Mule Deer - Odocoileus hemionus (Part 11) - Sequoia & King's Canyon NP (2014)

I recently took a trip to Sequoia and King's Canyon National Park (the two parks are connected). I had a great time photographing many scenery and enjoying the beauty of nature both inside the two national parks and out in Sequoia National Forest. Through this chain of blog posts, I will be showing photos of natural scenery, mountains, meadows, forests, wildlife, and the wonderful trees of the parks. I will also be giving some travel advice into the park as I know some of you viewers are probably looking at this to try to plan a trip to the parks. In these parks, is one of the world's largest species of trees, the Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum). I will also have a few photos of the world's most massive tree the General Sherman Tree in blog posts to come. I hope you enjoy viewing this chain of blog posts!

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Today I continue with my photos from day three. Driving down from Panoramic Point in King's Canyon National Park, I spotted a few Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) on the side of the road. I stopped for some photos of them.

This right here is a fawn (baby deer). 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 36 44 45 N 118 57 34 W  

Here is the mother in the center of the photo and one of her fawns on the left.  

 Another few shots of the Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus).

 Did a few more photos of the fawn.

There was a total of three fawns. Only managed to get two of them in this photo. I saw three of them but the third one went to go hide somewhere. I ended up getting a photo of the mother and two fawns. 

Another photo of the mother.  

Last photo of the deer before they ran off. 

These are all the photos for today. Next time I continue with photos from General Grant Grove in King's Canyon National Park. 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.

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Reflection Lake/Paradise - Mount Rainier National Park (Part 3)

From 7/17/2013 to 8/2/2013, I took a road trip from the SF Bay Area to Vancouver, BC, Canada. Half of the trip was spent driving up the west coast. On my trip, I visited many famous places such as Seattle, Butchart Gardens, Mount Rainier, and much more. Obviously I got many coastal shots and many places that isn't as famous. The reason I am posting it now is because the high amount of photos I took equaled a high amount of processing time. I took a bit over 2000 photos on the trip. After stitching the panoramas, compositing the HDRs, and picking out photos from the repeats, I have a bit over 1000 photos to show you guys. The photos will be split into parts. I will link you to the previous and next parts on each post just like I did with my Death Valley National Park photos and my Yellowstone/Grand Teton National Park photos. Hope you enjoy viewing this chain of posts!

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Today I have part 3, the last of my photos from Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, USA. If you ever visit Washington, I highly recommend you visit this park! It is a very beautiful place. Just bring lots of mosquito repellent. I got around 20-30 bites from 3 minutes out of the car in some areas! That was not fun. Even after I used mosquito repellent, a few stubborn ones still came at me. Now some brief information about Mount Rainier. Mount Rainier is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world. The volcano stands 14,411 ft (4,392 m) and is located 54 miles from Seattle, Washington. While the snow capped peak seems harmless, this is an not a dead volcano and can cause some deadly damage if it erupts.

On the drive to Paradise, here is an HDR composition of Mount Rainier from the highways in the park. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 46 46 07 N 121 42 42 W   

Reflection Lake was one of the most beautiful places I visited. The water sure was cold though!

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 46 46 06 N 121 43 42 W   

A black and white process of the photo above.  

 Shot off another photo of Reflection Lake and Mount Rainier from the same spot.

Walked around the lake to check for better angles. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 46 46 06 N 121 43 41 W   

A photo of the lake shore. Photo shot from the same spot.  

After walking around a bit, I thought the grass growing in the lake would make a nice foreground. I didn't have to move far for (in my opinion) one of the best shots I've ever taken. Since it didn't move that far, the GPS didn't register a new position.  

 A black and white process of the photo above.

On the drive to Paradise, spotted a small waterfall in Paradise River. Decided to stop for a shot. Due to the harsh shadows, I had to bring up the shadows quite a bit in Camera RAW which is why you see the noise. 

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 46 46 42 N 121 44 20 W   

 A photo of Mount Rainier from the Paradise parking lot. Looks a lot like a fake backdrop doesn't it? I think that is why they call it Paradise. It was a very amazing view. From Paradise, you can hike to the summit (if you are fit enough).

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 46 47 04 N 121 44 30 W   

I hiked into the meadows just a little bit. Here is an HDR composition of Mount Rainier. 

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 46 47 07 N 121 44 28 W   

 Another HDR composition from the spot.

Walking to another area of Paradise, I suddenly spot a mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus).  

Just one more photo of the mule deer before it left.  

Hiked up a little bit further on another trail in Paradise. Here is an HDR of Mount Rainier and the meadows.

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 46 47 11 N 121 44 11 W   

  

Still in Paradise, here is a photo of the Paradise Inn (left) and the Henry M. Jackson Visitor Center (right). 

  Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 46 47 13 N 121 44 11 W   

Black and white process of the photo above. 

These are all the photos for today and for the 13th day (Mount Rainier National Park). I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I will continue with photos from Crater Lake National Park. 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.

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Photos Redone - Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) - Yosemite National Park

As I learn more RAW photo processing techniques, I get better and better with my results. Recently I went back and redone some of my photos that I felt I didn't adequately process the first time through that was worth reprocessing. Today I am here to show you the new results I have of Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) from Cook's Meadow in Yosemite National Park from my 2013 trip. You can view my original photos and other trip photos here. Also, this will be a very long blog post with 31 images. If you are on a slow internet connection, it might take a while to load. If you wish to view the photos in a slideshow, just click on the first image and a slideshow should load.

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• Deer (Best Photos)
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• Yosemite 2013 (All Photos)

Important Notice to all individuals planning to visit Yosemite: All National Parks are currently closed due to the ongoing government shut down. You will not be able to visit Yosemite National Park or other national parks as they are closed. Many companies and businesses are offering refunds or reschedules to anyone who reserved in advance. If you have questions about your reservations, you should contact the company and business you reserved with.

The US government is the king for stupid things. Ever heard of the Stargate Project? Apparently during WWII, our government spent $20 million on psychics to predict future events. It was later canceled because it turns out the psychics can't predict accurately. More info on that here. As you can see the US government is ran by a bunch of idiots. I also don't give a **** about who caused this shut down. All I know is that I love National Parks and I love Yosemite National Park, and the people who is running this country is making the citizens and tourists suffer.

I probably did take a bit too much photos of the deer, but I love wildlife.  

Photography Tip: Spray and prey is a great method for wildlife shots, but sometimes you do end up taking way too many photos (like I did here). To spray and prey, you want to set your camera up on focus tracking (AI SERVO for Canon cameras) and then put it on continuous shutter. This method can sometimes get you interesting results. Lower down in this blog post, you will see a photo of a deer taking a poop.

This was the photo I was talking about above! If you zoom in, you can see the little drops coming out of the deer's butt. This photo was completely by accident. For the deer shots, I was using continuous shutter so I just held down my shutter button for the camera to go "click click click". Works well for wildlife shots. You never know what will turn up!  

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed them. Really sad this wonderful  park is closed just because the idiots running this country can't work things out. 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 Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.