LOTR - Mt.Doom by Larry Davis
This image was taken from Meads Wall on Mt.Ruapehu in the Tongariro National Park of New Zealands North Island.
This scene, from this exact spot, was the scene used for Mt.Doom in Mordar, for the film “Lord of the Rings”.
This location is in the National Park on the North Island of New Zealand.
Sadly, I waited for 45 minutes for the cloud to lift so you could see the mountain in the distance, but this was the best on the day. After I took this, the cloud really settled in, and you couldn’t see anything.
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Comments
whoa Larry – cool shot !
You should have been there Jared. It was brilliant.
And just below the mountain, was the best ever Backpackers that Dawn & I have ever stayed in…..
– Larry Davis
Love it! Great shot and great to see where Mt Doom is located!
If you are a LOTR freak like I am, you can certainly relate to this image….
Thanks for stopping by to comment.
– Larry Davis
Fantastic shot Larry
Thanks Raquel… Glad you liked it enough to comment on…
– Larry Davis
Great capture and scenery although I’m not a LOTR’s watcher, lol.
The Castle may be different in style from Scottish Castles but the landscape is just as dramatic and beautiful. Good shot laddie Larry ;-]]
I’ve wanted to make (yeah right!) a Lord of the Rings film since about I first read the book. While the Jackson attempt was far better than the cartoon cr*p I once saw, I was very disappointed that so many liberties were taken with the book.
BUT it was still good, and one thing was perfect. The location.
I have never BEEN to NZ but would love to. However, from the photos I’ve seen, from the way people talk about it, I always knew that if I was a famous (stop laughing) film director, the place I’d film my Lord of the Rings would be in New Zealand.
One day I’ll get there…..
Excellent image. Makes me homesick (even though it IS fiction!)
(sorry, the BOOK being fiction not New Zealand!!!!!!)
I also didn’t like some of the wya things were changed around.
Especially the ending.
Sauraman was killed off to early and not at the end, when he made slaves of all the Hobbits, and the Orcs burned the shire.
Oh my this is precious. Awesome shot.
My Precious.
I like Hobbitsses, I do.
Thankssssssss.
– Larry Davis
Yep I definitely recognize that scenery also… what a great Trilogy that was!!! L
Precious…my precious, says Smeagle!!! L
Common Hobbittssess
Ha Ha Ha….. You are definatly my sort of person.
– Larry Davis