California Quail (Callipepla californica) and Natural Bridge State Beach in Santa Cruz, CA

Today I have photos of the California Quail (Callipepla californica) and photos from Natural Bridge State Beach in Santa Cruz, CA. The photo of the California Quails was taken near the state beach. Also near the state beach (same park) is the Monarch Resting Area which is accessible via a boardwalk. I don't have any photos of it here as I was not in season to see the butterflies, but every year (I forgot when), a huge amount of Monarch butterflies will fly there and rest. It was an amazing scene and I went there once when I was younger. It was beautiful.

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To see all of the photos from this trip here.

The first 6 photos are all of the California Quail (Callipepla californica).

 Cute bird isn't it?

After they saw me approaching with a camera, they started walking away. 

 One of them decided to stop and look at me. YAY! :P

Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

Seagull flying

California Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) - Long Beak
Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) - Short Beak
Seagull - Blurred, out of focus bird flying away

Natural Bridge formation at the beach. Ocean waves smoothed out using a neutral density filter.

Natural Bridge formation at the beach. Ocean waves smoothed out using a neutral density filter.

Natural Bridge formation at the beach. Ocean waves smoothed out using a neutral density filter.

What the waves looked like without any filter (No ND filter used). 

These are all the photos for today! I hope you have enjoyed it. You are probably thinking I will start my Death Valley photos next time, but that is not the case. Again, almost 2000 photos will take me quite a while to process! Next time, I will most likely be posting up the photos I took at Wilder Ranch State Park which is also located in Santa Cruz, not so far from Natural Bridge State Beach. Please don't forget to share my blog posts with your friends! If you would like to get notifications next time I post, you can "Like" me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Black Friday Deals Week Begins!

Black Friday Deals Week has begun on Amazon guys and I have the link to the deals page for you guys! Happy shopping! Amazon have the best deals ever! Last year I got a camera bag and memory card for 50% off! What a deal! :) So please enjoy your chance to shop for cheap products! The Amazon deals will last for 1 week starting from now. How exciting?

Here are some tips I have for you on getting the deals.

• Go to the deals page. You can do so with this link. 
• First look at the active offers and see if there is anything you want. If you want it, and the deal isn't all used up, add it to your cart! Even if you kind of want to product, do it anyways, you can remove it from your cart later. 
• Once you are done with the active offers, look at the upcoming offers and see if there is anything you want. Do all the research on the product before the deal becomes active!
• Once you pick out what you want on the upcoming deals, I suggest you refresh your browser 5 minutes before the deal starts as the timer on the page could have lagged a bit. Then 1 minute before it begins, refresh again, and then once the add to cart button pops out, click it! 

The offers will be gone very fast, so make sure you are fast on a non-laggy computer! :P That is all the tips I have for you. Hope you have enjoyed it, and please use my link! It helps with costs of running this blog! 

Birds/Sea Lions/Other Wildlife - San Francisco (Part 2)

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I am pretty sure all you long time fans know that by now. This means I head to San Francisco a lot. I love going to Pier 39 and that pier right next to the Golden Gate Bridge. Here are some of my photos from my trip. I hope you enjoy viewing these photos!

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. See my best San Francisco photos here. See my best wildlife photos here.

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Message From The Photographer: So 6 weeks of coughing, and I finally get myself up to go see a doctor. I got some antibiotics and I feel a lot better now. 😀 So I should be able to make more videos now that the cough subsided, and big announcement for you guys. I will head to Death Valley soon and I hope to bring back some great photos for you guys! So make sure you check back soon!

The photos for today was taken on the day of the Blue Angel's airshow. If you want to see those photos, you can do so here. Photos for today include birds, fish, animals, and jellyfishes.

Sea Lion swimming in the ocean.  

 Seagull

Seagull in flight. 

California Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Fish someone caught.

I think this bird might be female. I'm not sure what it is, help me in the comments below if you can! 

California Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

This was one aggressive pelican! I tried to give it a pet, and it tried to give me a peck on the face. :/ I backed off immediately. Later, I saw another guy trying to give it a pet, and he actually got a peck on the arm. I later asked him and he said it hurt! ROFL 

Sea lion.

Awww it's looking at me. :D

I saw a jellyfish swim up to the surface, so I stole some shots of it before it swam back down. 

This is all the photos for today! I have one more post on San Francisco. Next time I have photos of sunsets, Cliff House, and more birds! Please don't forget to share my blog posts with your friends! If you would like to get notifications next time I post, you can "Like" me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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San Francisco (Part 1) - with Treasure Island

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I am pretty sure all you long time fans know that by now. This means I head to San Francisco a lot. I love going to Pier 39 and that pier right next to the Golden Gate Bridge. Here are some of my photos from my trip. I hope you enjoy viewing these photos!

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. See my best San Francisco photos here.

Parts: 1 | 2 | 

Message From The Photographer: I just noticed I actually have photos from San Francisco from two trips there! One time to take my friend to see San Francisco (he just moved here), and a second time to go see the Blue Angels Air Show! So I will be kind of combining these 2 trip photos into a chain of blog posts. If you want to see my Blue Angels photos, you can do so here.

The photos for today will include the view of Alcatraz Island from the pier near the Golden Gate Bridge, Sutro Baths, a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge, some flowers, some bird photography, and two photos on Treasure Island on my way back home.

Golden Gate Bridge (金门桥)

 Flower

 Alcatraz Island from the pier near the Golden Gate Bridge.

Some kind of US Army ship. 

 Zoomed out shot of the army ship and Alcatraz Island. 

 Seagull on the pier.

 Seagull in flight.

There is a bug on the flower, but it is slightly out of focus. I didn't see it there when I took the picture.  

Another flower. 

 Sutro Baths

View of Bay Bridge from Treasure Island. San Francisco is on the other side.  

Ships docked at Treasure Island.

These are all the photos for today. Make sure you check back soon as I will be posting the photos from my next trip to San Francisco up! Please don't forget to share my blog posts with your friends! If you would like to get notifications next time I post, you can "Like" me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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Castle Rock Regional Recreation Area

Today I have some photos from Castle Rock Regional Recreation Area. This is one of the parks in the East Bay Park District in San Francisco Bay Area. The park itself is located in Walnut Creek, CA. I hope you enjoy viewing these photos!

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To see all of the photos from this trip here.

Panorama of the trail leading in.

As the name Castle Rock suggests, there are several giant rocks there with "tiny caves" making it look kind of like a natural castle. 

Here is a zoomed out shot of the photo above. 

Zoomed in shot of the opening. My Canon 600EX RT Speedlite was used to light up the "cave". 

Focus stacked image of moss growing on a tree. 

HDR of the rocks. 

Thank you for viewing my photos from Castle Rock Recreational Area! This is all the photos I took at the park. Here is a list of stuff I still have in my photo collection I haven't shared with you guys yet: San Francisco photos, Santa Cruz photos, macro photography, Arroyo Del Valle Trail photos, Shadow Cliff photos, and many more! So make sure you check back often! Please don't forget to share my blog posts with your friends! If you would like to get notifications next time I post, you can "Like" me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.