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Wonderful shots and a great video - thanks Richard!

Great video and timing Richard. I've been trying to talk Jan into letting me buy a bullbar for the Delica. Now all I have to do is show her your video half a dozen times and it's as good as bought. Seriously though, I can understand your frightening situation, having had one slam into the passenger door when I was the passenger.

Absoutly love this video & it's something different 👍🇮🇪

Thanks Richard...I was wondering which were 2 lenses you took with you?

Welcome back Richard. Images are outstanding. Unlucky with your encounter with the roo. We were lucky 24,000km and didn’t hit any wildlife. Hope the insurance works faster than you indicated.

Hello, I enjoyed watching your video. I'm an absolute novice with night sky photography, so I appreciate all the tips and tricks you can share. I do have a question though, how do you get your foreground subject to remain sharp (like the tree) if the Move Shoot Move is slowly rotating on its axis?

We loved our Outback and were upset when a deer ran into us! It did less damage than your vehicle suffered, but it set off all the airbags, so insurance wrote off the car. 😢 Beautiful images as always, Richard…you are my photographic inspiration!

Merci Richard pour ces belles images !

Richard. Thank you so much. My PS skills have been non existent but being able to follow your tutorial has changed my outlook on PS. It is a game changer.

12:54 not exactly sure, how the tree branches made it into the reflection on the water behind the tree, but thank you very much for this detailed resumee. I'm considering... (and nice images, by the way :)

You kept that trip quiet Richard, and next year is already sold out. Astro in New Zealand, still on my bucket list.

Try Avon skin so soft insect repellent spray - mosquito and midgies hate the stuff!

That was weird, I listened to your video from start to finish - and you ended up with the Sony 14mm 1.8 GM which heads my wish list for astro/aurora photography. Cheers - It's the 14mm or 20mm now.

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Great to have you back! You inspire my own nightscape RUclips adventures 🙂

This is the most beautiful video of the southern lights I have ever seen.

Thank you Richard for bring back my memories of my Astrophotography trip to New Zealand. New Zealand really a gorgeous place. It is the place where I fall in love with the Astrophotography way back to 2017 when I first visit the South Island. Astrophotography in Hooker Valley Track really amazing. I saw you took a the swing bridge with the milky way too. I did that composition too but i failed because the milky way was high in May and I haven't learn your lighting painting skills too. Thanks for your kindly sharing and may the kangaroo also run away before you drive nearby. Also clear sky all the time😉 Take Care, Tik from Bortle 9 Hong Kong

Krásné prostředí a krajina.Super fotografie🙂👍

Another cracking video & beautiful images in a stunning location 👍🇮🇪

Beautiful images once again Richard ❤️🥰🇮🇪

Another great adventure & beautiful images. I was warm just watching you boil the water 🤣🥰🇮🇪

OMG! Richard that was incredable & amazing. I no it's an old video but i could watch again which i will later in the week. To have this on record is fantastic & to get the drone back undameged was a God send 🙏. Thanks for sharing this incredable footage 👏👏👍

Great pictures.like the ultimate holiday snaps on steroids 😂

Stunning mate!

That last image was breathtaking, also loved the one of the lupens, church and Magellanic cloud! Looks like you all had a great adventure, not too many places top New Zealand for dramatic landscapes. Hope the Subaru gets fixed up soon. So many roos on the roads at the moment 😬

Stunning collection of images Richard, and so much aurora 😍

Looked like a great trip, NZ’s on my bucket list. Maby next year. 🖖

Great tips & ideas, brilliant 👏👏👍🇮🇪

Thank God you don't have moose to contend with too. Glad you were safe

Richard, good to see you back on the RUclips and sorry to hear about the Roo hitting the car.. hope you were okay prior to your joruney.. Great images and good to see you with NIlesh shooting images.. I was in NZ for 3 weeks for family holidays and what a stunning landscape it has.. You got some incredible images at Mt Cook, Boulders and many other places.. If I knew you were in town, may have arranged to meet up.. Now, see you soon in WA

Glad to see everyone's safe after your accident. Beautiful photos!

Great shots. Richard brings back a lot of memories over 5 weeks spent there as well. Most of those spots I have pictures of. And it is just car damage. Nobody got hurt and that's the best thing.

