Clifton Court Forebay - Byron, CA

On May 27, 2016, I went cherry picking out in Brentwood, CA and pass by Clifton Court Forebay in Byron, CA afterwards to take some photos. I am here to share with you the photos I took today.

As for why I am only posting these photos now, if you have watched my June vlog, you would know I got my wisdom teeth pulled and I had a pretty busy month, so I didn't have a lot of time to process my photos. I am finally done though, so I can finally share them with you guys.

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A photo of Clifton Court Forebay, clouds, mountains, and the strip of land across from the strip of land I was standing on.
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 50 00 N 121 35 35 W 

Clifton Court Forebay

 Black and white process of the photo above.

Clifton Court Forebay and the strip of land I was standing on. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 50 02 N 121 35 37 W 

Clifton Court Forebay, clouds, mountains, and the strip of land I was standing on. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 50 06 N 121 35 36 W 

Black and white process of the photo above.

This is all the photos for today. 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.

Day Trips, Flight Planning, Intersexed Individuals - May 2016 Vlog

In this vlog, I take you along a few day trips where I took photos and a walk I did where I talk about various things. 

In this vlog:

• My preparations before an aerial and ground based photo shoot. 
• Clifton Court Forebay - Byron, CA 
• Briones Resevoir (East Bay Mud Park) - Orinda, CA
• A talk about my recently aerial photo and video shoots at Shoreline Park in Mountain View, CA and Discovery Bay, CA. 
• A walk along the creeks and trails of Pleasanton while I plan how I will do my aerial photo and video shoot here. I also do a talk about trips I want to take, aerial photo and video shoots I want to do, intersexed individuals like myself, LGBT individuals, my cousin potentially visiting me in the US this summer, and why I don't want to visit China anytime soon. 

Links:

• Clifton Court Forebay (DSLR Photos)
• Discovery Bay, CA (Aerial Video)
• Discovery Bay, CA (Aerial Photos)
• East Bay MUD Park (Aerial Photos)
• Pleasanton, CA (Aerial Photos)
• Shoreline Park - Mountain View, CA (Aerial Photos)
• Valle Vista Staging Area (EBMUD)(DLSR Photos)
• Briones Overlook Staging Area (EBMUD)(DSLR Photos): Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |

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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.