This photo was taken with minimal sunlight between storm cells.

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We were about a week or so late at this particular vineyard to catch the leaves before they fell.

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A few grapes not harvested this year.

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I like the symmetry of this photograph.

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This was taken after another storm. Notice the reflections of the grass and adjacent vines in many of the water droplets

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Slight backlight caused these two leaves to have a deep glow.

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This field had multiple rows of fans to help protect the grapes from frost.

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This lone oak tree really stood out in the middle of this vineyard.

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They still use smudge pots at some of the vineyards for frost protection.

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One of the instructors, Elizabeth Carmel, had several of us try to get a different view of the vineyard by introducing motion. We set our cameras to manual mode, used a shutter speed of 1/30'th of a second while on burst mode, and then took 10 to 15 rapid exposures while rotating and moving the camera. This was one of the only ones that worked for me.

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Another candid shot taken by Jeff of the group taking some shots of a vineyard. He was kind enough to send it to me.