Lake Chabot Regional Park - Castro Valley, CA (Part 3)

From 7/16/2016 to 7/28/2016, I hit up three separate East Bay Regional Parks here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I visited Redwood Regional Park in Oakland, CA, Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont, CA, and Lake Chabot Regional Park in Castro Valley, CA. I have an annual pass this year, so I do plan on taking more photography trips to these parks. I want to exercise and get fit so I can do a camping trip up in the Sierras here in California sometime. I've been thinking about a trip like that for a while now. Not to mention, I really need to loose some weight. Enough about me though, I am here to share the photos I took at the parks with you guys. I will be splitting the photos into several parts. I also shot video on my East Bay Park trips. You can view my vlog with the videos here. I hope you enjoy.

Full Resolution Photos: If you want to see full resolution photos of any of the photos you see here, use the following links. If you wish to purchase prints of any of the photos, please contact me here. To view my best East Bay Regional Park photos, use this link. To see my best monochrome and abstract photos for 2016, use this link. To see all of my photos from Lake Chabot Regional Park, use this link.

Parts:

• Redwood Regional Park - Oakland, CA
• Coyote Hills Regional Park - Fremont, CA
• Lake Chabot Regional Park - Castro Valley, CA: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | 

I took a total of 3 trips during July to Lake Chabot Regional Park. I will be splitting my photos from the trips into 3 blog posts. In this blog post, I will show you the scenery photos I shot on 7/21/2016 and 7/28/2016.

Scenery of Lake Chabot. I will first begin with photos from 7/21/2016.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 33 N 122 06 08 W 

Scenery of Lake Chabot shot from Raccoon Point.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 42 N 122 06 03 W 

 Black and white process of the photo above.

Scenery of the forest shot on Live Oak Trail.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 49 N 122 05 32 W 

Scenery from Honker Bay Trail.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 51 N 122 05 30 W

 Black and white process of the photo above.

Scenery of marshland and Lake Chabot from Honker Bay Trail.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 44 N 122 05 51 W 

Black and white process of the photo above. 

Scenery of marshland and Lake Chabot from Honker Bay Trail. 

Black and white process of the photo above. 

Scenery of marshland and Lake Chabot from Honker Bay Trail. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 43 N 122 05 53 W

Scenery of Lake Chabot from Honker Bay Trail.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 47 N 122 06 11 W 

Black and white process of the photo above. 

Scenery of Lake Chabot from Honker Bay Trail.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 38 N 122 06 17 W 

Black and white process of the photo above. 

Scenery of Lake Chabot from Honker Bay Trail. On the right is Live Oak Island.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 36 N 122 06 22 W

A photo of eucalyptus trees from Honker Bay Trail.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 38 N 122 06 31 W

A photo of a forest of eucalyptus trees from Honker Bay Trail.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 43 N 122 06 29 W 

A photo of Honker Bay Trail and eucalyptus trees. 

A photo of a forest of eucalyptus trees from Honker Bay Trail.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 44 N 122 06 29 W 

A photo of Honker Bay Trail and Lake Chabot. This is the last photo from 7/21/2016.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 45 N 122 05 54 W

 Scenery of Lake Chabot shot from Raccoon Point. The rest of the photos are from 7/28/2016.

A photo of a fishing pier and Lake Chabot from Honker Bay Trail.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 38 N 122 06 17 W 

Black and white process of the photo above.

This is all the photos for today and for this chain of blog posts. I hope you have enjoyed the photos! 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:

• Redwood Regional Park - Oakland, CA
• Coyote Hills Regional Park - Fremont, CA
• Lake Chabot Regional Park - Castro Valley, CA: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | 

Yang Ming Shan National Park (阳明山国家公园) - Taiwan (台湾) 2011 (Part 3)

Last year, I made my first visit to Taiwan, R.O.C. I was very busy after I got back and never got a chance to look through them and pick out the photos I'm going to post. I finally took out enough time to finish, so... Here they are! I did not take many photo there as the tropical weather made me very sick. I will be splitting them into a total of 8 parts. I hope you enjoy viewing them!

我去年去台湾旅游了一次。我会把这些照片分成八章文章。

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 Taiwan photos, use this link. To see all of my Taiwan photos from this trip, use this link.

Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 

All photos from today is from Yang Ming Shan National Park (阳明山国家公园). This is only some of the photos I took in the park. The rest of the photos will be posted in the next blog post.

今天所有的照片是在阳明山国家公园拍的。我今天只有前面二十张照片。我后面几张照片会在下一个文章里登出来。

Yang Ming Shan National Park is one of the 8 national parks in Taiwan. The national park is located between Taipei City and New Taipei City. The park it self is a volcanic basin with hot springs, marshes, ponds, and steam vents. Locals go there often to bathe in the hot springs. They believe the hot spring water is good for your health and helps relieve stress.

After a long bus right from Taipei, this is where we stopped. Last station on the bus service.  

 Scenery

Near one of the visitor centers and gift shop.  

A beetle I spotted on the ground.  

A sign in one of the visitor centers. It shows the different wildlife in the park.  

This is one of the tourist attractions, but I forgot the name. If you know, tell me in the comments below! 

Road on the mountain. I thought it would make a good effect on the picture.  

So apparently I met this parakeet breeder there. She raises parakeets and sells them. Aren't they cute?  

The syringe contains a seed mixture for young birds.  

 The mountains are covered with dense vegetation.

The marsh areas are covered with boardwalks to make it easier on the tourists.  

Steam vents on the side of the mountain. 

That is all today. The hot spring photos will be coming in the next blog post. I hope you have enjoyed it! Also, if you know the name of the place I don't know, please tell me in the comments below! Please share the blog post with your friends! Thanks for viewing!

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A trip to Coyote Hills. (Part 2)

Like the title says, A trip to Coyote Hills. I didn't take that much pictures though.

Coyote Hills is located in Fremont, CA, USA. Today's pictures is going to be of the Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) and this other bird I don't know what it is.

If you missed Part 1, it can be found here.

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. View my best Coyote Hills photos here. View all of my 2010 Coyote Hills photos here. View my best 2010 and 2011 bird photos here.

Photography tip: For taking pictures of birds in flight, use the fastest shutter speed and take multiple shots. It might take some practice.

A trip to Coyote Hills. (Part 1)

Like the title says, A trip to Coyote Hills. I didn't take that much pictures though.

Coyote Hills is located in Fremont, CA, USA. Today's pictures is going to be of the Snowy Egret (Egretta thula).

Part 2 can be found here.

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. View my best Coyote Hills photos here. View all of my 2010 Coyote Hills photos here. View my best 2010 and 2011 bird photos here.

Picture taking tip: Always zoom in on birds instead of approaching them. Use a tripod if you have time.