With about 15,000 km of coastline (for a landmass of 268,021 km²), New Zealand does beaches pretty well. But even by our standards, Karakare Beach on Auckland’s west coast is quite spectacular.
For those of you who have seen Jane Campion‘s 1993 film, The Piano, Karekare is the beach where Ada and her daughter are abandoned with the piano. That scene is often remembered because of the music from Michael Nyman‘s beautiful soundtrack — ‘The Heart Asks Pleasure First.’
Close your eyes and listen. In your mind, you will be transported to Karekare.
Written for Sally D’s Mobile Photography Challenge at Lens and Pens by Sally.
NB: The title of Michael Nyman’s piece comes from Emily Dickinson’s poem of the same name.
Wonderful pictures!
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Yes it sure is beautiful and how cool that The Piano was filmed there. I enjoyed hearing the music from the film again. Thanks.
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Thanks Amanda.
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Can’t listen now, but I greatly enjoyed the visual beauty.
janet
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Stunning photos Su.
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Thank you Terry 😃
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Those images are gorgeous, Su … especially the perfect reflections in the first 2!
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Thanks Joanne; it’s such a wonderful place, I always find it difficult to capture it in photos.
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I have the piano book. It was quite the movie, Su.
Leslie
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Wow!!!!
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Su, such striking seascapes…Happy Photo Challenge.
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Thank you Sally.
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Awesome shots! And it´s one of y favorite films ever!!
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I really must watch it again. I’ve only seen it once and I was a bit distracted because some friends of ours were extras in it, and we were primed the whole time to look for their faces in the crowd shots. 😃
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Yes, I imagine that would be very distracting. The ex-boyfriend of my aunt was an ork extra in the second part of LOTR so I know how it is 😉 Needless to say that no one could identify him, lol!
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That’s so funny. I can imagine him in the screening desperately whispering to his friends which orc he was. 🙂
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It was indeed! 😃
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Wonderful photos!
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These pictures are so beautiful! I wish I could magicaly go there and live on those beaches. ❤
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Thank you. I wish I could live closer to that beach too!
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