Event & Scenery - Sycamore Grove Park - Livermore, CA (Cellphone Photos)

Yesterday, on the 1st March 2025, my mom and I went to Sycamore Grove Park in Livermore, CA to attend the talk on bobcats and mountain lions (Cats of Sycamore Grove Park Event) at Wetmore Amphitheatre. We also took a walk in the park afterwards. I took some photos with my cellphone. I hope you enjoy viewing my photos!

First off are the photos from the "Cats of Sycamore Grove Park" event.

A photo of a park ranger giving the talk about cats in Sycamore Grove Park. Also in the photo are a mountain lion taxidermy, bobcat fur, lynx tail, mountain lion scat, and a fake saber toothed tiger skull. The photo was shot at Wetmore Amphitheatre.

A photo of mountain lion taxidermy. The photo was shot at Wetmore Amphitheatre.

A photo of a lynx tail (left) and bobcat fur (center). The photo was shot at Wetmore Amphitheatre.

A photo of a fake saber toothed tiger skull. The photo was shot at Wetmore Amphitheatre.

My mom helped take a photo of me with the mountain lion taxidermy. The photo was shot at Wetmore Amphitheatre.

My mom helped take a photo of me with the mountain lion taxidermy. The photo was shot at Wetmore Amphitheatre.

After the event, my mom and I took a walk in Sycamore Grove Park.

A scenery photo of the abandoned Olivina winery building (center), almond tree with flowers (left), power lines (top), Winery Loop (right), trees, and clouds. The photo was shot on Winery Loop.

A scenery photo of the vineyards at historic Olivina Winery, clouds, Sycamore Trail (right), trees, and mountains. The photo was shot near Sycamore Trail.

A scenery photo of the vineyards at historic Olivina Winery, clouds, Sycamore Trail (right), trees, and mountains. The photo was shot near Sycamore Trail.

A scenery photo of trees, clouds, mountains, the vineyards at historic Olivina Winery (left), and Sycamore Trail (left). The photo was shot on Sycamore Trail.

A scenery photo of trees and clouds. The photo was shot on Sycamore Trail.

This is all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing the photos! 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 Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Sycamore Grove Park - Livermore, CA (Cellphone Photos)

Today, on the 17th December 2024, my mom and I went for on a walk in Sycamore Grove Park in Livermore, CA. There is still some autumn foliage present despite it being December! I hope you enjoy viewing my photos!

Message from the Photographer: I am still dealing with long COVID, but my doctors and I have found multiple medications that seems to partially and temporarily suppress the symptoms. I am walking a fine line between side effects from the pills and the long COVID symptoms. This was the most exercise I have gotten in months, and I suspect I will be paying for it the next few days. The COVID infection in November 2023 triggered chronic fatigue syndrome and mast cell activation in me. I am working on the RAW photos from my camera, but it has been slow. None of the medications are touching the brain fog.

A scenery photo of autumn foliage shot on Magpie Nature Loop.

A scenery photo of autumn foliage shot on Magpie Nature Loop.

A scenery photo of autumn foliage, cows, farm, mountains, and clouds. The photo was shot on Winery Trail.

A scenery photo of autumn foliage, cows, farm, and clouds. The photo was shot on Winery Loop.

A photo of the abandoned Olivina winery building shot on Winery Loop.

A photo of high voltage powerlines, trees, and autumn foliage. The photo was shot on Winery Loop.

This is all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing the photos! 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 Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Summit Tunnel in Truckee, CA (Part 9) - Truckee/Tahoe February 2016

Back in February 2016, I took at trip to Truckee, CA and Lake Tahoe (both California and Nevada side). Most of the photos are of snowy winter scenery. I visited places such as Donner Lake, Tahoe City, Kings Beach, Abandoned Historical Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) Tunnels, and more. I took many photos and are here to share with you. The photos will be split over several blog posts. If you have been following me on here, you'd know there has been a ton of stuff happening in my life such as my old computer breaking down and health issues I've had to deal with. This delayed my photo processing by a very long time which is why I am only posting them now. I also did vlogs on this trip. If you are interested in viewing them, you can do so here.

Full Resolution Photos: If you want to see full resolution photos of any of the photos you see here, use the following links. If you wish to purchase prints of any of the photos, please contact me here. To view my best Lake Tahoe and Truckee photos for 2012 and 2015, use this link. To see my best monochrome and abstract photos for 2016, use this link. To see all of my photos from this trip, use this link.

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The photos for today are from day 3 of my trip and were taken on 2/21/2016. This will be the last of my photos from this trip. The photos for today are from Abandoned Historical Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) Tunnel #6, also know as Summit Tunnel, and tunnel #7. I shot these photos on my trip back through the tunnels. As mentioned in a previous blog post, there won't be any GPS location data for these photos as I was underground.

