Caterpillar - Lake Chabot Regional Park (Cellphone Photos)

On July 31st, 2018, I went for a walk in Lake Chabot Regional Park in Castro Valley, CA. I spotted a caterpillar and took a few photos with my cellphone to share with you. Hope you enjoy the photos.

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Bug Macros

Merry Christmas and happy holidays people! I know this doesn't quite fit the holiday spirit, but it is the only blog post I have drafted currently so it will have to do. I hope you enjoy the macros.

On December 22nd, 2016, I noticed a spider and a bug in my bathroom. Being a photographer, I got excited and decided to do some macro photography of my buggy subjects. The photos are shot using my Canon EOS 5D Mark III with my Kenko Extension Tubes and Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens.

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 A bug I found on the wall. It is around 3mm long. It was pretty tough to take a photo of even with macro equipment due to its small size. 

A macro photo of a spider on my wall.

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Stanley Park (Part 2) and Downtown Vancouver, BC

From 7/17/2013 to 8/2/2013, I took a road trip from the SF Bay Area to Vancouver, BC, Canada. Half of the trip was spent driving up the west coast. On my trip, I visited many famous places such as Seattle, Butchart Gardens, Mount Rainier, and much more. Obviously I got many coastal shots and many places that isn't as famous. The reason I am posting it now is because the high amount of photos I took equaled a high amount of processing time. I took a bit over 2000 photos on the trip. After stitching the panoramas, compositing the HDRs, and picking out photos from the repeats, I have a bit over 1000 photos to show you guys. The photos will be split into parts. I will link you to the previous and next parts on each post just like I did with my Death Valley National Park photos and my Yellowstone/Grand Teton National Park photos. Hope you enjoy viewing this chain of posts!

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Today I have part 2 of the photos from Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC and photos from Downtown Vancouver. I have split the photos from Stanley Park into 2 parts. The locations in Stanley Park for today includes Third Beach, Lost Lagoon, and Beaver Lake.

First location is Third Beach. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 18 09 N 123 09 24 W  

I quickly shot off several photos of Third Beach before heading off to the next destination. 

Here is a photo of Lost Lagoon along with a black and white process of it. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 17 47 N 123 08 33 W

A few photos of the yachts and boats at the marina in Stanley Park. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 17 49 N 123 07 58 W  

Now I get to Beaver Lake in Stanley Park. 

The area was very grassy. 

Flowers and water lilies floating in the lake. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 18 17 N 123 08 17 W

Photos of a forest area in Stanley Park. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 18 19 N 123 08 19 W  

Photo of the grass and water lilies floating through the whole lake. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 18 18 N 123 08 21 W

Close up shot of a water lily. Didn't notice there were so many bugs on there! On the left is the shadow from my lens. Had to really lean on the deck to get this shot. 

Walking back towards my car. Another few photos of that tree stump. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 18 12 N 123 08 11 W

Didn't have much time in downtown Vancouver, so I quickly shot off a few photos from the car as we drove through the town. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 17 11 N 123 07 28 W  

Another photo of that tall building. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 17 10 N 123 07 27 W

Not sure what these 2 guys find that is interesting in that pile of bricks...

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 17 10 N 123 07 26 W  

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 17 08 N 123 07 26 W  

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 17 02 N 123 07 26 W  

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I will continue with photos from UBC Botanical Gardens. 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.

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Spider Macro - Happy Halloween!

Guess who found a spider in the bathroom yesterday? I did! Guess what I did with it? Well, I didn't kill it. However what I did might still sound a bit mean. I picked it up with some tissue, and dropped it in my sink. Then I went ahead and set up for macro photography using my Canon EOS 5D Mark III with my Kenko Extension Tubes and Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens. I had to push the spider back in my sink a few times for these shots. LOL I decided to post these photos up as it is Halloween, and I guess it fits the theme pretty well. So happy Halloween everyone! Hope you have a safe one.

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Mission Peak in Fremont, CA

A while back, I went for a hike on  Mission Peak in Fremont, CA. I took the Stanford entrance up (if you are from the area, you'd understand). Here are some of the photos I took during the hike. I also did a few GPS logs to test out my new Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver. If for some reason you want those logs, just email me using the email provided on my About the Photographer page. I have the logs in Google Earth KMZ, Canon LOG, and GPX formats.

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Here is a macro shot of a flower. I took this photo before I started my climb near the trail head. The photo was shot with help from my Kenko Extension Tubes and my Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT. 

This is a photo shot near the trail head. On my hike up, I mainly focused on landscapes so I used my wide angle lens. 

Here is another landscape shot of Mission Peak.

Another landscape shot of Mission Peak. 

A panorama of Mission Peak looking down at the SF Bay Area. 

Another photo looking down Mission Peak at the SF Bay Area. I headed up a little bit more after this photo, but I didn't taken any more landscape shots after that.

A cow on Mission Peak. There are many cows on Mission Peak. So afterwards, I started heading down. On my way down, I switched over to my telephoto lens for close up shots. 

The 70mm end of my telephoto lens is good for some landscapes too! Here again, is the view down Mission Peak looking at the SF Bay Area. 

I thought the rock formation looked pretty interesting. So here is a photo of it.

There are many squirrels on Mission Peak. Here are photos of one first looking at me, then eating something. 

It is Spring here in the SF Bay Area. Flowers are blooming. Here is a photo of a Bermuda buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae) and a bug on it. 

Another Bermuda buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae) photo. 

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