Arroyo Del Valle Trail HDR Landscapes

These are HDR landscape shots of the (partially dried) stream on the Arroyo Del Valle Trail (the one I usually call Pleasanton Trail). Arroyo Del Valle Trail is located in Pleasanton, CA. It is a very long trail, and one of the entrances is near my house. I exercise and take photos there often. The photos were combined and touched up using Photoshop. The photos were taken at f/22.

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View from the bridge towards the direction of Hopyard Road.

This was my best photo that day. the sun was not blocked by a cloud when I took this photo. 

View from the bridge toward Highway 680.

 View from Highway 680 towards Hopyard. You can see the bridge in the distance. 

The lighting in this photo was the worst. :/ The darker area in this photo were really really dark before. That is the power of Photoshop! HAHA Took me an hour to mask and adjusting the lighting to get this result. 

Remember the bridge photos I took last time? You can see them in this blog post. Anyways, I thought it would be nice to experiment with HDR photography, and the scenery on the trail is great. So this is all the photos for today. Please share the blog post with your friends and family! I'll see you guys next time.

Arroyo Del Valle Trail Flowers, Plants, and Scenery

Continuing my chain of Pleasanton Trail photos, today, I have photos of plants, flowers, and scenery. I hope you enjoy! For people who are new to my blog, the Pleasanton Trail is actually the Arroyo Del Valle Trail. I nicknamed it Pleasanton Trail because it is a main walking trail in Pleasanton, and I could never remember how to spell or say the real name. Pleasanton is located in California.

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It is spring again, and new leaves are growing on trees. The new leaves is as beautiful as the flowers blooming.  

I tried to get the bees in the shot with the flower. Took a lot of effort, because I am like terrified of bees. :/ They seemed to be pretty friendly though, I didn't have to zoom in much, I was on my wide angle lens.

Approaching highway 680. 

After about 2 miles of walking, you come across a bridge and a stream (which turns out to be dried up on the end near the highway).

After following the stream for half a mile, there is another bridge. This end is full of water. 

Cherry Blossoms. Nice pink color. :D

樱花

桜 (Sakura) And yes, I know a little bit of Japanese. LOL Trying to learn that now. :) Kind of failing though...

This is all the photos I have for today. I don't know what I will post next time, but I still have a lot more photos to post so make sure you check back soon!