Patience and perseverance has paid off perfectly for local astrophotographer Amit Kamble.

Amit has tried three times to capture a time-lapse of the glow worms at McLaren Falls near Tauranga, but every time he's gone out there to shoot something has gone awry.

But it was a case of ‘fourth time's a charm' for Amit who managed to capture some decent footage on Sunday.

'Basically, with all the planning and preparation that's been involved, it's taken me about a month to produce this time-lapse.

'On Sunday the weather was beautiful so I decided to head out to McLaren Falls and shot from 8pm to 11pm and it worked out pretty good. When I got home all I wanted to do was get the footage out there, so I started processing it and the next thing I knew it was 3am on Monday.”

Amit Kamble's time-lapse which was shot using a Samyang 24mm f1.4, Canon 50mm f1.8 on Canon 6D and motion using SYRP Genie mini. Video: Amit Kamble Photography.

'Now I know what to expect, so I'm planning on going back and doing a really long time-lapse, like a day to night time-lapse.”

Having attempt to capture the time-lapse three times previously, Amit says this shoot was also a lot more comfortable.

'The first few times I never took a chair, food or drink, I did this time. But it was awkward when people came across me sitting there lounging, I had to explain the reason why I was sitting there, show them my camera, basically prove I wasn't a lunatic,” he says laughing.

Amit says he only discovered the glow worms a couple of months ago, and ever since that first visit to McLaren Falls he's fallen head over heels in love with the location.

'I'm an astrophotographer, the stars and natural lights really fascinate me, every time I go out and look up at the night sky it's just beautiful.

'The first time I went to McLaren Falls the weather was terrible so I couldn't take any shots. But when the worms started to glow, it was so stunning. You couldn't see the stars but these tiny little glow worms looked similar to them, except they were much closer.

'Their natural light, it looks magical, it looks dreamy, it is what draws me to this place.”