!!!Fiordland

15 February 2011

with kind permission of [AirPano|http://www.AirPano.com]

New Zealand - is a real paradise for photographers. It is exactly here
where the tremendous beautiful lakes, eternal snows, fiords, flaring
golden beaches and even the belt of volcanic activity can be found here.

Alas, the beauty of the country doesn't guarantee beautiful photos. Half
year preparation, route making, negotiations with helicopter operators -
all these were radically changed by the strongest cyclone covered New
Zealand. We were travelling two days long and it was raining cats and
dogs with no hope at all for any sun ray. Every minute the strong wind
let us understand that there were a few chances to fly successfully over
Western Fiords, the most marvelous place of New Zealand.

Finally the weather became better and a pilot who, constantly
coordinated us, said that we could try to take off. Unfortunately, our
hopes stayed to be the hopes. We could take off and even the sun, that
we had been waiting so long, emerged from the clouds but the strongest
wind blew off our helicopter even at a not high flight level. We had to
come back. Two days later the wind became calm but heavy rainy clouds
tightly covered the fiords and the nearest lakes. There was no more time
to wait and we had to follow our route.

On the one hand, we were not lucky because the weather wasn't favorable
for the flights, but, on the other hand, we were lucky because that time
our pilot was Rod Hal-Jones. His is a famous person in the circles of
cinematographers and photographers all over the world. He flew even with
Jacques-Yves Cousteau assisting him at shooting the film describing New
Zealand. He flew for all the films about Harry Potter. He flew for many
famous photographers. "We can't reach the fiords, the storm is coming
right from there", - said Rod. "Now I'll show you my favorite place
where no professional photographers have been before but you". And he
showed...

We left the country of fiords in an elated mood and with a hope to come
back into this severe region and explore these still unconquered places.

Two days of travel under a haviest rain I have ever seen. Forty eight
hours with no single sun ray. Every minute the strong wind was reducing
the probability of successful flights over the Western Fiords – the most
beautiful place of New Zealand. But we didn't surrender...

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[6 Panoramas of Fiordland|Geography/Australia/New_Zealand/Pictures/Panoramas_of_Fiordland]










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