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Inspired by Keven McNeal’s Calla Lilies I looked for this ravine and what luck I found it! Double D and I spent a lovely day on the coast photographing Hummingbirds then headed out to Monterey County to photograph a Mission on our list then we headed out Hwy 1 to try to find this ravine, and a good place to shoot the sunset. While here we met a friend I hadn’t seen since Oct. What a small world…or perhaps not in the world of Photography.

I need to go back to this spot a bit later in the season when the other wildflowers in this ravine are in bloom, and I want to shoot it in the morning rather than the afternoon. It’s quite muddy, and wet here. I was standing in a stream. Beware!! Should you find this ravine know it does have Poison Oak all over it. Later it’s going to be huge! I’m immune to it THANKFULLY! There are also wild berry bushes which are thorny. As they and the Poison Oak grow it’s going to make getting back here much more difficult.

Nikon D300s| Nikkor 17-35mm@ 24mm| f4| 1/800 sec| ISO 160| Aperture Priority| Tripod