Pinnacles National Park, CA (Cellphone Photos)

On December 30th, 2017, I took a trip to Pinnacles National Park in California. For this trip, I only took cellphone photos as I was tired from my travels lately. Here are the photos I took in the national park.

Rock formations in the park.

Inside one of the talus caves of the park.

Inside one of the talus caves of the park. Lighting provided by a Nitecore TM06S.

Inside one of the talus caves of the park. Lighting provided by a Nitecore TM06S.

Inside one of the talus caves of the park.

Bear Gulch Reservoir

Bear Gulch Reservoir

Bear Gulch Reservoir

Rock formations in the park.

Scenery in the park.

Rock formations in the park.

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.

Sutro Baths & Ocean Beach Sunset - San Francisco, CA (Part 7)

I recently took two trips to San Francisco, CA visiting different places and taking photos. I went to many tourist attraction areas, some lesser known places, and took quite some street photography. I am here to share with you the photos that I took on these trips. The photos I took will be split across 7 blog posts. Day 1 of my trip in San Francisco took place on 1/27/2016, and day 2 of my trip in San Francisco took place on 2/1/2016.

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Today I have sunset photos from Ocean Beach and Sutro Baths. These photos are Day 2 shot on 2/1/2016.

A sunset photo from Ocean Beach. Ocean Beach is a beach on the west side of San Francisco. As you can see from this photo, this location is great for viewing the sunset. I personally prefer Sutro Baths for viewing sunset (which is close by). The rest of the photos in this blog post is from Sutro Baths. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 46 28 N 122 30 42 W 

A sunset photo at Sutro Baths. On the left is Cliff House. The Sutro Baths have had a long and interesting history in San Francisco. The Sutro Baths were a large, privately owned salt water swimming pool complex that was built in 1896. At the time, this was a flourishing business, however as time went on, business died down, and the owners had to sell the place. The later owners began demolishing the complex, but the rest of the complex was burned down in a big fire in 1967 and both the project and the land was quickly abandoned. The ruins of Sutro Baths is now a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and has been so since 1973. This place is wonderful to visit not only for the history, but also (as I have mentioned earlier) for the wonderful sunset views. Sutro Baths offers many great photo opportunities. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 46 48 N 122 30 42 W

A sunset photo at Sutro Baths. I believe this maybe one of my best sunset photos ever.
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 46 50 N 122 30 47 W 

Black and white process of the photo above. 

I hiked down to Sutro Baths and took a low angled sunset photo. I noticed there were some really nice wild grass growing and thought they would make a great foreground for a low angle sunset photo. Anyways, while taking this photo I managed to accidentally loose my jade bracelet... There was a piece of grass that was really out of place in my shot so I quickly grabbed it, ripped it out, and I just swung my arm back to throw it away. The momentum caused my jade bracelet to also slip off. I did take some time and tried to find it but I ended up failing even with the aid of my super bright Nitecore flashlight. I'm guessing it probably got lost in some grass and plants and due to the green color of the jade, it blended in. It wasn't worth much anyways as it was really cheap grade jade beads, and I did already get a replacement so everything is good. Anyways, if you are a tourist or another photographer and you manage to find it, please email me here! Haha! Any locals want to take on the challenge? :D

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 46 49 N 122 30 48 W 

 Black and white process of the photo above.

A long exposure sunset photo from Sutro Baths. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 46 51 N 122 30 51 W 

Black and white process of the photo above. 

A long exposure sunset photo shot inside the cave at Sutro Baths. The cave walls were lit up using my super bright Nitecore flashlight. If you are a photographer that does night photography a lot, I recommend you get one of these (or at least a flashlight with a similar output). This really comes in handy at night. This 4000 lumen flashlight of mine practically turns night into day! You can see my YouTube video on this particular model here. Not only is it great for light painting objects during your night time long exposures, but it is also great for photographing caves, helping you find stuff you dropped in the dark (the scenario I detailed earlier was a special case as the jade blended in with the foliage), taking walks at night, camping, and a great backup light source in a middle of a power failure. I've had this flashlight for over half a year now and haven't regretted my purchase yet! 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 46 50 N 122 30 50 W

This is all the photos for today and for this San Francisco, CA series! 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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Sea Lions Caves and Florence (Part 2) - Oregon Coast

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 continue my photos from Florence, Oregon and the Sea Lion Caves. This is part 2 of Florence, Oregon. If you want to see part 1, just go to the previous post. The photos from Sea Lion Caves for today are from the lower observation cave. The photos for today are also the last of my photos from day 3. Next time, I will continue with photos from day 4.

Here is a long exposure from the lower observation cave. 

A photo of one of the sea lion islands you can see from the cave. I did a black and white process too because I thought it looked a lot like fast film. The noise was due to the lack of light and high ISO setting. I really had to push the ISO up really high to get a decent shot.

A few more photos of the sea lions. 

Here is a long exposure shot at ISO 100. It was very dark inside.

Another photo of the sea lions with a black and white process. 

Another few photos of the sea lions.

Now I went to another view point in the lower observation cave and shot a photo of the Heceta Head Lighthouse off in the distance. 

A black and white process of the photo above. 

A portrait shot of the scenery. I thought the cave walls on the side made a nice frame.

Now back up at the upper observatory deck, I shot a few photos of the scenery in the Sea Lion Caves with a black and white process. 

Still at the upper observation deck, I got a photo of the elevator down to the lower observation cave and a photo of the Heceta Head Lighthouse off in the distance. I also did a black and white process of this photo. 

I left the Sea Lion Caves and headed towards the Heceta Head Lighthouse. It was too long of a hike and we were in a rush so I just shot a photo near the parking lot. This is in the Siuslaw National Forest. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 44 08 06 N 124 07 23 W

These are all the photos for today and for day 3. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I have more photos from Oregon's Coast from day 4. 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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Fort Point and Sutro Baths in San Francisco, CA

I know it has been a while but all of these photos were taken on the day of the Blue Angels air show in San Francisco. You can see those photos here. Today, I have photos (both HDR and regular shots) from Fort Point and Sutro Baths of San Francisco, CA. I also have a few bird photos. Hope you enjoy.

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I think this might be an Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis). Not too sure.

Seagull

Seagull

One of the tunnels at Fort Point. 

Sutro Baths (The Cave). The cave with lit by my Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT, but still used a fairly long exposure.

HDR of the tunnel.

HDR of the tunnel facing the other way. 

Hole in the wall. Ocean under it. I'm guessing the cave floods during high tide. I did see some puddles in the cave, and the ground was kind of wet. 

The other side of the tunnel. Just some rocks and then the ocean. Can't proceed anymore as there is a chain saying keep back. 

Here is a shot outside of the tunnel. A "natural bridge" formation on the right, and the restaurant/visitor center of Cliff House on the left. 

Here is a shot of the "natural bridge" formation and the rocks. This was shot with no filters. 

Same scene as above but now with a ND filter. See how the ND filter extended the exposure and smoothed out the ocean? One great benefit of having an ND filter, but you do need a tripod for these shots. 

Here is another ND filter shot of the ocean scenery. 

Forgot why I took another shot, but here it is. LOL

Sunset over Sutro Baths. 

I hope you have enjoyed these photos from Fort Point and Sutro Baths. If you plan on visiting San Francisco sometimes, you should definitely check out these 2 places. The scenery is beautiful. Although access to Cliff House might be challenging to the disabled and the elderly as there are a lot of stairs to go up and down on (pretty sure you get my point). 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.