In the Rogue Valley we get a serious vetch bloom in May. There isn’t a lot of color variety, but it covers large areas of the surrounding hills, literally turning them purple.

One evening in mid spring this year I was frantically driving around attempting to be in the right place for the best light during an approaching thunderstorm. I missed catching a rainbow and lightning and several other locations just didn’t pan out. I finally was forced to pull over, jump a fence and run up a hill at the last minute to grab this shot right before the sun went down. Then it started to rain. I like working under pressure if I can come away with a shot…otherwise it makes me want to huck my camera off a cliff.

Canon 5D, 16-35mm f/2.8 @ 16mm, 3 stop NDG, dual exposure manual blend of .5 sec @ f/18 and 1/8 sec @ f/18.

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