Antioch/Oakley Regional Shoreline & Big Break Regional Shoreline (Part 2) - Antioch/Oakley, CA

On May 31st, 2019, I took a trip to Antioch, CA and Oakley, CA. I visited Antioch City Marina, Dow Wetlands Preserve, Antioch/Oakley Regional Shoreline, and Big Break Regional Shoreline. The photos I took there are split into 2 blog posts. I hope you enjoy viewing the photos.

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In this blog post, I have part 2 of my photos from the trip. The photos today are from Antioch/Oakley Regional Shoreline in Antioch, CA and Big Break Regional Shoreline in Oakley, CA.

Message From The Photographer: If you've been following me on social media, you'd know I've been dealing with vision impairment and gradual vision loss since August 2018. The conditions are neurological, so my vision isn't impaired the same amount on a daily basis, but overall it seems to be going down hill. It has slowed down and made taking photos, processing photos, using computers, etc... very challenging and somewhat depressing. Some days it is impossible for me to take photos or process them. I know these photos are from a very long time ago, but I'm only just starting to get around in processing them as I'm only able to work on them at a very slow pace. I hope you can understand, and I hope you enjoy viewing the photos.

Scenery photo from Antioch/Oakley Regional Shoreline in Antioch, CA. In the photo are Antioch, CA (foreground), windmills in Rio Vista, CA (in the distance), Antioch Bridge (left), fishing pier (right), and Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (water).

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 01' 10" N 121° 45' 05" W

Black and white process of the photo above.

Scenery photo from Antioch/Oakley Regional Shoreline in Antioch, CA. In the foreground of the photo are the fishing pier, Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, and wild blackberry flowers. In the distance on the left are windmills in Rio Vista, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 01' 11" N 121° 45' 05" W

Black and white process of the photo above.

Scenery photo from Antioch/Oakley Regional Shoreline in Antioch, CA. In the foreground of the photo are the fishing pier and Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. In the distance on the left are windmills in Rio Vista, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 01' 10" N 121° 45' 04" W

Black and white process of the photo above.

Scenery from Big Break Regional Shoreline in Oakley, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 00' 45" N 121° 43' 42" W

Black and white process of the photo above.

Scenery from Big Break Regional Shoreline in Oakley, CA. Photo shot near the same spot as above.

Black and white process of the photo above.

Scenery from Big Break Regional Shoreline in Oakley, CA. Photo shot near the same spot as above.

Black and white process of the photo above.

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Lake Chabot Regional Park - Castro Valley, CA (Part 2)

From 7/16/2016 to 7/28/2016, I hit up three separate East Bay Regional Parks here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I visited Redwood Regional Park in Oakland, CA, Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont, CA, and Lake Chabot Regional Park in Castro Valley, CA. I have an annual pass this year, so I do plan on taking more photography trips to these parks. I want to exercise and get fit so I can do a camping trip up in the Sierras here in California sometime. I've been thinking about a trip like that for a while now. Not to mention, I really need to loose some weight. Enough about me though, I am here to share the photos I took at the parks with you guys. I will be splitting the photos into several parts. I also shot video on my East Bay Park trips. You can view my vlog with the videos here. I hope you enjoy.

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Parts:

• Redwood Regional Park - Oakland, CA
• Coyote Hills Regional Park - Fremont, CA
• Lake Chabot Regional Park - Castro Valley, CA: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | 

I took a total of 3 trips during July to Lake Chabot Regional Park. I will be splitting my photos from the trips into 3 blog posts. In this blog post, I will show you the rest of my scenery, flower, and close up photos from Lake Chabot Regional Park in Castro Valley, CA that was shot on 7/19/2016.

A scenery photo of the vegetation and Lake Chabot shot from West Shore Trail. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 29 N 122 06 38 W 

A scenery photo of Lake Chabot shot from West Shore Trail. 

A photo of Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) shot from West Shore Trail.  

 Black and white process of the photo above.

 A photo of weed shot from West Shore Trail. 

