Catawba Rhododendron Blossoms

Well, some kind of rhododendron, anyway. I think it looks most like the Catawba species but apparently they have been interbred and hybridized so much that it’s tough to tell many of the species apart.

One day when getting the mail and walking back up to the house, I was looking at the bush and realized how scattered the light that came through it was. I was thinking that a wide aperture could let me create and almost dreamy and backlit photo. This was the result.