Cloudy Milford Sound

Maezel · Mar 31, 2014

People always think this place is always sunny since most of the most popular pictures are under blue skies, but the reality is different. It is one of the rainiest places on earth, with more than 7 meters of annual rainfall, so the odds are that you'll get a cloudy view, which by no means takes the beauty of the place away. And if you go during heavy falls you'll see more waterfalls in one place than all the waterfalls you've ever seen in your life.

CdTSnap · Mar 31, 2014

Cool shot mate, looks like an adventure

EOV · Mar 31, 2014

7 meters!? Wow! Amazing place with amazing amounts of rainfall. Very moody and beautiful shot.

binga63 · Mar 31, 2014

beautiful shot... gotta get to NZ soon

petrochemist · Mar 31, 2014

Milford Sound is probably my favorite location in the world, but as it's about as far away as you can go on the surface of the earth I'm unlikely to get back.
It was unusually dry whilst I was there so I got the blue sky shot, (one of the few I've uploaded to the gallery here) but the waterfalls were considerably reduced.

We did get rain by the time we got to the entrance of the sound but not enough to make much difference to the waterfalls, and the clouds were too low to give the lovely dramatic skies you've captured here.

Trainwizard · Mar 31, 2014

That shot is amazing! The exposure brought out the clouds, absolutely NO overexposure! Teach me, master! lol

Maezel · Mar 31, 2014

binga63 said:
beautiful shot... gotta get to NZ soon

Yes you should.

petrochemist said:
Milford Sound is probably my favorite location in the world, but as it's about as far away as you can go on the surface of the earth I'm unlikely to get back.
It was unusually dry whilst I was there so I got the blue sky shot, (one of the few I've uploaded to the gallery here) but the waterfalls were considerably reduced.

We did get rain by the time we got to the entrance of the sound but not enough to make much difference to the waterfalls, and the clouds were too low to give the lovely dramatic skies you've captured here.

I think this is a place you have to visit 3 times. One with sunshine, one with clouds and one during a heavy fall.