Beetle Rock (Part 7) - Sequoia & King's Canyon NP (2014)

I recently took a trip to Sequoia and King's Canyon National Park (the two parks are connected). I had a great time photographing many scenery and enjoying the beauty of nature both inside the two national parks and out in Sequoia National Forest. Through this chain of blog posts, I will be showing photos of natural scenery, mountains, meadows, forests, wildlife, and the wonderful trees of the parks. I will also be giving some travel advice into the park as I know some of you viewers are probably looking at this to try to plan a trip to the parks. In these parks, is one of the world's largest species of trees, the Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum). I will also have a few photos of the world's most massive tree the General Sherman Tree in blog posts to come. I hope you enjoy viewing this chain of blog posts!

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To view my best photos from this trip, use this link. To see all of my photos from this trip, use this link.

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Today I continue my photos from day two. These are photos from Beetle Rock with one photo from near the Giant Forest Museum of the Sentinel Tree.

First scenery shot at Beetle Rock. 

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 36 33 52 N 118 46 33 W  

 A black and white process of the photo above.

Another scenery shot of the giant rock face and the forest. Shot from the same spot as above. 

 A black and white process of the photo above.

More photos of the rock face. 

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 36 33 51 N 118 46 34 W  

 A black and white process of the photo above.

A fallen tree at Beetle Rock. 

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 36 33 50 N 118 46 35 W  

 A black and white process of the photo above.

A tree on Beetle Rock. 

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 36 33 50 N 118 46 36 W  

The scenery of the forest at Beetle Rock. You are probably wondering why it is so cloudy... It is probably raining out in the distance as after taking these shots, it started raining at Beetle Rock. Lucky for me my camera is weather sealed so I didn't mind getting a bit of rain on it as I walked back to the car. 

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 36 33 50 N 118 46 37 W  

A black and white process of the photo above.

More scenery shots from Beetle Rock. Photo shot at the same location as above. 

I got a close up shot of a tree at Beetle Rock, and walked back to my car as the rain was raining down heavier. 

A black and white process of the photo above.

A photo of the Sentinel Tree near the Giant Forest Museum. The tree is a Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum). 

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 36 33 53 N 118 46 22 W  

These are all the photos for today. Next time I continue with more photos from Sequoia National Park at the General Sherman Tree area. 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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Moro Rock (Part 6) - Sequoia & King's Canyon NP (2014)

I recently took a trip to Sequoia and King's Canyon National Park (the two parks are connected). I had a great time photographing many scenery and enjoying the beauty of nature both inside the two national parks and out in Sequoia National Forest. Through this chain of blog posts, I will be showing photos of natural scenery, mountains, meadows, forests, wildlife, and the wonderful trees of the parks. I will also be giving some travel advice into the park as I know some of you viewers are probably looking at this to try to plan a trip to the parks. In these parks, is one of the world's largest species of trees, the Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum). I will also have a few photos of the world's most massive tree the General Sherman Tree in blog posts to come. I hope you enjoy viewing this chain of blog posts!

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To view my best photos from this trip, use this link. To see all of my photos from this trip, use this link.

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Today I continue my photos from day two. These are the rest of my photos from Moro Rock.

Message From The Photographer: College classes has started for me today, so I may or may not post every day. I am not abandoning anything, but whether I can write and post depends on if I have time in the morning or not.

 More scenery shots from Moro Rock. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 36 32 44 N 118 45 56 W  

A black and white process of the photo above. 

Now I get to the top, the farthest point you can go on Moro Rock and got a few scenery shots there. 

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 36 32 41 N 118 45 55 W  

 A black and white process of the photo above.

Angled my camera down to get a good shot of Generals Highway (SR-198) below. Generals Highway is the main road through Sequoia National Park.  

It was a pretty cloudy day.  

  A black and white process of the photo above.

Another scenery shot on top of Moro Rock.  

 A black and white process of the photo above.     

A panorama shot at the farthest point you can go on Moro Rock.  

I did one final panorama as I headed down Moro Rock. 

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 36 32 44 N 118 45 56 W  

These are all the photos for today. Next time I continue with more photos from Sequoia National Park at Beetle Rock. 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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Yosemite Cedar Lodge/SR-140 - Yosemite National Park (Part 4)

Yosemite National Park is a national park located in California that stretches eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in the central eastern portion of California and covers around 761,268 acres or 3,080.74 km² of land. Yosemite National Park is best known for its waterfalls, deep valleys, grand meadows, giant sequoias, giant wilderness area, and much more. I, personally, love Yosemite National Park. I think it is very beautiful and is a great place for photographs. I also happen to live in the SF Bay Area which isn't very far from it! I try to make at least 1 trip almost every year to the park. I visited the park several month ago and I am here to show you some of the photos I took in the park as well as some photos I took on the way into the park from the SF Bay Area. These photos will be divided over several blog posts. I hope you enjoy the photos! Also, I have route information recorded using a Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver. If you are planning a similar trip to Yosemite National Park and would like to see the route I took, feel free to email me at the email address I provided on my "About the Photographer" page for a copy. I can provide you the route information in Google Earth KMZ, Canon NMEA, and GPX formats. If you would like to get notifications when I do post, you can Like/Follow me on the following fan pages: Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.

