It was already dusk when we arrived, and the sun was setting as we found the beach for the first time. Through a gap in the hills it appeared, a small river snaking its way to the sea; and it was there that the wind hit us.
I hadn't seen many beaches like this in New Zealand before; the hard surface felt more like icy snow to walk on, sometimes strong enough to support your weight, other times fragmenting underfoot...
Read MoreAnother one from the Lost & Found files taken with the original Ricoh GR-D (which was a great little camera, but a bit slow on RAW files), this is from up in Maupuia on the Miramar Peninsula in Wellington, New Zealand. These two sailboats are just chasing the last light of the day back to Evans Bay Marina before what looks like a fairly serious storm closes in on them...hope they made it!
Read MoreAnother Lost & Found image for the collection, and also from a morning walk in Seatoun - this time the tower of the Anglican Church of St George at the corner of Tio Tio Road and Ferry St in Seatoun, where I used to turn to head up the hill on my way back from the beach. New Zealand's morning autumn light is quite beautiful, if you get up early...!
Read MoreThis week's Lost & Found is a kinetic sculpture by New Zealander Phil Price, whose work I've enjoyed a great deal; this is Nucleus, which was put up in Christchurch in 2006, shortly before I visited and took this.
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