Wonderful images. New Zealand is on my bucket list. Sorry to hear about your car (and the kangaroo). A similar thing happened to my brother and me, but it was a deer. We were on our way back to his house after having been up in the mountains shooting at night. But he didn't have a bull bar, so there was several thousand dollars of damage. He rebuilt the front end of his truck himself. Not sure if they have these for kangaroo, but here in the US, we have deer whistles that you can mount to your car. They're designed in such a way that each whistle of a pair is built differently than the other. As the air passes through them, together, they create a shrill noise that only the deer can hear, and it generally wards them off. I think they work pretty well, because I've seen them scatter as I approach, whereas before I had the whistles, the deer would just stay and stare ("deer in the headlights gaze"). So, it is something to look for in an auto parts store - $20 or less. Looking forward to your next video. Glad you're alright.

Hi Richard, thanks for sharing your adventures. I live in Nelson New Zealand so looking forward to seeing what you get up to in the summer 😊

Great images…wild about the Roo! In Canada we have to worry about Deer and Moose, never ever thought about Kangaroo! 🦘 😂📸

fantastic set of images, that last pano is sublime....hope the repairs on the car go well and good on that roo bar for doing its job 😊

Good to see you back with some amazing photography once again. My godson Lee Cook is a New Zealand photographer and was voted Astrophotographer of the Year in NZ, he, along with you have been my inspiration over the past years.

Fantastic photo's from the trip, Richard!! New Zealand is such a great place for inspiring landscapes and experiences. Will certainly look into the future tours if there are any spots left.

New Zealand is a beautiful place! Looks like you had a great time with time to relax with a break after the tour. Regards Matt

Great to see you back, Richard - always a treat when I see a new video! More importantly, glad you’re safe after the roo incident - hope the insurance hassle is more straightforward than feared. The NZ trip looks epic. Somewhere that’s well and truly on my list.

Did you go to the bay of islands, that's the only part of nz I know, from a novel I read, I hear its beautiful

Beautiful pics Richard, would love to do something like that, out of my budget..... Did you have a refreshing time away with your wife? Glad you weren't hurt in the roo incident

I would love to go to New Zealand. Great pictures .

Sorry to hear about the accident. The most important thing is that you were not hurt. Cars can be repaired or replaced. New Zealand looks terrific. One day I will have to go south and join you, your tours look like fun. I‘m glad to see you back posting videos, I have missed them.

Had already been kinda worried - such a long time with no videos. Glad to see you back after what must have been a brilliant time in NZ. Actually feeling a little jealous of you 😂. Boy would I love to travel to Oz and NZ. Even more glad that you didn’t get hurt in the kangaroo accident! Looking forward to your next video. Take care and drive carefully 😉

Looks like you had a bit of fun with Levin and the Group. NZ is a beautiful country with many contrasting landscapes. It has great potential for nightscapes provided the weather cooperates. Bad news about the Roo crash and the Subaru. You know how much I like dodging them at night. 😒😊😎

South Island in New Zealand is an awesome place, not so many ruins but the landscape is amazing. Glad to see you took some time out for yourself. As for the Roo, could only imagine what one would do to my little car. Love the photos.

Stunning images Richard, absolutely loved NZ when we went last August. The roo bar worked a treat.

I was actually getting a bit worried when you hadn't posted for a while so welcome back Richard and great photos as usual even if you had to try and fit them in for a bit of the personal side, as for the car damage insurance time might not be the worst part with all our panel shops being inundated with work for the best part of 2 yrs now which both my wife and I found out with us both hitting roo's in Feb and March last year and taking until January this yr to have both cars fixed although mine was worse due to being a little 1981 mazda 323 and parts hard to find without buying a whole car.

Some nice images there mate. I've been visiting NZ every other year, for almost 20 years and have only managed to catch aurora twice 😅 Regarding your kangaroo encounter, depending upon where the hit was, at that speed I feel like the airbags should have maybe deployed. I've seen with bullbars on 4WDs, where the bar has basically altered the proper operation of the crumple zones enough to make the airbags not function correctly. Might be wrong but worth considering in your case.