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Now let's introduce you to the photos for today. The photos for today was from the 2nd day of my trip. Some of the photos will be from near Yosemite Cedar Lodge, and the others will be on my drive into Yosemite National Park. If you would like to read my review on Yosemite Cedar Lodge, please view my previous post.

 Yosemite Cedar Lodge and SR-140. Morning fog rolling in, so I decided to take a shot. Wish there was a bit more fog though. That would have made an even better shot. 

View of Stanislaus National Forest from Yosemite Cedar Lodge. More morning fog.  

The Merced River facing towards Yosemite National Park. When I saw this in the morning, I was hoping "Please don't rain". Luckily it didn't, however it was pretty cloudy that day.  

View of Stanislaus National Forest from Yosemite Cedar Lodge. More morning fog.  

Photo of SR-140 near Indian Flat RV Park. On the left is some Redbud (Cercis canadensis). On the right is SR-140. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 39 41 N 119 50 54 W

 Close up shot of the Redbud (Cercis canadensis) on the side of SR-140 above. 

 Close up shot of the Redbud (Cercis canadensis) on the side of SR-140 above. 

Shot of Merced River from a picnic area.

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 39 43 N 119 50 46 W

Shot of Merced River from a picnic area.

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 39 43 N 119 50 46 W 

Shot of Merced River from a picnic area.

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 39 43 N 119 50 48 W 

 Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii)

Photo taken at a different location on Foresta Road in El Portal, CA near the National Park Services Administrative and Maintenance building. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 11 N 119 48 58 W 

View of Merced River on Foresta Road.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 09 N 119 49 01 W  

 View of Merced River on Foresta Road.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 10 N 119 49 02 W

View of Stanislaus National Forest from Foresta Road.

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 11 N 119 49 01 W

A shot of the National Park Services Administrative and Maintenance building on Foresta Road.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 11 N 119 48 57 W

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed them. Next time I will have more photos of driving into Yosemite National Park and the entrance area of Yosemite National Park. 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.

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Father Crowley Point/Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes - Death Valley National Park (Part 4)

At the end of November last year (2012), I took a trip to Death Valley National Park. This is the second trip there in my life. The 1st time I went, I was still a little kid, and I didn't start taking photos yet. This time, I have a pro camera and I am ready to shoot the scenery. Death Valley National Park is known for its "out of this world" scenery, UFO sightings, and many other things. The desert is a very mysterious and beautiful place. In this chain of blog posts, I will be showing you mainly photos of Death Valley National Park, but also photos from surrounding areas like The Mojave Desert, Alabama Hills, and Rhyolite Ghost Town. I have picked out over 400 photos from my trip to show you guys and I will be dividing them into many blog posts. Unlike blog  post chains before, I obviously can't put a link of ever blog post on every single blog post, so instead, I will do the same thing I did for my Yellowstone National Park photos before, by sticking a link of the Next and Previous post on each blog post instead.

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Message from the Photographer: Happy Chinese New Year people! 新年快乐！恭喜发财，红包拿来！:P For those of you who can't read Chinese, it says: Happy New Years! Gong Hay Fat Choy, Bring me red envelope. Anyways, so I had guests over yesterday to celebrate so I didn't find much time to write up a blog post, plus I got 2 tests coming up in class so I have to really start reviewing. But before I do, here is a blog post for you people since I didn't post yesterday.

Today I have the rest of the photos from Father Crowley Point, photos from Mesquite Dunes, and a few photos I shot on the road to Scotty's Castle. I will not begin my Scotty's Castle photos until next time. Hope you enjoy.

There are a lot of abandoned mineral minds in Death Valley National Park. Look at the red dirt on the ground. Must be full of minerals.  

Father Crowley Point 

 Father Crowley Point

A shot of the highway in Death Valley National Park as I head to Mesquite Dunes.  

Here is Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes! What a lot of people think the desert is. Just filled with sand. Lots and lots of sand. But this is only part of the desert. 

 Here is a panorama at Mesquite Dunes. The lighting changed dramatically (due to the clouds moving) when I shot this so the colors ended up a little bit awkward when I combined them. 

 More Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes.

I wanted to get a low angle shot of the place. Got a bit too low I guess. The front part of the sand is blurred out.  

Vegetation in the desert. Even in the sand.  

More vegetation in the desert.  

Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes

Animal foot prints in the desert sand.  The desert is full of life. 

On the drive to Scotty's Castle. I didn't take my photos on the route because I was a bit late! Trying to get there before the last tour of the day! LOL I got there in time by the way. :) First time when I went to Death Valley National Park (when I was still a kid) we didn't know the closing time for Scotty's Castle. We got there when it was dark and the ranger was like we are closed. HAHA I was happy I got a tour this time. 

Another shot of the highway. 

These are all the photos for today! I hope you have enjoyed viewing them! Like I said last time, I have 70 photos from Scotty's Castle, so I will begin those immediately next time. It will span over several parts. I hope you have enjoyed these shots for today. 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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