Three New Zealand photographers among the most beautiful images of the Milky Way

Contest every year Capture the Atlas It rewards the most beautiful images of the Milky Way. Three Kiwi photographers have been selected among this year’s winners.

Galaxy Kiwi, this is a business title Evan make up. The photographer who made a specialty of unreal landscapes, thanks to his shot, was able to be one of the winners of the competition. A work carried out in two stages, after the artist has already gone for the first time to his feet mountain TaranakiIt is located on the North Island.

“I had filmed there before, but I felt I could do better, so I went back on an unexpected trip to try again.” Announces.

Photography is one of the most symmetrical in the world, it’s not quite as the photographer explains: “I was pleasantly surprised to find that the sky was clear in the morning and started climbing and shooting from that spot on The Puffer. Although not quite in line with the Milky Way, it was my first tuning arc of the year. There was even A few meteors flying around and I grabbed a few on my tires. I arrived a bit late so ended up with the foreground photos at dusk, which required a lot of color, temperature and exposure adjustments to incorporate into the panorama.”

This alpine region is one of my favorite places to photograph the stars

Nick Faulkner In the meantime, he chose to be immortal fort hillin the south of the island New Zealand. Above white space, the Milky Way is symmetrically reflected in the water it dominates. Rudely called loneliness, the artist had to face it to take this shot: “After driving down the side roads and through several towns, of about 10 houses and taverns, and beyond thousands of sheep, I came to Hill Castle “.

A corner very popular with fans of the Milky Way as it also explains: “This alpine region is one of my favorite places to photograph the stars, as are many starry sky lovers. The hundreds of limestone rock formations jutting out of the ground make a great target for capturing. Add to that the snowfall and you can’t do much better than that. . »

Some of the darkest and darkest New Zealand skies are found along the west coast of the South Island

Finally, the third winner is another starry nights enthusiast. Fascinated by the stars and the sky that you pursue around the world, Rachel Roberts I managed to get a shot similar to that of Faulkner. But “Rocks” is far from a faded version. If we find the same starry arch there, the sandy decor of his cat straddling a long beach gives the appearance of an apocalypse to his work. And for good reason, it is located on the west coast of the island of New Zealand She went to get her picture.

“Some of New Zealand’s darkest and most unforgiving skies are found along the west coast of the South Island, a place I am fortunate enough to call home.”

taken at Motukieki BeachThe shot immortalizes the coral reefs of New Zealand. A difficult task that was not easy for the photographer: “Although this was not the formation I was hoping to shoot tonight, because of the huge swell that prevented any chance of getting out of the main reef, I am still very happy with what I came in and really very proud to have just had the baby 6 weeks earlier The sleep deprivation I felt was severe!”