Showing posts with label hansen park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hansen park. Show all posts

Monday, February 24, 2020

Venus In The Sky - Hansen Park - Pleasanton, CA (Cellphone Shot)

Yesterday night, my mom and I took a walk in Hansen Park in Pleasanton, CA. The planet Venus was glowing very brightly in the sky, and I decided to take a photo of it with my phone. My mom and I confirmed it was Venus via the Google Sky Map app for Android. You know it was glowing very bright because I'm night blind and I can only sort of see moderately bright light sources. In fact my camera was able to see more than I could. I only realized this after copying the photo onto my computer. I cheated a little taking this photo, my mom helped me position my hand. I'm night blind, I get to cheat a little. 😂

I know there will be questions about my vision loss. Let's start off by telling you what I can see at night. At night, I can generally see moderately to extremely bright light sources with limited to no depth perception (unless my photophobia acts up and I've got my dark sunglasses on). I can usually make educated guesses as to what the object might be by groups of lights (such as with cars, but I won't know how far it is from me), the brightness of the light (such as with street lights), and by the direction I'm looking in (such as with aeroplanes because I'm looking at the sky). My mom can also help me in this respect, I sometimes just ask her. Generally I can't see the stars in the sky. As for using Google Sky Map on Android, I used my remaining reading vision as best as I can, and my mom also helped me. My reading vision is impaired, but I can read small amounts of regular sized text at a crawl. I usually use the built-in screen reader because it makes things so much easier on a small device like a phone. I originally thought Venus was probably an aeroplane (because that is usually the only things in the sky I can sort of see at night along with the moon), but my mom said it wasn't moving. Generally if someone is with me on my walk (usually my mom), I'll point to something I'm interested in and ask.

Venus is the bright dot in the sky in the center of the photo.

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Full Moon Over Hansen Park - Pleasanton, CA (Cellphone Photos)

On September 23rd, 2018, I took a walk at night and saw the full moon. I took some cellphone photos of it over Hansen Park in Pleasanton, CA.




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Sunday, March 25, 2018

February/March Cellphone Photos

I was traveling a ton in February and March so I haven't had much time to post these cellphone photos I took. During the month I took photos from Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park, flowers in my backyard, Shark Fin Cove, and Del Valle Regional Park. Here are the photos I took. I also shot DSLR photos from Shark Fin Cove, and those photos will be coming soon.

Photos of snow in the San Francisco East Bay. You can see snow on the distant hills. Photo shot on February 27th in Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park in Sunol, CA. It was extremely cold for a couple days before the photo was shot so the San Francisco Bay Area saw some really rare snow. This has been one of the coldest winters I've experienced in the San Francisco Bay Area in almost two decades as a resident.

Peach tree flowers in my backyard. Photos from February 28th.

Sunset and clouds in Pleasanton, CA. Photo from March 3rd.

Clouds in Pleasanton, CA. Photo form March 4th.

Clouds and Hansen Park in Pleasanton, CA. Photo from March 4th.

Shark Fin Cove in Davenport, CA shot on March 5th. The area is also known as Davenport Cove, Shark Fin Beach, Shark Tooth Beach, and Shark Tooth Cove.

Flowers near Shark Fin Cove in Davenport, CA.

Close to sunset at Shark Fin Cove in Davenport, CA.

Flowers near Shark Fin Cove in Davenport, CA.

Flowers near Shark Fin Cove in Davenport, CA.

Sunset near Shark Fin Cove in Davenport, CA.

After Shark Fin Cove, I went to Kang Nam Tofu House in Milpitas, CA for dinner. I love this restaurant and I always pass by for food when I get the chance. They got something new in the restaurant now. A restaurant robot that brings food to you! Really cool. I'm a bit of a technology and robotics nerd.

Photos of Lake Del Valle in Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore, CA shot on March 11th.

Photo from my walk in Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore, CA.

Photos from my walk in Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore, CA.

Photos of Lake Del Valle in Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore, CA.

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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Pleasanton, CA & Cooking (Cellphone Photos)

I took some cellphone photos on a walk in Pleasanton, CA. Here are the photos I took, plus photos of me cooking that night.

 Giant mushroom on a tree.


Sunset from Hansen Park. 

Making Chinese stinky tofu in the backyard. 

The propane tank got so cold there is frost on it. It was easier to cook outside as our electric stove doesn't get hot enough.

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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

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.

 Black and white process of the photo above.

Orange glow of the sunset on clouds.

Black and white process of the photo above. 

Sunset in Pleasanton, CA.

Black and white process of the photo above. 

 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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