Milford sound wallpapers (4)

Seeing the first light of a wonderful day reflected in a heart-shaped pond makes for a pretty good start. The picture was taken at Milford Sound, Fjordlands, New Zealand, on a chilly autumn morning. For a place that gets roughly 360 rainy days a year, I turned out to be pretty lucky!

Morning light hits the peaks rising from Milford Sound, a fjord (yes, it really is a fjord not a sound!) in south west New Zealand. I got hugely lucky with the weather for this shot, as Milford Sound is the wettest inhabited place in New Zealand and one of the wettest in the world. New Zealand is a fairly long way south, which means in winter you can wake up at 7am and still have time to get out and catch the sunset! I drove down in the morning and caught this scene. Perfect weather, a lovely crisp -3 degrees, not a cloud in the sky, brilliantly calm water.

Adobe Lightroom.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM.

Another stunning location on the South Island. The Doubtful Sound is less well known than the Milford Sound but you shouldn't miss it. It's far more quiet and tranquil, fewer (if no) boats and tourist and the views from the water are next to nothing. By Ron Vink, The Netherlands.

Taken on the road to the Milford Sound by Ron Vink (The Netherlands)