Andris Apse: photography and mystery

The bare mountain tops above Port Pegasus in Stewart Island in the south of New Zealand, the mountain Gog in the centre. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Sunrise at the entrance to Lyttelton harbour in Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand. Golden glow on the horizon of Lyttelton Heads. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Wandering Albatross chicks on nests on Antipodes Island in the New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands. Albatross Point in the background. 850 km. south east of the South Island of New Zealand. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Kahikatea Tree Lake Mapourika Westland National Park. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

The bare mountain tops of the fraser Peaks Range above Port Pegasus in Stewart Island in the south of New Zealand, the mountain Gog in the centre. Man sitting on rock contemplating the sunset. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Albatross chick in nest on Adams Island of the Auckland Islands group. 460 km. South of the South Island of New Zealand. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

A Buller's Mollymawk on the Snares Islands nature reserve 200 km. south of New Zealand. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Windswept tree on a grassy hill above a windswept beach at Kahunene. Chatham Islands. 873 km. east of New Zealand. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Imax Crevasse on Ross Island in Antarctica. Very blue ice cave. Climber silhouetted in Imax Crevasse in Antartica. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Auckland Island from Adams Island looking across Carnley Harbour. New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands. 460 km. South of the South Island of New Zealand. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Moon setting over Craigieburn Mountain Range and Castle Hill Station in Canterbury, South Island New Zealand. Snow covered mountains and large limestone outcrops at Castle Hill Station. The full moon is setting above the Craigieburn Mountain Range. First morning glow of sunshine on mountain tops. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

White Heron, Kotuku at Okarito South Westland. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Mount Tasman and Cook from Okarito Beach. Westland. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Adelie Penguin colony at Cape Bird on Ross Island in Antarctica. Erebus Glacier and Beaufort Island in the background. Adelie Penguin juveniles and adults on their nesting area in the foreground. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Whataroa River gorge. Westland National Park New Zealand. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Mount Cook from the coast near the Makawhio River Bruce Bay (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

The fshing boat ‘Jasmine’ in rough seas off Breaksea Island in Fiordland National Park. 50 knots of wind and a nine metre swell. I don’t know how high the waves and spray were on the rocks but I would guess more than 20 metres. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

SouthWest coast of Campbell Island. Near the entrance to Monument Harbour, New Zealand Sub Antarctic Islands. The sharp rock stack centre foreground is named La Botte-The Boot (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Alice falls, a waterfall coming out of Lake Alice at the head of George Sound, Fiordland National Park in the South Island of New Zealand. Dense forest around the waterfall tumbling over boulders (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Lake Brownworth in Lower Wright Valley in Dry Valleys in Antarctica. Ice shapes in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Wind blown sand covering glacial ice at Lake Brownworth in the lower Wright Valley of the Dry Valleys Antarctica. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Rockhopper Penguins in Penguin Bay Campbell Island. New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands 700 km. South of the South Island of New Zealand. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

The Snares Islands nature reserve 200 km. south of New Zealand. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Bullers mollymawk and chick on Solander island. Fiordland National park. 38 km. west of the South Island of New Zealand. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Storm on coast near Cosy Nook. Southland. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Erect Crested Penguin colony. Antipodes Island. 850 km. south east of the South Island of New Zealand. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Westland. Cascade River. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Antarctica. Dry Valleys. The Labyrinth, Dias and the Wright Valley. The Olympus Mountain Range in the background. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

White Capped Mollymawks ( Albatross ) nesting on the Auckland Islands with Carnley Harbour and Victoria Passage in the background.Adams Island is on the right. New Zealand Sub Antarctic Islands 460 km. South of the Soiuth Island of New Zealand. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Lake Pukaki and the Ben Ohau Mountain Range (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Dusky Sound. Fiordland Nastional Park. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

A soft glow of light across farmland and Te Whanga Lagoon in the Mount Chudleigh area. Chatham Islands. 873 km. east of New Zealand. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

A graceful Albatross soaring above the waves off the Auckland Islands in the New Zealand Sub Antarctic Islands. 460 km. South of the South Island of New Zealand. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)

Snow showers blowing across Chalky Inlet in Fiordland National Park in the South Island of New Zealand. Forest covered hills in the foreground and snow capped mountains in the background. (PHOTO: Andris Apse)