EoinC Posted October 24, 2015 Share #1 Posted October 24, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Tui, Kowhai, and (Cherry?) blossom... d023 by Eoin Christie, on Flickr d20 by Eoin Christie, on Flickr d021 by Eoin Christie, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 Hi EoinC, Take a look here NZ flaura & fauna. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
MarkP Posted October 24, 2015 Share #2 Posted October 24, 2015 Very nice set. Especially #2, do you know what 'NZ flora' it is? I assume your M246, but what lens? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted October 24, 2015 Share #3 Posted October 24, 2015 Very nice set. Especially #2, do you know what 'NZ flora' it is? I assume your M246, but what lens? #2 is Kowhai (pronounced Ko-fai). It's flowers are yellow. It is singular for flowering on bare, leafless bows, much like the magnolia. Maori legend has it that a beautiful wahine (Maori woman) was being wooed by an ariki ( handsome young Maori chief and tohunga - one wise in Maori mythical powers). The wahine said she could not marry a man who did not show the strength of his love. The ariki turned, muttered a prayer, and the bare Kowhai nearby burst into golden flowers on its bare branches. She was smitten. The Tui in the first pictures has the most beautiful song of any bird to be heard here. It wears a white feather at its throat, given to it by Tané, God of the forest, for his fear of descending to the forest floor. That honour, descending from the canopy to live in the dark to eat on litter and grubs, went to the Kiwi, our national bird. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted October 24, 2015 Share #4 Posted October 24, 2015 I missed the photo titles above the top photo, but John thanks for your explanation - you are a font of knowledge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted October 24, 2015 Share #5 Posted October 24, 2015 I missed the photo titles above the top photo, but John thanks for your explanation - you are a font of knowledge. No, just some one deeply in love with my country and the myth and magic that goes with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoinC Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted October 24, 2015 I'm like you, John. Although this was a temporary return to my homeland, it sealed the deal on a more permanent return in the future. The Tui was also known as the Parson bird, due to it's white collar. All shots were with the M246 and the Summicron Apo 50 - A combination that I love. Here's a Taupo swan... d036 by Eoin Christie, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted October 24, 2015 Share #7 Posted October 24, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Very nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunebed Posted October 24, 2015 Share #8 Posted October 24, 2015 Wonderful. The flowers in the second picture looks loke the the scots broom. The shots and the stories remind me of Rudyard Kipling's just so stories. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoinC Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share #9 Posted October 25, 2015 Thank you, Hunebed. The Kowhai is a beautiful native, and the colour is similar to that of the gorse flower, although a little more golden. To me it is a symbol of a home I left in 1983. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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