Photography Tip: The reason the background looks so dark is because the shot was underexposed and compensated with flash to isolate the subject. The light from your flash will fall off much faster so objects closer to your flash will get more light than objects further away. By doing this, your subject will be lit and the background will be darkened. The more distance between the subject and the background, the stronger the effect. I normally expose the shot manually (Manual Mode or M) and have the flash power on auto (E-TTL). 

Black and white process of the photo above.

A photo of weed shot from West Shore Trail.

 Black and white process of the photo above.

A photo of acorns shot from West Shore Trail. 

Black and white process of the photo above. 

 A photo of acorns shot from West Shore Trail. 

A photo of wild blackberry flowers on a wild blackberry bush. 

Black and white process of the photo above. 

A photo of wild blackberry leaves on a wild blackberry bush. 

Black and white process of the photo above. 

 A photo of wild blackberry on a wild blackberry bush. I did try a few and I saw some other visitors collecting and eating some too. These wild blackberries tend to be more sour and tiny (on occasion, you do get a sweet one) and the bush is covered in thorns. Also, wild blackberries have more of a laxative effect than domesticated blackberries. If you do go eat them, pay attention to how many you're eating!

A photo of a fallen tree and weed shot on East Shore Trail. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 07 N 122 06 16 W 

A photo of flowers shot along East Shore Trail. I couldn't identify what flowers these are. If you know, please comment below.  

Black and white process of the photo above. 

A long exposure forest photo from East Shore Trail. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 12 N 122 06 12 W 

Black and white process of the photo above.

This is all the photos for today. Next time, I will post the rest of my photos from Lake Chabot Regional Park in Castro Valley, CA. 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.

Parts:

• Redwood Regional Park - Oakland, CA
• Coyote Hills Regional Park - Fremont, CA
• Lake Chabot Regional Park - Castro Valley, CA: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | 

Come on a walk with me! (May 18th, 2015 Vlog)

Come on a walk with Sunny! In this vlog, I show you video footage from my walk from the Pleasanton Tennis & Community Park and from Arroyo Del Valle Trail in Pleasanton, CA. If you follow me on my blog, you will have seen photos from both of these places. I thought it would be a good idea to show you some video footage from the area too. Really sorry about the shakiness of the video. I shot most of the footage while walking. I was hungry, a bit dizzy, tired, so this all came a bit unexpected. I hope you enjoy!

I also show you some aftermaths of the really strong winds we've been having, a cat, and wild blackberry bushes!

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Lake Chabot Regional Park

I took a friend to Lake Chabot Regional Park a while back. Here are some photos from the trip. I didn't end up taking too many photos as it was too windy. Lake Chabot Regional Park is located in Castro Valley, California. If you are from the area, this park is a great exercise spot with lots of long trails! I hope you enjoy viewing these photos!

I meant to do the photos from my white water rafting trip today, but I ended up uploading these. >.< Sorry, been having a lot on my mind lately with school and stuff. School has been very stressful for me, which is why I ended up uploading the wrong photos after such a big delay in my posts. Oh well, please enjoy these, and I will upload those photos next time!

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Sticky Monkey Flower (Mimulus aurantiacus)

I'm not very sure on what flower this is. If anyone knows, please comment below!

California Towhee (Pipilo crissalis)

Wild blackberries in the park. This is a close up photo of its flower.

This is a close up photo of the blackberry. These berries are edible once it turns black or almost black. These berries in the photo is not very ripe yet. They taste very good! :) I've ate them before. Generally, in the wilderness, you should never eat any berries you don't recognize! They may be poisonous. These berries, I do recognize, told to me by a park ranger it's safe, and tried before so I know it's safe.

I usually don't do portrait shots, but I thought the tree's shape looked really cool and shooting it in portrait was the only way to get the most out of it. 

Some landscape of the lake.

Another shot of the lake from a different part of the park. I got some lens flares in this one...

This is all the photos for today. Hopefully I don't forget again, in the next post, I will have more photos from my white water rafting trip! I hope you have enjoyed viewing these photos for today. 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.