At the Cook's home Photo

Photographer’s Note

Moorea is a high island in French Polynesia, sister to Tahiti, lying 17 kilometers (roughly 9mi) northwest of Papeete. Several ferries go to Moorea daily, from the port of Papeete, an average trip of forty-five minutes. There is also an small airport with connection to the international airport in Papetee. The flight takes only 4 or 5 minutes.
The shape of the island vaguely resembles a fork with two main bays on the north side of the island: Cook's Bay and Oponohu Bay.
Moorea actually means "yellow lizard", a name expounded-upon in and many local legends. An older name for the island is Aimeo or Eimeo.
This is a view of Cook's Bay, with the Mount Rotui, the one that separates Cook's Bay with the Oponohu Bay.
Rotui is one of the 8 vertical peaks (some higher than 1.200 meters), with pyramid shape.
Moorea with Rangiroa, Aitutaki and Bora are the jewels of the South Sea.

At that SITE you'll find a good map of Moorea

At thAT OTHER TE SITE you'll find a great shot of TE member Daniel Pivnick, with a view from the most famous panoramic point of the whole Polynesia. (we went there, but our photocamera was broken...and was broken for 8 days in the 10 that we spent in Polynesia! ...AARRRGHHHH!!!)

*Scanned image*

bantonbuju, fabio_ts, Gix, AmiBe, supereira, elihesamian, feather, leonorkuhn, Emile, rabani has marked this note useful

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bantonbuju (48856) 2005-09-21 4:02

what if not sea i'd expect from you, paolo? but from such a remote place? interesting to read all that story about it in your note;
i think the colours lost a bit in time and scan though;
have a nice day, jerzy

donluicu (24001) 2005-09-21 4:02

Ciao Paolo!
what a nice view! it looks like a "Lost" landscape!
The scan has done some damages, but the picture is nice.

bye

loic

fabio_ts (13674) 2005-09-21 4:04

Un altra fantastica foto "tra mare/cielo/terra" con dominanti verde/blu di grande effetto ..e grande invidia.. ;o) come sempre molto dettaglate ed apprezzate anche le note..
ottimo lavoro, buona giornata, Fabio.

Gix (3559) 2005-09-21 4:28

"La legge di Murphy:
tra due eventi equiprobabili, quello più negativo per noi è... più probabile!"
Comunque puoi vederlo come un ottimo motivo per tornare in questo posto fantastico!
Non riesco a vedere neppure un sentiero sulla collina, nonostante le case sulla riva. Deve essere proprio un paradiso naturale!
Grazie per la bellissima immagine e i sogni che evoca! ;D))
(qui il cielo è grigio...)
ciao Paolo, buona giornata in quel di Milano!

Giorgio

AmiBe (6042) 2005-09-21 4:33

Ciao Paolo,
nice view of Moorea, one of my favourite island in French Polynesia, but I don't visited all the islands ! ;-)
The colors are superb, we can see the beautiful lagoon.
It's hard to be in Polynesia with a broken camera, I'm sorry for you !
bye

supereira (9576) 2005-09-21 6:22

Great view.I like it.Good contrast between the mountain and the sky.I like the detail of the boats.Great colors,light and sharpness.Great place.Well done!

chaity (1539) 2005-09-21 6:38

Hai Paolo, I love the color of the photo. The blue sky and the mountain has the 3D effect. Nice.

Zepi (22848) 2005-09-21 7:53

Hello Paolo
Wahouuuuuuuuuuü !!!!
La Polynésie !!!!
Chanceux !
Je rêve de pouvoir y lézarder un jour !
Magnifique prise de vue, superbes couleurs
Merci pour le partage
Amicalement,
Sébastien

elihesamian (26091) 2005-09-21 9:28

A beautiful island you show us,what a nice colors you reached,well scanned and very well worked,vivid and lively,good note,too,Paolo,I enjoy it,maybe need to USM with carefully for mountain,still very good work,nicely composed and Thanks for sharing,
Best to You
M

rbcy1974 (20746) 2005-09-21 9:51

Hi Paolo,
Beaitiful paradisiac hills contraste with the sea. This is great capture of the details. I am very little observant, if it hadnt been for Jerzy's comment I wouldnt have figured that the sea was always present in your pictures.
Regards
Daniel

lestans (15550) 2005-09-21 10:46

Che posto meraviglioso, t invidio per esserci stato! La foto è bella ben composta i colori sono accattivanti: una cartolina! Lo scanner fa del suo meglio....
Livia

leonorkuhn (14379) 2005-09-21 11:14

Ciao Paolo,
It's the paradise on earth. Very nice place, it's a dream. I agree with Giorgio about Murphy's law. Good job!
Greetings,
Leonor

feather (50560) 2005-09-21 11:17

You have visited some truly amazing places. The colour of the sea here is wonderful, with the mountain behind. The references to Cook interest me too; he was born near my home so is a local hero. It's good to see another of the places he went to and had named after him. Thanks
Kath

Graal (59126) 2005-09-21 12:05

Hi Paulo,
interesting view from the Polynesia. Good colours and composition. Interesting note.
Rgs, Aleksander

AnneFrance (921) 2005-09-21 12:21

beautifull picture, i like the two different greens in the sea, these boats look so little in front of this huge mountain, TFS

bertolucci (12022) 2005-09-21 13:12

Hi Paolo, Very nice this Polynesian scene. The composition is spot on with the mountains fillin a major part of the frame and the position of the clouds. The masts of the yachts form a nice counterpoint to nature' beauty. Nice and enticiing job,
Best regatds from Rotterdam, Bert.

Emile (20177) 2005-09-22 0:26

Very good picture Paolo.
Nice colours contrasts and lighting.
Beautiful place.
Interesting the differents tones of the sea.
Very well captured.
Well done.

rabani (9439) 2005-09-22 3:41

Three elements make this a memorable work. The sky, the character of the island and the anchored sailing ships.Did you use slide when you were shooting this Paolo. The colors reminded me of the photos which I'd used slide.

Quentin (5278) 2005-09-27 2:32

Hi Paolo
You took a really beautiful picture of that paradisiac place!
The colours are beautiful specially the one of trees and water
that seems so clear. I looking for a place for the coming winter
holiday and Moorea got 1 point!! Well done. Thx
Regards
Quentin

H2OKOT (180) 2007-09-22 5:24