Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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."