It's that time of year

Summertime! The pohutukawa are flowering beautifully. This one was on the Thames Coast road on our way back from Matarangi the other day. At that stage, many of the trees weren't flowering yet. Now, they all have lots of colour.

[essiesue]

This is so beautiful. Very nice photography. fav

[Graeme Stevens]

Great shot

[Ali P]

Lovely shot!

[Milanie]

Wonderful shot! Love those reds against the sky color. Nice pov.

[Valerie Chesney]

beautiful shot, so like the splashes of the sea.

[Maggiemae]

Magnificent trees and this is a lovely rocky landscape scene!

[julia]

Lovely shot and great to see the contrast between the bright red and the lovely blue sky.. love the splash as well.. fav for my favourite native tree..

[john graham]

fantastic shot Dianne...great composition

[Margaret Obey]

This fabulous shot brings back so many memories. Dave and I spent a week on the Coromandel Peninsula over Christmas 2009. I was swimming in the Pacific on Christmas Day!

[Denise Wood]

So beautiful :)

[Chris K]

I love te pohutukawa trees. I remember them around the Bay of Islands

[Issi Bannerman]

Fantastic view!

[Tony]

Rugged coast line, gorgeous tree.

[Jacquie]

This is a lovely composition. Also I haven't seen the sun for nine days.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A wonderful view and composition !

[Nick]

Wonderful shot - so clear and bright. Fav.

[Joyce]

Beautifully detailed and great composition Dianne

[Christine Webb]

Gorgeous Fav

[Taffy]

I've never seen these -- they are really spectacular looking trees.

[Rosie Kerr]

So fun, to see a summertime view of these unusual trees from the winter climate of the northern hemisphere. :) A lovely shot.

[Pat Knowles]

Stunning scene Dianne......love the way you picked that low down shot along the edge like that & the touch of red.

[Irene]

This is a stunning shot, loved the tree , the rocky shoreline and the distant land

[Denise (lyndemc)]

Gorgeous tree! Beautiful rocky shoreline. Very nicely composed picture.

[Paula W]

Nice composition Dianne :)

[Yao RL]

This is iconic.

[Margo]

Love this A fav