Backlit Oak

Classic California Charm:

I picked this tree out the night before.   As a result, I wasn’t 100% sure exactly where the sun was going to come up.  This was the shot I wanted, but it was going to require putting several images together to make it happen.  Some of them might be needed before the sun actually came out.  Once the tripod was set up and I started there was no turning back.  You can imagine how excited I was to get the sun in just the right spot!  This final image you see represents a quintessential late spring, early morning, on the North Rim Trail in Upper Bidwell Park.