A photo of Central Pacific Railroad Tunnel #7 looking through to tunnel #6. As mentioned in a previous blog post, these tunnels are mainly known for the street art on the tunnel walls. Here is a photo of the street art on the walls of tunnel #7. 

Black and white process of the photo above.  

Street art on the walls of Central Pacific Railroad Tunnel #7. 

 Black and white process of the photo above. 

 Icicles on the walls in Central Pacific Railroad Tunnel #6 (aka Summit Tunnel). Photo shot with the help of my Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT.

Here is a photo shot from inside the tunnel #6 facing the entrance. I know I already did this photo earlier in the trip, but I felt I could maybe make a better composition so I shot another photo. I felt it made a pretty cool composition with the icicles and the contrast between light and dark.   

 Black and white process of the photo above. 

A photo of the icicles at the entrance of tunnel #6 shot from the outside. As I have warned you in a previous blog post, please don't stand under these icicles unless you are willing to take the risk of dying! These icicles are constantly falling down and if one fell on you, it will definitely injure or kill you. As a nature photographer, I decided to take a risk. I positioned myself under a few icicles that looked more sturdy and well formed. I also had someone watching the whole time for potential danger too. 

Black and white process of the photo above.  

 A photo of the entrance to Central Pacific Railroad Tunnel #6 (aka Summit Tunnel). You can see how large those icicles are compared to the people inside the tunnel. As I mentioned before, they are huge and potentially dangerous. 

Black and white process of the photo above. 

This is all the photos for today and for this chain of blog posts. I hope you have enjoyed the photos! 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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Donner Pass & Abandoned Railroad Tunnels (Part 8) - Truckee/Tahoe February 2016

Back in February 2016, I took at trip to Truckee, CA and Lake Tahoe (both California and Nevada side). Most of the photos are of snowy winter scenery. I visited places such as Donner Lake, Tahoe City, Kings Beach, Abandoned Historical Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) Tunnels, and more. I took many photos and are here to share with you. The photos will be split over several blog posts. If you have been following me on here, you'd know there has been a ton of stuff happening in my life such as my old computer breaking down and health issues I've had to deal with. This delayed my photo processing by a very long time which is why I am only posting them now. I also did vlogs on this trip. If you are interested in viewing them, you can do so here.

Full Resolution Photos: If you want to see full resolution photos of any of the photos you see here, use the following links. If you wish to purchase prints of any of the photos, please contact me here. To view my best Lake Tahoe and Truckee photos for 2012 and 2015, use this link. To see my best monochrome and abstract photos for 2016, use this link. To see all of my photos from this trip, use this link.

Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 

The photos for today are from day 3 of my trip and were taken on 2/21/2016. The photos for today are from Donner Pass, China Wall, and Abandoned Historical Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) Tunnel #7 and #8. It is located at Donner Pass in Truckee, CA. This and the rest of the blog posts will feature photos from these abandoned railroad tunnels.

A winter scenery photo from Donner Pass shot between Central Pacific Railroad Tunnels #6 and #7. In the photo, you can see Donner Pass Road and Donner Summit Bridge which was where I was at in one of the previous blog posts.  

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 18 58 N 120 19 23 W  

Black and white process of the photo above.  

A photo of Central Pacific Railroad Tunnel #7 shot between tunnels #6 and #7. Right through the tunnel, you can see China Wall. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 18 5 N 120 19 22 W 

Black and white process of the photo above.  

Another photo of Central Pacific Railroad Tunnel #7 shot between tunnels #6 and #7. Right through the tunnel, you can see China Wall. This photo was shot in the same position as the photo above. 

 Black and white process of the photo above. 

A photo of China Wall and Central Pacific Railroad Tunnel #8. Due to the time constraints that day, I didn't head into tunnel #8. China Wall is the wall in front of tunnel #8 on the right. The wall is called China Wall because Chinese workers constructed the wall along with most of the Central Pacific Railroad system. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 18 57 N 120 19 16 W 

Black and white process of the photo above.  

 A winter scenery photo from Donner Pass shot between Central Pacific Railroad Tunnels #7 and #8. In the photo, you can see Donner Pass Road and Donner Summit Bridge which was where I was at in one of the previous blog posts.

Black and white process of the photo above.  

Another winter scenery photo from Donner Pass shot between Central Pacific Railroad Tunnels #7 and #8. In the photo, you can see Donner Pass Road and Donner Summit Bridge which was where I was at in one of the previous blog posts. This photo was shot in the same position as the photo above. 

A photo of the underpass on Old Donner Summit Road. Right behind the tree near the center is China Wall. I didn't even know this was an underpass when I took the photo, but the 4:20 graffiti cracked me up and I thought it would be funny to take a photo of it. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 18 56 N 120 19 16 W

This is all the photos for today! I hope you have enjoyed the photos! In the next blog post I will post the rest of my photos from my trip back through the Abandoned Historical Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) Tunnels. 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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