The title? Well...those islands over there are known collectively as the Sugar Loaf Islands. Individually they are Matoara, Motoutamatea and Pararaki...and there's two more hidden around the corner from here. They're actually the remnants of a very active volcano and were named the Sugar Loaves by Captain Cook who thought that they resembled the lumps of sugar that he put in his tea. Who the hell makes tea out of salt water?
Best on black as usual.
I am a confirmed and certifiable nutbar with a penchant for skulls, bones, blood, guts, fire and anything slightly peculiar and mostly bizarre. I also...
@joemuli Thank you so much :) @kerosene Thanks very much - it's fine if you can pronounce them! @texastrails Thank you kindly, appreciated :) @amandal Thank you very much :) @juliedduncan Thanks very much - I like a bit of menacing ;) @hippiechick13 Thanks very much...except he was a legend!
I love that you consistently find such menacing skies. Is all of NZ like that or you just wait until the sky is as cantankerous as you are? Just wondering! ;)
@voiceprintz I just wait for the right sky...and a little bit of processing of course. But if the sky isn't playing the game then neither am I! @photographycrazy Thank you very much indeed :)
This image, like many of your captures, is almost 3D. Makes me dizzy. Gorgeous, really. But must lie down now, or perhaps head between knees. Will fav for narrative if I can find the button
@yrhenwr Okay, I won't you tell you that...and thanks :) @yaorenliu Thanks very much - it's certainly full of something.... @annied Yes, quite... @gigiflower Only two more days until Monday! @trinda Thanks very much :) @888rachel Thank you very much :) @lorenaavalos That's just how I like them :) @northy Thank you most kindly :) @harbie Thanks very much :) @kevin365 At least I'm having some effect on people :)
For some really weird reason this makes me think of the Black Eyes Peas song "My Humps"....something about "my lovely lady lumps"! Absolutely positive that is not what Captain Cook was thinking when he saw those islands, but those must have been some rough sugar lumps!! Great photo, btw!!
@kerosene Thanks very much - it's fine if you can pronounce them!
@texastrails Thank you kindly, appreciated :)
@amandal Thank you very much :)
@juliedduncan Thanks very much - I like a bit of menacing ;) @hippiechick13 Thanks very much...except he was a legend!
@photographycrazy Thank you very much indeed :)
@yaorenliu Thanks very much - it's certainly full of something....
@annied Yes, quite...
@gigiflower Only two more days until Monday!
@trinda Thanks very much :)
@888rachel Thank you very much :)
@lorenaavalos That's just how I like them :)
@northy Thank you most kindly :)
@harbie Thanks very much :)
@kevin365 At least I'm having some effect on people :)