Sutherland Falls

Is this place real?! I love the vertical shot, capturing how long this waterfall is. Very magical.

Quite amazing - wonderful location and eye candy. Superbly captured!

Thank you Adam and Tony.

Adam - it is real :) - Sutherland Falls in the Fiordland near Milford Sound. It is 580 metres in height and has three sections as you can see where the fall is broken. It was quite breath-taking to come upon this sight during our flight-seeing trip. The rainbow was an added bonus - disappeared in a couple of minutes. Attached is a closer view of the upper section and the lake atop.

I must admit this sight, although too fleeting, was the highlight of our trip to NZ. If we had been in a helicopter instead of a fixed-wing plane we could have landed at the top I'm told!

Thank you again.

We were in a tiny 3-seater plane. The pilot, my wife in the back and

me in a safety harness in the front with the door removed. This was

the first time I had shot from a plane with the door removed and

although I was safely strapped-down, it felt quite unnerving to me.

Sky-diving is not for me surely :D. The entire area - Milford Sound,

Tasman Sea - was beautiful, but this particular sight just stunned us.

The pilot had not told us we were approaching it, so we were quite

surprised. The rainbow was the icing.

truly marvelous! memorable moment well captured.