On October 14 [1937], the rain forced [Edward and Charis Weston] to leave their camp on the Redwood Highway and seek cover in their car. They drove along the south fork of the Eel River. Charis Wrote: "The rain stopped suddenly and the sun came out in a sky spotty with clouds. Edward aimed his camera down at the little ranches across the river where every tree and bush leaf sparkled with raindrops. He would focus, pull his slide, then wait till the moving cloud shadows arranged themselves to suit him. There, in ten minutes' fast work, he made six of the best ranch pictures of the year" [Charis Weston, "Out of the West," pp. 49, 51]. He saved six negatives from Eel River. Charis wrote that Edward's usual reaction on looking at the image on the ground glass would be "It's not bad." When he made these negatives, however, he exclaimed: "Think I got something that time!" [Amy Conger, Edward Weston: Photographs, figure 1155].