Maungakiekie, One Tree Hill Photo

Photographer’s Note

Maungakiekie - Volcano

Geology
The Auckland volcanic field has 48 volcanoes that have erupted in the past 150,000 years. They are in world terms small volcanoes.

Maungakiekie (Mung-ga-kee-kee)/ One Tree Hill is one of the largest in the field and relatively recent. It erupted more than 20,000 years ago. It formed a complex cone of scoria lapilli when the eruption was fountaining red hot lava. The hot lava cooled in the air, freezing in the gas that was in the lava forming the vesicles in the scoria. Some formed into bomb like shapes while in the air and other pieces fell still sufficiently hot to weld together where they fell. One of the craters formed of scoria lapilli is complete while two others were horseshoe craters, lacking one side where the lava flowed away from the vent.

Maori History
Maungakiekie is the most extensively terraced of all the Auckland volcanoes. Over 170 of these terraces remain in Cornwall Park and One Tree Hill Domain . These earthworks cover approximately 45 hectares, making Maungakiekie one of the largest pa / Maori village in New Zealand.

The traditional occupants of Maungakiekie were the Wai o Hua tribe . Their traditional history refers to the site as the head pa of their paramount chief, Kiwi Tamaki . The Wai o Hua people occupied the site in the early 1700's and most likely earlier than that. Other Auckland iwi / Maori Tribe , including Ngati Whatua o Orakei can also trace their ancestry to people who occupied the site.

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carper (67302) 2006-03-25 0:42

very nice one Janice,
the point of view is well choosen, good depth, very high quality, and very nice to look at, very good job.
gr. jaap

maziar_dalvandi (21) 2006-03-25 0:43

Very Nice...Color & Sharpness is very good.

ramthakur (1501) 2006-03-25 2:30

Beautiful perspective and view, Janice.
The composition is just perfect.

caresp (763) 2006-03-25 2:36

Hi,
verynice compo, exellent POV and sharpness,
Beautiful picture.
Jacques

hajle (1087) 2006-03-25 3:46

simple shot with absolutely beautiful perspective, sharpness, contrast and note;
well done!
greetings!
slawek

Cruize (0) 2006-03-25 3:57

Awesome perspective Janice...well thought out. I love the detail, right down to the lichen growning on the approach road to the summet. Great DOF and light too.

Best wishes
Vernon

Graal (60312) 2006-03-25 4:24

Hi Janice,
interesting view and comment in note. I like the composition and colours. Good captured and well done.
Rgs, Aleksander

efigesta (12181) 2006-03-25 5:48

WOW mt good frien

great shot here, that road so amazing and gives us one way to go lol
nice colors nd pov
regards
manuel

larevedere (1257) 2006-03-25 11:03

Hey,
very interesting place!!! It looks very similiar to Westerplatte - the part of Gdansk, where is the monument of soldiers murdered at the beginning of the second world war. Westerplatte had to defend for 24 hours, but it hasn't fall for a week! Geramn soldiers haven't had any chance... but Polish soldiers didn't have enough ammo... :( And they had to surrender... That was beautiful part of our Polish history...
Regards,
Olaf
P.S. Quite nice photo of Westerplatte you can see here...
I know it doesn't have very good quality, but I was looking for the photo, showing this similarity of the forms of Westerplatte and your One Tree hill. :)

izmirli (3425) 2006-03-25 13:16

merhaba my friend janice
beautriful composition.very good colours and sky. well done. regards.
gürkan akçakır.

jjbach (9113) 2006-03-25 17:36

Hi Janice,
Excellent composition from a wonderful point of view, with great perspective. The colours are fantastic and the sharpness stunning!

Regards John

Saasaan (6) 2006-03-25 18:46

Very Beautiful, the color in the sky to the color on the grass is so nice, good work !

red45 (1633) 2006-03-26 5:26

Hi Janice :-)

Superb POV and DOF this time. I really like composition with road and 'dirty' colours. Big pencil also looks very nice ;-) Maungakiekie sounds nice ;-) Thanks for this picture and very interesting note my friend!

