Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautifull pictures. Thank's for the interesting info. As a skier for me it looks like the French Alps, but in summer. Lovely sights. Cedric 2013/3/25 Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com>: > Thank you! > The cross is a stained glass memorial to local fallen Maori men from Word > War I. > The plaque underneath, in Maori, says something like "show commemoration > of > many battles", and a dedication to Tumatauenga, the Maori God of War and > Balance. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumatauenga), along with a poem in > both Maori & English. > "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: > Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn. > At the going down of the sun and in the morning > We will remember them." > > And yes, that is the Southern Alps. > Taken on the road into Mt. Cook National Park, which is the tallest mtn. in > New Zealand, and where Edmund Hillary learned to climb. > Mt. Cook (or Aoraki, in the native language) is the mtn. on the right side > of the photo, behind the hill on the right edge. > > Jay > > > On 3/25/2013 2:31 PM, philippe.amard wrote: >> >> Very clean photos Jay >> >> What's the incipit/ex voto in the first one referring to? >> >> And is the second one what some call the Southern ALps? It looks beautiful >> and is so new to me, really, could be Switzerland on an fine day. >> >> Amiti?s >> Philippe > > NO ARCHIVE > >> >> Le 25 mars 13 ? 16:12, Jay Burleson a ?crit : >> >>> I may discover more, but here are the last two that I like: >>> >>> >>> http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/New-Zealand/41_stained_glass >>> >>> http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/New-Zealand/40_mt_cook >>> >>> Thanks for looking and all comments are welcome! > > > -- > Jay, > > Jay Burleson Gallery <http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/> > "A photographer is simply someone who is > looking for something that can't be found. > The photograph is the record of that attempt." > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information