Showing posts with label fireworks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fireworks. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Milpitas Independence Day 2014 (Part 2)

Independence Day, or Fourth of July, is a federal holiday where Americans celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence in July 4th, 1776 which declared the US independence from Great Britain. Many Americans (and non-Americans) celebrate by shooting off and watching fireworks, having barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, and many other activities.  I spent the 2014 4th of July at the Milpitas Sports Center in Milpitas, CA. I took photos of the fireworks, the event, and some scenery. I will be splitting the photos of this event into two blog posts.

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Parts: 1 | 2 |

 More fireworks photos.


  More fireworks photos.


  More fireworks photos.


 More fireworks photos.

These are all the photos for today and from the event. 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 Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Parts: 1 | 2 |

Monday, July 7, 2014

Milpitas Independence Day 2014 (Part 1)

Independence Day, or Fourth of July, is a federal holiday where Americans celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence in July 4th, 1776 which declared the US independence from Great Britain. Many Americans (and non-Americans) celebrate by shooting off and watching fireworks, having barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, and many other activities.  I spent the 2014 4th of July at the Milpitas Sports Center in Milpitas, CA. I took photos of the fireworks, the event, and some scenery. I will be splitting the photos of this event into two 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 see my best event photos, use this link. To see all of my event photos, use this link.

Parts: 1 | 2 |

Lining up to go in.  

Inside at the event.  

Setting up for a small concert at the park.  

 Baseball field I'm guessing. 


Sunset time! 

Another photo of sunset.  

 Some fireworks going off really far away. That wasn't from this event. 


 Now for firework photos from this event. These are all long exposures. 


More firework photos. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I will post up the rest of the photos I took at the event. 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.

Parts: 1 | 2 |

Friday, July 5, 2013

Foster City Independence Day 2013 (Fireworks)

Independence Day, or Fourth of July, is a federal holiday where Americans celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence in July 4th, 1776 which declared the US independence from Great Britain. Many Americans (and non-Americans) celebrate by shooting off and watching fireworks, having barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, political speeches, and many other activities. I spent the 2013 4th of July in Leo J. Ryan Park at Foster City, CA. I took photos of the fireworks, the event, and some scenery. I will be splitting the photos of this event into several blog posts. If you would like to see 2012 (last year) fireworks show in Foster City, you can check it out here.

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Parts: Fireworks | Seagulls | Event Photos Part 1 | Event Photos Part 2 | Long Exposures and Sunset Part 1 | Long Exposures and Sunset Part 2 | 

Today I have photos of the fireworks show. The rest of the photos I took at the event will come up later in this chain of posts. All photos today was shot at ISO 100 at 16mm with my Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM II Lens. In order to take these photos, I set the camera on Bulb mode, and used a 3rd party intervalometer.

Message from the Photographer: Because a lot of people would want to see the fireworks photos, I will be taking a break from my San Francisco Pier 39 photos. I will continue those after I exhaust my photos from the Foster City Independence Day celebration.

f/16, 135 seconds 

f/13, 107 seconds 

 f/10, 37 seconds 
I accidentally cut this one short, I thought 1.5 minutes passed. Slight math mistake on my end.

f/16, 121 seconds 

f/16, 150 seconds 

 f/16, 129 seconds

 f/ 16, 121 seconds

f/10, 75 seconds 

f/10, 60 seconds 

 f/13, 86 seconds

 f/10, 79 seconds

 f/13, 102 seconds

f/13, 120 seconds 

f/13, 120 seconds

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I will post up the other photos I took at the event. 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.

Parts: Fireworks | Seagulls | Event Photos Part 1 | Event Photos Part 2 | Long Exposures and Sunset Part 1 | Long Exposures and Sunset Part 2 | 

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

200 Blog Posts Celebration!

It has been about 2 years since I started this blog and started sharing my photos with the world. I am happy to say that I have now posted a total of 200 blog posts so far (201 once this one is posted). I would like to take this time to thank all of my fans out there that made it happen and helped me keep doing what I do. There was a period back then when I was about to give up on photography, but one special fan of mine, found me on Facebook, and told me to keep posting because my photos are amazing. You know who you are. ;) If it wasn't for you, I would have probably abandoned this blog then along with my hobby as a photographer. I would also like to thank the people who purchased things on Amazon through the Amazon Associates links I have all over this blog. The money I make from those ads do help me quite a lot in covering the costs of maintenance and for my photography equipment. It is your guy's work that help me buy storage space to store all these photos in. I guess that is all I have to say really, I am not very good at these things sadly. LOL So I hope all of you will continue checking out my blog and enjoy viewing the amazing photos I take!

