Lake Chabot Regional Park

I took a friend to Lake Chabot Regional Park a while back. Here are some photos from the trip. I didn't end up taking too many photos as it was too windy. Lake Chabot Regional Park is located in Castro Valley, California. If you are from the area, this park is a great exercise spot with lots of long trails! I hope you enjoy viewing these photos!

I meant to do the photos from my white water rafting trip today, but I ended up uploading these. >.< Sorry, been having a lot on my mind lately with school and stuff. School has been very stressful for me, which is why I ended up uploading the wrong photos after such a big delay in my posts. Oh well, please enjoy these, and I will upload those photos next time!

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Sticky Monkey Flower (Mimulus aurantiacus)

I'm not very sure on what flower this is. If anyone knows, please comment below!

California Towhee (Pipilo crissalis)

Wild blackberries in the park. This is a close up photo of its flower.

This is a close up photo of the blackberry. These berries are edible once it turns black or almost black. These berries in the photo is not very ripe yet. They taste very good! :) I've ate them before. Generally, in the wilderness, you should never eat any berries you don't recognize! They may be poisonous. These berries, I do recognize, told to me by a park ranger it's safe, and tried before so I know it's safe.

I usually don't do portrait shots, but I thought the tree's shape looked really cool and shooting it in portrait was the only way to get the most out of it. 

Some landscape of the lake.

Another shot of the lake from a different part of the park. I got some lens flares in this one...

This is all the photos for today. Hopefully I don't forget again, in the next post, I will have more photos from my white water rafting trip! I hope you have enjoyed viewing these photos for today. Please don't forget to share my blog posts with your friends! If you would like to get notifications next time I post, you can "Like" me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Augustin Bernal Park (HDR, Flowers, and Moon)

Today I have photos of landscape (HDR), flowers, and the moon taken at Augustin Bernal Park. Augustin Bernal Park is located in Pleasanton, CA. The hiking trail I was on is only open to Pleasanton residents and their guests.

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Low angle landscape photography of the pond near the trail. This is almost at the peak of the mountain. There are tiny fishes in the pond. 

Here is a HDR low angle shot of the trail. This took me quite a while to fix up in Photoshop as the shady part of the photo was too dark. Took me half an hour to mask and fix. 

Sticky Monkey Flower (Mimulus aurantiacus)
This type of flower is pretty common in the SF Bay Area and along California cost (I'm guessing). You will see more of this flower in my upcoming post on Point Lobos State Reserve. 

A photo of the moon to finish off the day that day. It wasn't full yet, but almost!

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