after the rain

I got out of my office way early today and had time for a hike in the woods.
The moment I arrived at the park the skies opened up and the rain came down
in buckets. Not to be daunted, I proceeded with my hike anyway. After a little
while the rain let up and the sun returned and in the thickest park of the woods I
saw these sunbeams everywhere I looked. It took my breath away.

Unfortunately I had the wrong lens with me for this sort of shot and I didn't
have a tripod to deal with the slow shutter speeds (it was pretty dark in the
woods except for these beams) but hopefully I managed to capture at
least a bit of the splendor.