HDRs Redone - Yosemite National Park/Mono Lake

I recently went back and redid some of my old HDR compositions into 32-bit ones for a more natural look. 32-bit HDR compositions usually look more natural and gives better color than a 16-bit HDR (which was what I was doing before) so I went ahead and redone all of them. Today, I am here to show you the new HDR compositions from my 2012 Yosemite National Park and Mono Lake trip. You can view my previous HDR compositions and other trip photos here.

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• Yosemite 2012 (Best Photos)
• Yosemite 2012 (All Photos)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK! Today is the 123rd birthday of  Yosemite National Park. This is part of the reason why I wanted to post these Yosemite National Park photos. Anyways, let's show you guys the photos! Also like last time, these photos aren't in the order they were taken. I'm reorganizing them putting the ones I think is best at the top.

One of my most favorite places to visit in Yosemite National Park is of course Tunnel View! The view there is so breath taking. 

Here is HDR compositions from the hiking trail down to Mono Meadows. Its turnout is on the road up to Glacier Point. 

HDR composition of a sunset I did on the way home from Yosemite. Some ghosting still exists even though I turned on ghost suppression in Photoshop while compositing this. 

HDR composition in Yosemite Village near the motel I stayed at over night. Looks like this photo is out of a children's picture book doesn't it? 

HDR composition of the trail taking you up to Lower Yosemite Falls. 

Here is an HDR composition on the side of the State Route 108 in the Stanislaus National Forest. 

 This is a stream on the side of the State Route 108 in the Stanislaus National Forest on my way to Mono Lake.

Landscapes on my way to Mono Lake.   

These 2 are the view at a turnout in Yosemite.   

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed them. Really sad this wonderful  park is closed just because the idiots running this country can't work things out. 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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Fruit Picking in Brentwood, CA

Brentwood, CA has many self pick farms. When the time is right, and the fruits are ripe, many farms open up for you to go in and pick the fruits yourself. A while back, I did just that out in the country side. While I didn't really pick much fruit (my friends and family did most of that), I did take some photos. Here are the photos I took on the trip out in the country side. Most of these photos are from Brentwood or from surrounding cities. I forgot my Canon GP-E2 GPS that day so I don't have exact locations for these shots.

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The first farm I was at was a cherry farm called "Nunn Better Farms". Here is a shot of some cherries on the tree.

A few portrait shot of trees at Nunn Better Farms.

In the parking lot of Nunn Better Farms, I spotted a nice shot of an adjacent field. I thought the lines in the field made really great lead-in lines, so I took a few shots from different perspectives.

After picking cherries my family and friends decided to go to a peach farm to go picking peaches. Not sure what the name is for this farm, but there were some run down buildings there that I thought would make a great shot. Above is a regular shot of one of the buildings. 

I then proceeded to take an HDR composition of the building from a different perspective. 

Photography Tip: HDR compositions are very useful with buildings like this. See how the "dark shadows" in the building are also lit up? You can do this without driving the noise up in the photo when doing this with a multiple exposure HDR composition. Just exposure bracket your shots in camera and then combine them into HDR using Photoshop in post. I enjoy processing them via the 32-bit process because the colors look more natural.

A few photos of the peaches on the farm. 

A shot of the peach field. I thought the gap between the trees made a great lead in line. Sadly the sky was not very good that day and it started to rain a little bit when I was about to leave. Pretty sure the shot would have been much better on a sunny day.

A shot of the road and a field adjacent to the farm. A drop of rain actually got on my lens and you can see it on the left. 

This is a shot I took on my way home. This is in Byron, CA of a river. Approximate location of this image was at 37.812242,-121.57854. Thanks Google Maps and Street View! The reason I was able to find the location of this one is because the river is very easy to spot on the map, plus I remembered what street it was. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. 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 Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Coyote Hills Regional Park Scenery (Fremont, CA)

Today I have scenery photos from Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont, CA. All of the photos for today are taken with my new Canon EOS 5D Mark III. These photos include one HDR composition and some regular scenery shots. I hope you enjoy viewing the photos. If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, definitely check out Coyote Hills Regional Park. It is a great place for photography, bike riding, walking around, and hiking. There are both walking and hiking trails in the park.

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I recently gotten into some 32-bit HDR work. Here is an HDR composition of the walking trail there. Looks really natural doesn't it? I suggest you give 32-bit processing a try. 

Got down low with my tripod but shadow still showed up. :/ I guess it does add a bit to the photo though.  

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. If you are wondering why I still haven't posted any Yosemite National Park photos yet, it is because I am still processing them. I am sick and have a lot of work build up so it might take a while before I finish processing them. 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 Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.