Beautiful Rarotonga Photo

Photographer’s Note

Avatiu harbour. In the background the Ikurangi (485 m.) and Te Manga mountains.

Rarotonga is the most populous island in a group of islands known as the Cook Islands, with a population of 14,153 (census 2006). Rarotonga is also a very popular tourist destination with many resorts, hotels and motels. The chief town, Avarua, on the north coast, is also the capital of the Cook Islands.

The island of Rarotonga stands over 14,750 feet (4,500 meters) above the ocean floor. The island is 20 miles (32 km) in circumference and has an area of 26 square miles (67.19 km²). At a depth of 13,000 ft (4,000 m), the volcano is nearly 31 miles (50 km) in diameter. Te Manga, at 2,140 ft (658 m) above sea level, is the highest peak on the island.

The island is surrounded by a lagoon, which often extends more than a hundred yards (meters) to the reef, then sloping steeply to deep water. The reef fronts the shore to the north of the island, making the lagoon there unsuitable for swimming and water sports, but to the south east, particularly around Muri, the lagoon is at its widest and deepest. This part of the island is the most popular with tourists for swimming, snorkelling and boating. Agricultural terraces, flats, and swamps surround the central mountain area.
There are three harbours, Avatiu, Avarua and Avana of which only Avatiu harbour is of any commercial significance. Avatiu harbour serves a small fleet of inter-islands and fishing vessels and cargo ships regularly call from New Zealand. Large cruise ships have to anchor off shore.
Rarotonga is encircled by a main "ring" road that traces the coast. In places there is also a secondary ring road slightly further inland. Due to the mountainous interior, there is no road crossing the island. Rarotonga only has two bus routes: Clockwise & Anti-Clockwise. Although they have bus stops, the bus drivers drive around picking up anyone they see and dropping them off when the passengers want them to.
Rarotonga International Airport is the main hub of inter-island transportation with daily flights to Aitutaki, regular flights to Atiu, Mangaia, Mauke and Mitiaro and occasional flights to the remote Northern Atolls of Manihiki, Tongareva (Penrhyn) and Pukapuka all operated by the local Airline Air Rarotonga.

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ahmetgedikli (21980) 2009-06-23 7:52

Excellent scenery, good colours and contrast. I like it. Thanks for sharing.
Have a nice day.
Ahmet

rikko77 (6290) 2009-06-23 7:55

Hi Leonor
wery well captured, with the red boats in the foreground, good DOF and color saturation.
Regards
Rikk

snunney (35118) 2009-06-23 7:57

Hello Leonor,
The colourful boats make an interesting lead line taking the viewer into the scene. A fine well composed image with good colours and sharpness.

wgreis (6080) 2009-06-23 9:45

Olá Leonor,
interessante que os barcos são até bem diferentes dos que se vê por aqui. A natureza ao fundo, com as montanhas bem pontiagudas também revela um cenário mais distante.
Ótimo momento.
Parabéns e abraços,
Wagner.

stego (22376) 2009-06-23 10:22

Olá Leonor,
Uma linda vista, que deu uma bela compo usando os barcos vermelhos para formar um padrão muito interessante graficamente além de dar um belo contraste de cor com o azul incrível da água.
Um abraço,
José

rodgerg (24529) 2009-06-23 12:23

Olà Leonor,

The excellent and very well selectd coloured FG give a great prospect ant a great depht to the image. Composition welle balanced. The peoples on the right give an interesting element of life.
Amizades,
Roger

Fis2 (46083) 2009-06-23 13:22

Witaj Leonor!
Wondeful place, fantastic climate.
Good frame and nicely colors.
Well done.
Regards
Krzysztof

ChrisJ (70357) 2009-06-23 17:19

Olá Leonor

Wonderful warm cold colour contrasts, between the alternating blue & red colours of the boats, with good repetition & sharpness. Tfs!

