"Bristlecone Sculpture Beneath a Clearing Storm"

After getting driven out of the Patriarch Grove by a heavy rain, I drove to the edge of the

storm to see if I could find a rainbow in the evening light coming in under the clouds. I

found these upturned roots of a dead bristlecone and raced to set up the camera as the

rainbow came and went.

 

Thanks for your comments.

 

- Justin

Love it. Did you use flash on the roots, or was there that much sun? Cheers.

Fantastic!

weird. but cool to look at 6/6

Wow... heavy rain in the White Mts? That's one of the driest places on earth. You won't see this again for a while!

Very powerful image. Gives one the impression that it is trying to pierce through the skies. Great job! (7/5).

Many thanks for your kind comments. In response to Barry, no fill-flash was used. These toppled bristlcone roots, which are probably about four feet high, were positioned at a high point on the summit plateau of the White Mountains, and were catching unobstructed late light streaming in from across the Sierra Nevada to the west. In fact, it was a completely straight shot, partly because I was rushing like mad to get the camera set up to simply expose a sheet of film before the rainbow vanished. That said, I don't think it would have benefitted from any fill-flash or filtration anyway.