Crystal Cove Beach #1

This is a shot up the north end of the beach at Crystal Cove, Orange County, California. I've tried to bring out the brightness of the green of the foreground building and darken the buildings in the background. It was fairly foggy the morning this was taken, so the sky was in fact grey.

Milford Sound Fiord New Zealand #2

Milford Sound Fiord New Zealand #2

When I took this photo on a recent trip to Milford Sound in New Zealand's Fiordland National Park, the mist had almost cleared. But just enough was hanging in the sky still when I took this photo to add some extra interest to the picture.

Canon EOS 20D
1/400s at f/13
ISO200
18-55mm lens at 51mm
(c) John Corney 2007

Milford Sound

Milford Sound Fiord New Zealand #1

Milford Sound Fiord, New Zealand #1

Milford Sound is the heart of Fiordland National Park and the most-visited of the fiords. Mistakenly named a "sound", Milford Sound is actually a fiord, meaning it was carved out by glacial action during the last ice age rather than by the action of rivers, which is the difference between a fiord and a sound.

After sailing out to the Tasman Sea and turning back in, the fog began to lift until the sky was completely clear by time we disembarked. Here the last of the fog is still lifting from the lake surface.

Canon EOS 20D
1/320s at f/13
ISO200
18-55mm lens at 54mm
(c) John Corney 2007

Milford Sound

Snowy Mountain Cloaked in Fog

Photo of snowy mountain wrapped in fog

Though late summer, Fiordland National Park is in the far south west corner of New Zealand's South Island, and with some very high elevations as well, it was not surprising to come across some mountain peaks with snow on them as I traveled the road to Milford Sound.

Early morning fog and snow cloaked this towering peak near the Homer Tunnel on the Road to Milford Sound.

Photo by John Corney,
Canon EOS 20D
f10/1000sec
ISO 200
18-55mm lens at 40mm
(c) John Corney 2007

Mountain Valley Fog on Road to Milford

Morning Fog In Mountain Valley

It was early morning that I set off for Milford Sound from Lake Te Anau. The morning fog was still lifting from the mountain valleys as seen in this photo taken on the road from Te Anau to Milford Sound in New Zealand.

Canon EOS 20D
f10/1000sec
ISO 200
18-55mm lens at 40mm
(c) John Corney 2007