I was rained on during two of my camping trips over the past year - a backpacking trip to Redwood National Park and a night at Calaveras Big Trees State Park. I got drenched both times; even after learning from my mistakes in the Redwoods, a rip in our tent at Calaveras meant that I was soaked overnight anyways.

On the bright side, though, the rain came with absolutely ethereal foggy conditions. Though I don't usually enjoy shooting in the fog (wet equipment, fuzzy focus) or dense forests (messy foregrounds, waving leaves), both parks were absolutely stunning.

The other upside to the conditions was that I had the redwoods almost entirely to myself. I was solo backpacking, and went ~18 hours without seeing a single other human being. Alone, I walked through an eerily primordial landscape - moss-covered bridges, desolate forest roads, and pathways lined with ferns that reached up to my shoulders.

Every now and then, I happened upon a clearing. With the fog dampening any noise from distant roads, all I could hear was the rhythmic pitter-patter of a light drizzle filtering down through the leaves.