Ian Riddler Photography
ianriddler.bsky.social
Ian Riddler Photography
@ianriddler.bsky.social
Pinned
Our inaugural Ian Riddler Photography Calendar (2026) has arrived! Look at these beautiful photographs - that you helped us choose! DM us to place an order for yours - $30 + Shipping (in most locations).
Our inaugural Ian Riddler Photography Calendar (2026) has arrived! Look at these beautiful photographs - that you helped us choose! DM us to place an order for yours - $30 + Shipping (in most locations).
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Big Sky

I was chatting yesterday with a follower about the big skies we get here, and today this image came up in the FB memories, from 11 years ago today.
I thought you'd like to see it. :) Big skies indeed.

--
#Twizel, #NewZealand.
--
#Clouds #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Photography #Bucketlist
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Last of the Light

Alone on the canal as the last of the light fades away and the world slips out of focus.

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

#Evening #Canal #Peaceful #Sunset #Stunday #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #PureNZ #Travel
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Pukaki and Aoraki

One of the great things I love about living in the shadow of our tallest mountain, and one of our largest lakes, is the sky.

1/2

#Stunday #EastCoastKin #Sunset #Mountains #Aoraki #PureNZ #RealMiddleEarth #Landscape #Photography
November 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Off the Menu

One of the things that struck me about travelling Route 66 was the ghost towns. Now, I'd planned to visit some Ghost Towns, but I was thinking 1800's, not 1950s. The great new freeways of the 50's bypassed town after town, and just like that, the lifeblood of tourism dried up.
1/2
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Toot toot!

Wayyyy off in distance, completely ignoring the dramatic skies above, a single little puff of cloud toot toots its way across the mountains.

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

#Clouds #Sunset #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #BabyCloud #Doodoodoo
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Aoraki Ascendant

Mighty Aoraki, New Zealand's tallest mountain, standing proud at the end of another day.

--
#Aoraki Mt Cook, #Aotearoa #NewZealand.
--
"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Sunset #Mountains #Landscape #LakePukaki #Photography #EastCoastKin #PureNZ #RealMiddleEarth #Travel
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Queenstown Blues

An evening in Queenstown, wandering the shoreline in Blue Hour.
Rather a nice way to walk off dinner. :)

Have you been here?

-
#Queenstown, #NewZealand.
-
"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#BlueHour #Landscapes #Photography #BucketList #EastCoastKin #Tourism #NZMustDo
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Smouldering Skies

Deep into the Southern Sky, the Skyfire burns, then smoulders, and cools.

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

#Sunset #Skyfire #Twilight #EastCoastKin #PureNZ #RealMiddleEarth
November 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Silver River

Another soft sunset, light dimming over and alpine river, and the Southern Alps of New Zealand.

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

#Stunday #Sunset #NewZealand #RealMiddleEarth #Mountains #Landscape #EastCoastKin
November 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Zooooom!

I had this idea that I could capture an interesting image of an aurora along the highway. It didn't really come out, but I did like the look of this one truck that came along.

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

#LongExposure #Aurora #Truck #EastCoastKin
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Gossamer In Stone

Torrents frozen fast,
Ephemeral built to last,
Chaotic carven land,
Filigrees of coarse sand,
Gossamer In Stone,
And Loving, all alone.

--
#Page, #Arizona. for #FornPartsFriday
--
"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Scape #EastCoastKin #Poem #Landscape #AntelopeCanyon
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Lilac nights, Azure fish.

The West sky burns in coloured rage,
While Southward pulses emerald hues,
And far below, in netted cage.
Swim Azure Fish with Lilac Views.

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

#Aurora #Glow #HighCountry #EastCoastKin #Scape #BucketList
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Cauldron

Little old Twizel slumbering away under the intense green sky.

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

#aurora #Night #MackenzieBasin #EastCoastKin #PureNZ
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Sleepy Canal

Another day done and dusted, and the light fades into softness.

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

#Sunset #Pastels #Canal #Evening #EastCoastKin #PureNZ #Travel #AorakiMtCook
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The Blinding Moon

Balancing the long exposure times needed to smooth the rippled water, with the brilliant supermoon was a wee tad tricky. So here we have 10 seconds of buttery smooth pond, and a small flock of lenticulars above.

-
Twizel, New Zealand
-

"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Vanishing Point

The night was calm and quiet, but high overhead, the harbingers of Storm raced across the sky.

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

#NightScapes #Landscapes #FullMoon #Canal #Photography #EastCoastKin #Stunday #PureNZ #PerfectNight
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Late Night Glow Up

Blue hour, tailing off. Near invisible to the eye, the Southern Horizon glows with the fading embers of a day soon gone.

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

#Stunday #Sunset #Bluehour #Canal #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #PureNZ
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Old Covered Bridge

Some parts of this bridge in Yosemite date back to the 1850s.
It's really cool to walk over a wooden structure that old, and wonder at the years that it's witnessed.

-
#Yosemite #USA, for #FornPartsFridays
-

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

#Scape #EastCoastKin
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Hunter's Moon

The full moon tonight lit the night as bright as day.
At least, it did for a 4 second exposure. :)

Such lovely clouds this evening, with a warm breeze.
After the Spring we had, I'd almost say it was pleasant!

-
#Twizel, #NewZealand.
-
#Supermoon #Night #EastCoastKin #Travel #Moon
November 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Freedom

High up on the tops, a curious friend comes for a visit, and having said his hellos, launches into the air with a raucous cry.

-
#Fiordland, #NewZealand
-
"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Mountains #Sunset #BirdPhotography #Kea #NationalPark #EastCoastKin #Freedom #BucketList
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Switchbacks

High above Lake Manapouri, this track climbs the mountain, switchback after switchback. Sometimes, we'd have to stop and move a few pebbles out of the way...

--
#Manapouri #NewZealand
--
"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Mountains #Wilderness #Fiordland #EastCoastKin #Travel
November 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
West Arm

Hidden away from civilisation, home of kea and kiwi and sandflies.
Soooo many sandflies.

I've seen unwary tourists swarmed by sandflies and carried away bodily, lifted high into the surrounding peaks.

Home here is only for the brave. Or the very skinny!

#Stunday #EastCoastKin #PureNZ
November 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The House on The Hill

A bonus Halloween post, because it's still the 31st somewhere!
I wanted to write a ghost poem to go with this, but every time I look at it I keep hearing Genesis playing "Home by the Sea." So, from my earworm to yours.

#Sunset #Halloween #GhostHouse #Haunted #EastCoastKin
November 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Remember

I recall well, those days of yore.
Just you and I, on sandy shore,
Arms entwined, to seagull yells,
Strolling, seeking pretty shells.

Chasing waves, and in reverse,
Laughing, fleeing wetting curse.
White sand below, and blue above,
Cool breezes waft around our love.

1/5
October 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM