San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge - Vernalis, CA

On 3 February 2024, my parents and I took a trip to San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge in Vernalis, CA. I took a couple photos with my Canon DSLR. I hope you enjoy viewing the photos.

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I struggled quite a bit that day with wildlife photos. Not only have I not done wildlife photos for many years now (since the vision loss), I think I might be due for another treatment session. I haven't done another session of the experimental treatment for Visual Snow Syndrome since I caught COVID as I'm still feeling somewhat shitty from long COVID. My vision was pretty crappy that day, and my response times were super slow. The other reason for the lack of photos was due to the lack of wildlife sightings. I'm not sure if it was just because I had trouble seeing them, or all of them were hiding from the recent rainstorms, but I was able to hear them.

A photo of 3 mushrooms.

American Coots (Fulica americana)

American Coot (Fulica americana)

American Coot (Fulica americana)

American Coot (Fulica americana)

American Coot (Fulica americana)

A photo of 2 Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) in flight.

A photo of 2 Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) in flight.

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Bay Area Pet Fair (High Speed Photos) - 9/17/2017

The Bay Area Pet Fair took place September 2017 on the 16th and 17th at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, CA. I attended the event on the 17th and did some event photography. It was really fun seeing all the cute animals. The photos will be divided in parts between the high speed photos and the other photos. I hope you enjoy viewing the photos.

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This part is of the high speed photos. The other photos from the event can be viewed here. In this part, I have high speed photos from Splash Dogs. It is of dogs jumping into a pool of water.

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Birds - Fremont Central Park (Part 1) - Fremont, CA

As you guys know, ever since I moved out of Fremont, CA, I haven't visited Central Park (Lake Elizabeth) much after. I recently took a few trips there and shot a lot of wildlife photos. I will be splitting the photos into 4 blog posts.

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Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 

The photos for the blog post today are shot on 12/31/2014 and 1/2/2015. It is all photos of birds.

A photo of a seagull in flight.  

Black and white process of the photo above.  

Seagull 

 Black and white process of the photo above.  

 Seagull

Black and white process of the photo above.   

Seagull 

 Black and white process of the photo above.  

Mallard Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) and American Coot (Fulica americana)

The female one is on the left. The two in the center is male. On the right is the American Coot. 

 Mallard Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos)

Black and white process of the photo above.   

American Coot (Fulica americana) 

 Black and white process of the photo above.  

American Coot (Fulica americana) 

Black and white process of the photo above.   

American Coot (Fulica americana) 

Black and white process of the photo above.  

These are all the photos for today. I will continue with more photos from Central Park in the next post. 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 | 3 | 4 | 

Seagulls in Shadow Cliffs Regional Park (Pleasanton, CA)

A few month back I visited Shadow Cliff Regional Park in Pleasanton, CA and took a few photos. I am here to show the seagull photos I took while in the park. Shadow Cliff Regional Park is a great place for bird watching, fishing, and also picnicking. For photographers, there are usually many birds (especially seagulls and geese) to photograph. During spring, there are also some wildflowers in the park. I find a walk in the park is pretty nice now and then.

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Tip: I shot a few photos of a bird in flight using continuous shutter. Those few photos are best viewed via a slideshow. Just click on the first photo of the sequence and the slideshow should load.

The seagull got a bit startled when I brought my camera out. It was going to fly away so I quickly took a shot of it with its wings up.  

Since the seagull was quite some distance from the shore, I guess it figured out I won't be able to reach it. It calmed down and posed for another shot. :P I think the thing it is standing on is for measuring the depth of the water.  

More seagulls on the sandy beach area of the park. As you can see there are many seagulls at the park.  

 Shot a 1 photo of a seagull in flight. Didn't get my settings quite right for this one, which is why I only had one shot. Below is my sequence of shots I did when the settings were right.

The rest of the photos are of the continuous shutter shots I did of a seagull in flight over the lake. Click the first photo of the sequence to bring up a slideshow.

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