Matt Feldman Photography
When I originally edited my New Zealand trip galleries, the Milford Sound portion of the trip made for some difficult decision making. There were just too many amazing things to see in that corner of the country. This shot, taken from the boat, was left out of the original collection.
People departed. Tour boats stopped. Just the roar and the early evening sun over this massive ring of waterfalls.
The site of the fifth highest annual rainfall anywhere on the planet, Milford Sound sees some 9 m (30 feet) of rain pour from the sky each year. And most of it seems to be coming down tonight. After driving through places like “Devil’s Staircase Bluff,” so many rivers that they’re numbered rather than named.
I’m still considering just how to process this shot, and if it even belongs here. I go back and forth between this and a B&W version, but I…
A spring day in the Oregon hills, not far from Portland.