In 2008 Derek archived the entire collection of Stained Glass in Christchurch Cathedral. Powerful lenses were used to capture every detail of the windows. A cherry picker was used to gain access to a perfect viewpoint for the Rose window - eye level with the center. Over 300 10mp images were stitched together to create the final complete Rose Window.

Sadly, the Rose Window of Christchurch Cathedral was destroyed in the 2011 earthquake.

The Rose Window photograph was used in the creation of the Cardboard Transitional Cathedral designed by Shigeru Ban.

Here we have detail from the Rose window showing the beautiful stained glass.

"That Wanaka Tree", an iconic spot that is photographed by thousands of tourists every year.

This artwork is digitally painted, showing the tree and the distant mountains awaiting a spring storm.

The ANZ Bank was built in 1912. Located on High Street, Christchurch it sustained substantial damage in the Earthquakes and was demolished in 2011.

The old ANZ building in Christchurch, sadly damaged in the 22 February 2011 earthquake, was demolished.

When I moved to Christchurch, I lived in the backpackers across the street for a month and used to visit the Inspirations rock and crystal shop at the street level of this building. Towards the end of summer days the sun used to light the top floor tower whilst the streets below were in deep shadow.

The is a stitched panorama, in the original larger size you can see a sparrow coming in to land at close to the top window.

This image is also available as an A4 to A0 print.

Boaties skip across the Avon Heathcote estuary, Christchurch, with a winter storm looming on the background. Light breaks through the dark clouds in the distance.

A Beautiful Lenticuilar cloud formation at sunset, above Oamaru, North Otago.

Behind Jacksons Pub in Otira a dark path winds up into the native forest.

after a half hours walk you come to a glade filled with the sound of water. A beautiful waterfall cascades down from the mountain side into a dark pool. A rock appears to block the entrance to a cave behind the pool keeping us out.... or keeping something in?

Two lights, one at the end of the Breakwater, one at the end of Holmes Wharf stand as sentinels in the night guiding the lonely sailor back into Oamaru Harbour to safety.

The Lindis Pass, beautiful mountains rise above the thin ribbon of a road stretching out on it's journey into the distance.

Digitally painted by Derek Golding, the beautiful warm colours will compliment any room.

The Lindis Pass, beautiful mountains rise above the thin ribbon of a road stretching out on it's journey into the distance.

Digitally painted by Derek Golding, the beautiful warm colours will compliment any room.

A break in heavy fog lights up a wave from a distant sunrise at the Oamru Breakwater, Oamaru Harbour.

Captured at 1/1600th of a second the water appears to shatter like glass against the stone.

Lupins abound in the Mackenzie country. This is a digital painting of the beautiful flowers scattered across the district.

Check out this article in New Zealand Geographic about the love/hate relationship with them here.

Steampunk HQ in Oamaru is a major draw card to thousands of visitors a year, yet at night, it is the domain of the penguin!

Well worth a visit at night, as is all the Harbour Precinct area

A digital painting by Derek Golding.

A road stretches home in the back country high above Otematata, North Otago. Nor-wester weather brings about some spectacular lighting in these locations.

An old shearer's hut stands facing the elements in North Otago.

Digitally painte,d this image brings out hidden colours within the scene.

Being close to the sea and a landmass like the cape provides the artist with some stunning cloud formations.

Here we see Mammatus clouds billowing up above the rear facade of a building on Harbour street.

A Tor is an outcrop of rock in the landscape. Otago has many Tor's scattered across the district thanks to the Geology and weather we experience here.

This is a digital painting showing the natural bonsai like tree, treated harshly by the prevailing winds into this unusual shape.

Steampunk HQ is located in the former Meeks Grain Elevator Building, a historic building registered with by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category II structure.

This massive and handsomely detailed grain store built in 1882 for the country’s then largest stock and station agency, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd (NZLMA), is a landmark building in the Oamaru’s Whitestone heritage precinct.  More info via the Historic Places Trust available here

A tilt Shift effect is used to create a toy town! 

Oamaru as seen from Forrester Heights, the hill overlooking Oamaru on Cape Wanbrow.

The Church of the Good Shepherd, Tekapo, is a must do for all astrophotographers. 

The Mackenzie Basin offers some of the clearest night skies in the world and achieved status as the world biggest and best Dark Sky Reserve in 2012.

This image shows the Church with our own Galaxy, the Milky Way, rising to the east.

The building was officially opened on October 7, 1907 and remains largely in its original condition, having been restored in 2009. The refurbishment won the Public Architecture category of the 2010 Southern Architecture Awards and the 2011 NZIA Heritage award for Heritage Conservation. More information here.

Pier Number 3, taken on the 17th of July 2008.

Slow exposure of the pastel scene, a grain added during editing to enhance the image.

Pier Number 4, taken on the 17th of July 2008.

Slow exposure of the waves beneath the Pier, lit by purple light, a grain added during editing to enhance the image.

Pier number 8, taken on the 17th of June 2008, after sunset.

A slow exposure to show the stark contrast of an impermeable structure amongst the slowly rising sea.