NZPhotographer Issue 23, September 2019

We arrived at Lake Howden hut
looking like drowned rats. We stepped
inside for a rest, put on some dry
clothes and warmed up a bit before
walking the last hour back to the car
knowing that the hardest part was
over.
The rain continued to fall on the last
stretch back to the car. We turned
the engine on so as to have the
heater going and got changed inside,
shedding more soaking clothes. It
was a good feeling getting the heavy
pack off my back and into some
normal (dry!) clothes again.
On the drive out, looking forward to a
warm drink and a nice hot meal, we
saw people again, the first in 48 hours.
The further away we drove from The
Divide the less it rained until our arrival
back in Te Anau where it was mostly
dry!
LOOKING BACK
Despite the weather this trip was
beautiful in every way – time in the
bush is some of the best time ever
spent and I enjoyed good company,
refreshing views, fresh clean pure
drinking water and came back with a
few hundred photos to go through.
I will be back again soon, the summer
tramping season is almost upon us
and I have some cool plans of places
to visit!
3 TIPS FOR WINTER
PHOTOGRAPHY
• At night in the huts, keep all your
camera batteries in your sleeping bag
with you so as to keep them warm.
They can lose power even when not
in use.
• Chemical heat packs can be great
for Astrophotography when moisture
can become a problem on your lens.
Wrap the heat pack/s around your
lens and it will keep it warm for hours.
• If the weather is not as great as
what you had hoped for, know
that there are always other options.
Telephoto lenses can give you a very
moody mountainscape and a part
of a tree and a mountain top can
look just as dramatic as the entire
landscape.
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