Mr Kamble uses a Canon 6D digital SLR with a standard lens and has honed his skills and gained more experience since he arrived in New Zealand six years ago from India.
"I had an interest in astronomy and coming to New Zealand and looking at these beautiful dark skies I started to wonder if I could take some photos."
He moved to Auckland and joined the city's Astronomical Society.
Image 1 of 5: The Milky Way rising behind Mount Tarawera overlooking Lake Tarawera - Amit Kamble.
BTG 25Oct16 - NATURE'S JEWELS: The Milky Way rising behind Mt Tarawera overlooking Lake Tarawera by Amit Kamble.
"That's where I met a few other people, astrophotographers, who helped me out. I came back to Tauranga last August and started doing more here."
Last year he took a photograph of a comet from Fergusson Park that was used on NASA's Astronomy picture of the day page.
There is an element of experimentation with astrophotography, with a camera's metering systems unlikely to work in such dark conditions.
But some of the guesswork has gone out of the art with apps providing information on where celestial features will be at any given time.
"You can go to a location with a good foreground because what really makes the image is the foreground interest and, because we have new apps, you can open up the app and it shows you where the stars will be and when."
Mr Kamble is a member of Tauranga Astronomical Society and its curator of instruments.
"I am trying to encourage astronomy and astrophotography in the Bay region. If people are interested in astrophotography I can help them and give them tips on how to start.