Graal (58319) 2009-06-24 0:06

Hi Leonor,
beautiful harbour, nice view, well composition and presentation. Good note also. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

npecanhuk (14274) 2009-06-24 2:29

Olá Leonor!
Deve ser um lugar muito lindo e sua foto nos passa essa sensação!
Um clima diferente daquela que comentei anteriormente! Aqui a variedade de cores é bem maior e novamente foram todas muito bem captadas, com um controle de lumisidade excelentemente efetuado!
Parabéns, abraços e até logo!
Neyvan

Budapestman (42382) 2009-06-24 4:06

Hi Leonor,
Picturesque atmosphere with attractive details and spectacular composition, the environment is amazing. Beautiful colours and lights. Tfs! Have a nice day!
George

TopGeo (21973) 2009-06-24 8:31

Hi Leonor
very well captured, with the red boats in the foreground, Wonderful place, fantastic composition with clear BG and perfect atmosphere! Good frame
compliments
Georgios

celmaleite (2792) 2009-06-24 10:14

Um show de imagem e cores! O céu está maravilhoso e os barcos bem alinhados nos passam uma sensação de paz e alegria. Linda foto! Parabéns, abraço

hay_kes (28562) 2009-06-24 11:43

Hi Leonor,
Very beautiful panorama vith excellent colours and contrast.TFS.
Um grande abraço,

hAyAti

paura (38784) 2009-06-24 16:38

Leonor,
O enquadramento está uma beleza, com níveis bem definidos de formas na profundidade. Por um momento pensei que vc poderia ser arquiteta e não médica ... :-)

Abraço

Paulo

lucasgalodoido (16615) 2009-06-24 17:15

Olá Leonor,
ficou ótima essa foto, os barcos vermelhos fizeram um ótimo contraste de cores com o restante da imagem, um lugar paradisíaco esse.
Parabéns e Abraço

Cretense (56580) 2009-06-25 0:47

Hello Leonor!

The place looks really beautiful and your photo is great! Blinding colours, great POV and perspective, huge depth of field! Great framing and composition, very interesting note! Congratulations!

Hercules

feather (49872) 2009-06-25 4:07

I see you have returned to TE during my absence so welcome back to you too. It seems you have been travelling a long time. This is a well composed image using the harbour wall to good effect to lead the eye through the image to the background mountains. The colourful boats are very eye-catching too.
Kath

Cricri (43360) 2009-06-25 8:39

Hola my friend Léonor
Excellent POV et perspective, hautes couleurs des barques qui attirent le regard, superbe ciel
Friendship
cricri

josepmarin (33887) 2009-06-25 10:16

Olá Leonor,
el vivo color de las barcas amarradas en este puerto nos ofrece un excelente contraste cromático en la imagen del paisaje.
El encuadre es muy bueno y tiene un gran equilibrio gráfico de todos los elementos, tuviste un buen ojo para crear esta composición.
Buen trabajo.
Un abrazo,
Josep

pablominto (40980) 2009-06-27 23:45

Hello Leonor,

The composition has appealing lines, thanks to the bold point of view hehehe!
Rich vivid colours and fine details, the image has a strong feeling of depth...
The red boats stand well in the frame!

Greetings,
Pablo -

AiresSantos (42494) 2009-06-28 9:07

Ola Leonor
Excelente contraste entre o azul e o vermelho
A luminosidade e a cor da agua estao magnificas
Abracos e boa semana
Aires

dareco (17104) 2009-07-03 14:12

A very pretty scene. Good colors and detail. I like the repetition and depth. TFS

Bluejeans (32667) 2009-07-04 3:25

Ola Leonor ,
Bem escolhido este primeiro ponto de visão com estes barcos azuis e vermelhos em primeiro plano , bonita a paisagem de fundo com aquelas montanhas pintadas de verde, boa profundidade de foto, parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

Focales (514) 2009-07-05 3:53

Je n'ai pas le bonheur de connaître la Nouvelle Zélande mais les paysages ont un petit air de Polynésie et j'aime ces couleurs chaudes de premier plan.

xuaxo (5771) 2009-07-07 7:20

Olá Leonor,
Uma foto muito bem composta, com um belo efeito desses barcos vermelhos.
Cumprimentos,
Francisco

darek1978 (11371) 2009-07-10 16:28

Hi Leonor,
Very calm atmosphere in a very nice place and fantastic composition with lovely colours and very good light management. The view in the background looks very impressive. Splendid work!
Best regards,
Darek

Amaz (7094) 2009-07-21 1:47

O show de cores, Leonor!!!
Belíssima captura e boa composição, amiga!!

Perfeito travalho!!!

Meus parabéns,

Abração!!!

JanD (14953) 2009-07-29 5:08

Howdy Leonor!
Wonderful boats and excellent landscape. Nice light and colors. Good contrast and sharpness.
Regards.