflame, to fade to ashes with the diminishing sun, awaiting a new dawn, and a new year.

#Twizel, #NewZealand

#Phoenix #Sunset #Rebirth #EastCoastKin #Photography #Landscape #Scape
December 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Haymaker

Won't be long until this scene rolls around again - though with fresh snow on the tops, we could do with some better weather!

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#Twizel, #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Sunset #Harvest #Summer #BestShots #Christmas #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Photography #Art
December 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM