Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Birds & Scenery - Fremont Central Park (Part 3) - Fremont, CA

As you guys know, ever since I moved out of Fremont, CA, I haven't visited Central Park (Lake Elizabeth) much after. I recently took a few trips there and shot a lot of wildlife photos. I will be splitting the photos into 4 blog posts.

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Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

The photos for the blog post today are shot on 1/2/2015 and 1/5/2015. It is all photos of birds and scenery.

There is quiet a funny story behind this photo. My friend was the one who spotted the seagull. He was all like, "What is that?!" I looked and all I saw was a seagull flying with some sort of bulge on its head. The first thing that occurred to me was this seagull had a tumor on its head as I've seen wildlife with cancer tumors before. I followed the seagull until it landed, and I approached it with my camera. Turns out it was just a seagull with a big piece of bread stuck to its head. Of course I had to take a photo of this hilarious seagull. 

Black and white process of the photo above.  

Next up is a photo of Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) in the middle of Lake Elizabeth. 

Another photo of the Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus). I processed these only in black and white because that was my original intention. I thought the birds standing in the middle of the lake made a great black and white abstract. 


A photo of Lake Elizabeth with the Fremont Police Station off in the distance. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 32 58 N 121 57 29 W   

Black and white process of the photo above.  

This is what I suspect to be a hybrid offspring. It seems to be a cross between a Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) and a Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos). The first time I saw this bird was back in 2010. You can see that photo on this blog post here


Another photo of the hybrid bird. 

Black and white process of the photo above.  


Another photo of the hybrid bird. 

Black and white process of the photo above.  

These are all the photos for today. I will continue with more photos from Central Park in the next post. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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