josepmarin (35001) 2006-03-26 6:25

Hi Janice,
Very good composition here.
I like much the sinuous highway that takes the look to you up to the hill crowned by this spectacular obelisk, which points at the sky.
The detail of the tree is magnificent, gives him a bit of life to the set.
The cloudy sky is beautiful too.
Regards,
Josep

doris (474) 2006-03-26 15:20

Hi Janice,
Bit of a grey old day in Auckland for this image, but the dark clouds give your image some drama, and contrast to the lovely green.
Yes, it was great to meet and hopefully we can keep in touch via TE and TL. Only 10 more sleeps!!!!
Karen

pranab (5354) 2006-03-26 23:36

janice,
wonderful pov and great dof in this shot. good color and light management despite the poor weather condition.

ktanska (17083) 2006-03-27 5:15

Hi Janice,
I really like the road. It gives extra depth to the scene and really draws attention to the obelisk. Both the sky and grass have lots of different tones.
We didn't visit the hill on our trip, but it was well visible from some roads.
Kari

hdl (6737) 2006-03-27 6:52

Hi Janice. I like the atmosphere here too! Good depth with that read winding up to the top. Nice clouds are the cherry on the cake. well done.

anavazao (5592) 2006-03-27 18:28

wow,
great place with nice perspective! The green colours are very good! Nice details, note and composition!
Thanks Ana:)

pastadog (12820) 2006-03-28 5:50

Hi Janice, beautiful vertical shot with excellent lines and POV, I like the grey and green tones in combination; and nice mood. Regards, Daniel

pitai (3925) 2006-03-29 14:24

Hello Janice, gorgeous perspective. the road really lead us to the top of the hill. There is also a nice contrast against the gray sky and the bright luminance of the grass. Perfect exposure and POV. TFS. Gabriel

elihesamian (26091) 2006-03-30 17:49

Hi Janice,

What a perspective you mananged in this nice compostion !
The curved line of the road is a superb element in this composition and the tower on the hill is another one,very well worked,
great informative one,too,Janice,Thanks for your try here and sharing,

Best
M

sfirmston (88) 2006-03-31 16:41

I can't quite put my finger on it but there is something about this shot that makes me absolutly love it, it almost feels menacing in a way. It is so crisp as well and the composition is spot on, I think I can honestly say that this is now one of my favorite shots. I have often seen the exact shot you have taken while walking to the summit and you have captured it brilliantly.

Well done Janice

Sean.

P.S lets not forget a great note as well.

thor68 (5567) 2006-04-02 4:14

good morning janice,
some more beautiful new zealand landscape! :-)
excellent composition and light,
nice dramatic sky.
too bad it´s all so far away to see it myself.
take care, thor.

ArtLook (2332) 2006-04-05 13:11

Hi Janice,

This is realyl good shot and interesting composition. I like the contrast here with the grey cloudy sky. The road, hill, tree and the monument are very well composed here and the picture looks very professional. I like the colors and sharpeness on this photo. Great shot, bravo!

With BEST regards,
Arthur

MLINES (11225) 2006-04-06 3:56

Janice, Thanks for the geology lesson as well as good composition. Your use of the road to take our eye to the summit is very good. Keep up the good work. Regards from across the Tasman.

deud (1843) 2006-04-12 1:43

great note first. great place on image for second. very nice composition with black "snake-road" embrassing the hills! very poetic place. lovely color palette. tfs

bazal (7898) 2006-04-20 8:13

Hello, Janice.
Very nice picture with interesting atmosphere. I particularly like the perspective on the road which seems to be divided in two due to the presence of the fence at the right background. Very nice colors and textures, and superb dramatic sky. Thanks for sharing !

macondo (13519) 2006-05-06 9:39

Hi again, Janice. I love this one! The road, the tree, the monument, the brooding sky. Terrific photo beautifully composed from excellent, well chosen viewpoint. The colour and definition are outstanding. Really well taken. Thanks for the very interesting notes, too.
Regards,
Andrew

colinbrenchley (6135) 2006-07-08 5:14

Janice
It's nice to see a good photo taken on a dull day and yet has plenty of detail and texture.
Regards Colin

jafadabret (41625) 2006-07-17 12:28

Janice, c'est une photo bien composée avec la route toute en courbes qui dirige le regard jusqu'à l'obélisque. Les couleurs et le ciel sont superbes !
Jacques

jmdaoudal (82) 2006-07-23 4:47

Hé hé, its a funny idea to place "obelisque" up hill instead od having it in center town like in Paris :-))
Very nice place with a good photo based on the road which is very well placed in the frame.
I like it
jean Michel