Rain

Finally, after a very long dry spell, some rain has finally started to fall in Marin County. I drove over White’s Hill to the San Geronimo Valley, parked the truck, put the camera on the tripod, got out the umbrella and set out for a short hike through the redwoods in the rain.

(Start photo musings.) I wonder . . . the new Nikon SLRs are, supposedly, quite good at higher ISO ratings, meaning that maybe a Nikon D3x user wouldn’t have required a tripod. Don’t know. My own theory is that I will only use a tripod when I have to . . . I’ve found that I have a much greater percentage of "keepers" with hand-held shots than with tripod-based shots. Note to self: expand upon in future entry. (End photo musings.)

But in the gloom and wet of the redwoods, I needed a tripod . . . and an umbrella. For this shot, I used an Olympus E-510, with an ISO rating of 200. Aperture: f20. Shutter speed: 1.20 seconds.

Photo: Redwood Forest—Marin County, 2009