Kuaotunu Peninsula from the west, illustrating vertical and oblique effects

The photograph has been taken with a wide-angle lens. The view is vertical (immediately below the camera viewpoint) in the foreground. An oblique view oriented to the east shows from the middle distance. Several gold-mines were in operation from 1889 on the Waitaia Ridge (across centre) and Bald Spur (bottom right). Left centre is Otama Beach. In the far distance are Opito Bay and the localities of the sites of Skippers Ridge and Sarah's Gully. Mt Tahanga, source of widely used adze-stone, is the rounded knob on the far right of the photograph.