Friday 2 April 2010

South Island From Above

When I flew up from Christchurch recently the weather was beautiful and I had one of the few seats on the plane suitable for photography.  These are a few photos of the mountains in North East South Island around the Seaward Kaikoura Ranges.  For me they have a magical, mystical quality.  Please don’t look at them as photos but as images (if that makes sense).

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5 comments:

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  2. Why do I need to travel when I can do it vicariously through you. Great images or photos (I knew what you meant really).

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  3. These are fantastic shots! I can imagine how utterly breathtaking the view is from the plane!

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  4. Looking at them "as images" makes perfect sense. They have a dreamlike quality to them. I'm reminded of the mountains in the Lord of the Ring films.

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  5. Thank you. New Zealand from above is pretty special. But then so are most places. Flying at 36,000 feet above the deserts of Outer Mongolia on a clear moonlit night is pretty awesome too.

    Monica: They are not that far away from the mountains used in The Lord of the Rings.

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