Windows XP "Bliss" Autumn Edition - Sonoma, CA

On 27 November 2022, my parents and I took a trip to Sonoma County, CA to see Windows XP's "Bliss Hill" and later we went to Napa Valley, CA to see autumn foliage. I took photos and video with my phone, and photos on my mirrorless camera. I hope you enjoy viewing my photos!

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Parts: Cellphone Photos | Mirrorless Photos

These photos were shot on my mirrorless camera at Windows XP's "Bliss Hill" in Sonoma County, CA. I also want to thank my photography friend Guido Bibra (his website) for helping me come up with a title for this blog post. It was his idea to call it the "Autumn Edition". 

Our first stop on the day trip was Windows XP's "Bliss Hill". This was the location where the most famous photograph in the world was captured. The default Window's XP wallpaper called "Bliss" was taken by Charles O'Rear in 1996 on the side of Fremont Drive in Sonoma, CA. The photo's original name was "Bucolic Green Hills" but was renamed "Bliss" after Microsoft purchased the rights to it. Since I already wrote a lengthy blog post on the default Windows XP wallpaper here, I'm going to keep it short in this blog post.

The approximate GPS coordinates (type into Google) of the photos in this blog post are 38° 14' 57 N, 122° 24' 37" W.

A scenery photo of a vineyard and autumn foliage shot on the side of Fremont Drive in Sonoma, CA. The photo was shot close to the location of the world famous default Windows XP wallpaper "Bliss".

A scenery photo of a vineyard and autumn foliage shot on the side of Fremont Drive in Sonoma, CA. The photo was shot close to the location of the world famous default Windows XP wallpaper "Bliss".

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After "Bliss Hill" in Sonoma, CA, we headed to Napa Valley, CA to see more autumn foliage. I think we were approximately 2 weeks too late so we didn't see anything particularly pretty or interesting. I was mostly in bed for a bit over a week due to nerve pain and migraines unfortunately. I only shot cellphone photos past this point on our day trip.

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Parts: Cellphone Photos | Mirrorless Photos

Autumn Foliage, Sunset, and Long Exposures - Pleasanton, CA

On November 5th and November 9th, 2017, I took my Panasonic LUMIX LX10 out for some photos. I took photos of autumn foliage, sunset, and some long exposures.

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Autumn foliage in Hansen Park in Pleasanton, CA.

 Autumn foliage in Pleasanton, CA.

Autumn foliage in Pleasanton, CA.

Autumn foliage in Hansen Park in Pleasanton, CA.

Sunset in Pleasanton, CA. I loved the color of the clouds.

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Orange glow of the sunset on clouds.

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Sunset in Pleasanton, CA.

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 Autumn foliage in Pleasanton, CA.

Long exposure of Arroyo Del Valle Creek shot along Arroyo Del Valle Trail in Pleasanton, CA. Yes, you can do long exposures on point-and-shoot cameras such as my Panasonic LUMIX LX10. I did have to use my Benro PocketPod PP1 to stabilize the shot for the long exposure. The rest of the photos were shot with the same setup.

Long exposure of Arroyo Del Valle Creek shot along Arroyo Del Valle Trail in Pleasanton, CA. Felt the rocks and the creek made a nice abstract shot.

Black and white process of the photo above. 

Long exposure of Arroyo Del Valle Creek shot along Arroyo Del Valle Trail in Pleasanton, CA. Felt the rocks and the creek made a nice abstract shot.

 Black and white process of the photo above.

Long exposures of cars driving by shot on the side of Hopyard Road in Pleasanton, CA.

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Pleasanton, CA Autumn Scenery (12/5/2016)

It is autumn in Pleasanton, CA. The trees around town turned quite orange a couple of weeks ago. On 12/5/2016, I went for an autumn foliage scenery shoot around town. In this blog post, you will get to see many autumn foliage scenes along with a few scenery photos from Arroyo Del Valle Trail.

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Autumn scenery from Hansen Park.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 12 N 121 53 33 W 

Black and white process of the photo above. 

Autumn scenery from Hansen Park.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 13 N 121 53 38 W 

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Autumn scenery in a residential neighborhood.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 17 N 121 53 43 W 

Black and white process of the photo above. 

Autumn scenery from Pleasanton Tennis & Community Park.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 33 N 121 53 51 W 

Autumn scenery from Pleasanton Tennis & Community Park. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 30 N 121 54 01 W

Autumn scenery in Pleasanton.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 16 N 121 53 21 W 

Autumn scenery in a residential neighborhood.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 39 57 N 121 53 15 W 

Black and white process of the photo above. 

Autumn scenery in a residential neighborhood. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 39 57 N 121 53 16 W

Photo of the Arroyo Del Valle Creek shot on Arroyo Del Valle Trail.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 39 57 N 121 52 38 W 

Forest scenery shot along Arroyo Del Valle Trail.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 39 56 N 121 52 33 W 

Scenery photo of the trail tracks which crosses over Arroyo Del Valle Trail and Arroyo Del Valle Creek.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 39 56 N 121 52 35 W

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Pleasanton Autumn Foliage & Mushrooms (11/28/2016)

Last month, I went on a photo shoot of autumn foliage and mushrooms around Pleasanton, CA. It is that time of the year again, and after some rain storms, the mushrooms began to grow too. I would have shared these photos earlier, but I have been quite busy since the past month so I didn't get around to processing the photos until recently. I hope you enjoy though. The photos in this blog post is shot on 11/28/2016. All of the photos in this post was shot with the help of a Canon 600EX-RT Speedlite.

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Mushrooms 

Mushrooms

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Mushrooms

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Mushrooms & Autumn Foliage

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Mushrooms & Autumn Foliage

Black and white process of the photo above. 

Mushrooms & Autumn Foliage

Black and white process of the photo above.

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