If you are new here and enjoy my photos, please do take note that I have fan pages on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. You can "Like" or Follow on any of those and you will get notifications as I post up new photos. You don't have to if you don't want to, but I'd appreciate it if you do. :) If you scroll up and look on the right side bar at the top, you can also find the links there. 

我这个博客已经有两年了。两年前我在这上面个全世界的人看我的照片。我高兴的跟我的粉丝说我已经写了两百文章了!我很感谢有这么多人来看我的照片。我的中文没有那么好,所以我没办法翻译所有的英文。

I'm not about to let the blog post stop here. Here is some of the best photos I have taken so far all these years. :) Well, I already picked out my best photos before posting them on this blog, but I guess you can call these the best of the best photos. If you want to "slideshow" through the photos in the post, just click on the first photo and the slideshow feature should be brought up.

下面是我拍的一些最好的找片!

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Glacier Point at Yosemite National Park. 
Original Blog Post Date: May 25, 2010

Sunset in Central Park
Original Blog Post Date: May 27, 2010

Forget-me-nots (Myosotis latifolia)
Redwood Regional Park in California.
Original Blog Post Date: June 6, 2010
Original Blog Post Link

Jellyfishes at The Aquarium Of The Bay 
Pier 39 in San Francisco, CA
Original Blog Post Date: July 30, 2010

Sunrise over Mono Lake
Lee Vining, CA
Original Blog Post Date: August 17, 2010

Bisons at Yellowstone National Park
Original Blog Post Date: October 7, 2010

Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park
Original Blog Post Date: November 30, 2010

Twin Falls County Centennial Waterfront Park
Twin Falls County in Idaho, CA.
Original Blog Post Date: January 14, 2011
Original Blog Post Link

Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco, CA
Original Blog Post Date: January 26, 2011

California Saxifrage (Saxifraga californica)
Quarry Lakes in Fremont, CA.
Original Blog Post Date: March 20, 2011
Original Blog Post Link

Squirrel eating cracker
Central Park in Fremont, CA.
Original Blog Post Date: November 16, 2011

Sunset during Half Moon Bay mega low tide.
Half Moon Bay, CA
Original Blog Post Date: December 3, 2011

Fall Leaves
Alliance Redwoods Conference Grounds in Occidental, CA
Original Blog Post Date: December 6, 2011

 Squirrel
Arroyo Del Valle Trail in Pleasanton, CA
Original Blog Post Date: December 11, 2011

Turkey in flight
Near Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore, CA.
Original Blog Post Date: December 15, 2011

Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
Lake Tahoe, CA
Original Blog Post Date: January 2, 2012

Lake Tahoe, CA
Original Blog Post Date: January 6, 2012

Lake Tahoe, CA
Original Blog Post Date: January 7, 2012

Lake Tahoe, CA
Original Blog Post Date: January 7, 2012

Lake Tahoe, CA
Original Blog Post Date: January 7, 2012

Lake Tahoe, CA
Original Blog Post Date: January 10, 2012

 A squirrel standing erect.... Literally.
Arroyo Del Valle Trail in Pleasanton, CA.
Original Blog Post Date: May 5, 2012

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
My front yard
 Original Blog Post Date: May 27, 2012
Original Blog Post Link

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
My front yard
Original Blog Post Date: May 30, 2012
Original Blog Post Link

Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
My back yard
Original Blog Post Date: June 29, 2012
Original Blog Post Link

4th of July Fireworks
Foster City, CA
Original Blog Post Date: July 5, 2012

Sunset over Foster City
Original Blog Post Date: July 8, 2012

Western Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
Point Lobos State Reserve in Monterey, CA.
Original Blog Post Date: July 10, 2012
Original Blog Post Link

Point Lobos State Reserve in Monterey, CA.
Original Blog Post Date: July 16, 2012

Monterey Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja latifolia)
Point Lobos State Reserve in Monterey, CA.
Original Blog Post Date: July 14, 2012

George's Birds
Fisherman's Wharf at Monterey, CA
Original Blog Post Date: July 29, 2012

Fisherman's Wharf at Monterey, CA
Original Blog Post Date: August 4, 2012

Wow! What a long blog post! As you can tell this post has already gotten a bit long and out of hand. I had more great photos I wanted to add to this post, but I had to skip over or you'd have trouble loading the article on your computer! HAHA Well anyways, thank you guys for your support. If you are new here and enjoy my photos, please do take note that I have fan pages on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. You can "Like" or Follow on any of those and you will get notifications as I post up new photos. I hope you have enjoyed this special post, and as always, please keep checking back for new photos and also please share my blog posts with your friends! 

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