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During a 10 month long trip to New Zealand alone at age 18 I had far too much time to play with my little camera. This shot was taken in Milford Sound which I frequented through trekking and was lucky enough to work as a Wwoofer in the local hotel for 2 weeks.
Every morning and evening I would set up the tripod for the sunrise/set and wait for the "perfect" shot.
This was probably the best that I could manage and was taken just as a colossal thunderstorm retreated back toward the sea.

Oof! That's rather special.

This is rather stunning, well done...

Holy crap that's fantastic...HDR at all?

This is the best photo I have seen on this site for a while. So beautiful. Absolutely stunning!

Makes me think of Frodo and Sam paddling off Towards Tol Brandir.

Not bad...I gave it a 5

"Every morning and evening [for two weeks]." Christ! I bet you got eaten alive? Didn't look even half as good in real life when I was there and it was still stunning. Fantastic shot, good work.

Thanks Everyone, and to answer your question Nicholas, the photo is a HDR shot (the first ive ever done). and was as accurate as i could make it to the scene i viewed on the night

Could maybe improved by, only joking great shot wish it was one of mine. Have a well deserved 5.

Simply outstanding

Stunning!

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Only one word for this ... WOW!

It was worth the wait for you, people can wait decades for an image this good. Well done!