Better Photos Come By Photographing Our Beautiful World
Milford Sound is a truly wondrous place. I’ve visited and photographed there on several occasions and, on this particular trip, had the good fortune to meet my friend, Trey Ratcliff.
In fact Trey and I met while photographing this spectacular sunset. How’s that for luck!
I got so involved photographing this scene that I continued on, well after Trey had moved on, making photos of the night sky.
Of course my travel companion decided to wandered off without mentioning anything to me and, before I knew it, I was alone in total darkness.
Normally that wouldn’t be too much of a problem but, on this occasion, by headlamp failed to work and I was without a mobile phone.
So much for photographing our beautiful world. I’d had a great time doing just that, but now I was beginning to wonder if I’d get out of this predicament.
By that stage the tide had come in and cut me off from the little promontory from which I’d made my way out to the edge of the Sound to make my photos.
I soon realized I’d lost my bearings and was now marooned on a tiny patch of earth, only a few metres in diameter, as the tide continued to rise.
Not only that, I could no longer make out any of the trees, mountains or the distant hotel and pub.
I can tell you it was a very slow and scary return journey, across the shallows and into mud, prior to arriving back on terra firma in front of the pub, not long before it closed.
Reunited with Trey and my wandering friend, I’m happy to report that it all turned out okay. But I learned a valuable lesson that night, one I hope will protect me from misadventure in the future.