Taken at Motukiekie Beach on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island on April 23rd, 2012 With its shrub-capped seastacks, endless tidal pools, and unusual animals, Motukiekie Beach in New Zealand is an otherworldly landscape. In April 2012 I visited the beach at sunrise to find hundreds of 12-legged seastars clustered together in “starfish […]
Taken at Motukiekie Beach on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island on April 23rd, 2012 I’ve never seen a beach quite as shootable as Motukiekie. It has every element I could possibly want to photograph in a seascape: exotic seastacks, glassily reflective sand, tidal pools, and an abundance of cool critters such as […]
Taken at Motukiekie Beach on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island on April 22nd, 2012 I’ve never seen a beach quite as shootable as Motukiekie. It has every element I could possibly want to photograph in a seascape: exotic seastacks, glassily reflective sand, tidal pools, and an abundance of cool critters such as […]
Taken at Motukiekie Beach on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island on April 22nd, 2012 I’ve never seen a beach quite as shootable as Motukiekie. It has every element I could possibly want to photograph in a seascape: exotic seastacks, glassily reflective sand, tidal pools, and an abundance of cool critters such as […]
Taken at Motukiekie Beach on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island on April 22nd, 2012 I’ve never seen a beach quite as shootable as Motukiekie. It has every element I could possibly want to photograph in a seascape: exotic seastacks, glassily reflective sand, tidal pools, and an abundance of cool tidal critters. The […]
Taken at Wharariki Beach, South Island, New Zealand on April 20th, 2012 At Wharariki Beach there exist two of the most beautiful offshore islands I’ve ever seen. Their proper name is the Archway Islands, a moniker that couldn’t be better chosen. Three hundred foot towers of sandstone shot through with massive arches. Although you can […]
Read The Story Buy A Print The Story Behind This Photograph: Taken at Wharariki Beach, South Island, New Zealand on April 20th, 2012 Wharariki Beach is surely one of the most beautiful beaches I’ve ever seen. One of the challenges in photography is capturing such a spectacular place with spectacular light, a feat which is […]
Taken at Arnott Point on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island on April 15th, 2012 The seals and I, we have an uneasy truce. As long as I don’t go in the water, they won’t bite me. Seems like an easy arrangement to uphold, but just to reinforce it they bark at me […]
Taken at Arnott Point on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island on April 14th, 2012
Taken at Hole in the Wall Beach near Santa Cruz, California on March 17th, 2012 It was a battle. Me versus the wind. For every blow I would land in the form of a good shot, the wind would land a punch of its own by covering me with salt spray, tipping my tripod up […]
Taken in Wilder Ranch State Park on March 11th, 2012 On March 11th the front of a major storm system hit Santa Cruz and brought a wonderfully-textured pink and purple sunset with it. I hit the beach looking for waves but never imagined I would find one carved naturally in the sand. When I shoot […]
Taken at Pfieffer Beach in Big Sur, California on December 9th, 2011. In the winter there is a very interesting photographic phenomenon that occurs in California. At Pfieffer Beach in Big Sur, the setting sun shines at just the right angle to shine through the keyhole of a mighty arch to illuminate the sea spray […]
Joshua Cripps is a renowned landscape photographer who has garnered worldwide acclaim for his breathtaking images of our planet’s wild places. His photos have been published by the likes of National Geographic, NASA, CNN, BBC, and Nikon Global.
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