Showing posts with label western fence lizard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label western fence lizard. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Andrew Molera State Park - Big Sur, CA (Part 4)

On 4th of July I decided to take a trip to Monterey, Carmel, and Big Sur, CA. I went to places such as fisherman's Wharf, Garrapata State Park, Andrew Molera State Park, etc... I took many photos there are are here to share with you. About half of the photos were shot along or near SR-1. The photos will be split into several parts. I hope you enjoy viewing these photos!

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Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 

Photos for today are from Andrew Molera State Park in Big Sur, CA. The photos from this park will be split into 2 parts. This is the second part.

After I was done at the beach, I took a hiking trail up to the highlands. Here is a scenery photo of the ocean from the highland area. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 36 16 56 N 121 51 36 W   

  A black and white process of the photo above. 

Here is a high up scenery photo from the state park. The Big Sur River is to the left and the ocean is to the right. The scenery shots I took in the previous blog post was shot to that small patch of beach to the left of the photo (you could barely see it on the photo here). 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 36 16 53 N 121 51 37 W   

 A black and white process of the photo above.  

 A panorama shot of the view from the headlands. Big Sur River is to the left and the Pacific Ocean is to the right. Photo shot in the same spot as above. 

A scenery shot from the headlands of the Pacific Ocean.
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 36 16 51 N 121 51 38 W   

A scenery shot from the headlands. This is a photo of the river mouth for the Big Sur River. You can see the place I was standing for the scenery shots in the previous blog post is left of the center a tiny bit. You can see it clearly on this photo. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 36 16 49 N 121 51 35 W   

  A black and white process of the photo above. 

 On my hike back down from the headlands, I saw a Western Fence Lizard. 

Another few photos of the Western Fence Lizard. It wasn't scared of my camera and I at all.  

A scenery shot from near the walking trail on my walk back to the parking lot. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 36 17 05 N 121 51 23 W   

 A black and white process of the photo above. 

This is all the photos for today and for this series! I hope you have enjoyed viewing 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: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Arroyo Del Valle Trail - Pleasanton, CA

Today I have several  photos I took on Arroyo Del Valle Trail in Pleasanton, CA. If you follow me on my blog posts, you probably know by now that Arroyo Del Valle is a walking trail near my house and I go walking there often to take photos and exercise. There are many wildlife and flowers on the trail, so I sometimes bring my camera for some photos. I hope you enjoy viewing these photos.

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I saw some flowers so I stopped and switched over to my macro gear which is my Kenko Extension Tubes and my Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT.  

Bees collecting pollen.  

 Another few macro shots of the flower.

Afterwards, I switched out of my macro gear using only my Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens. I shot these flower photos and the rest of the photos with this set up.  

I thought the grass made some great photos so I took 2 shots.  

 More flower photos.

Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) 

One Lone Flower. I thought this would make a great moody image so I took a shot. Reminds me of that Bleach song called "Ichirin no Hana" by High and Mighty color. The song name is Japanese for One Lone Flower.

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)  

Another flower.

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. 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.

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Baker Beach - San Francisco, CA (Part 2)

A while back a few SF Bay Area photographers hosted a photowalk at Baker beach in San Francisco, CA. I am here to show you some of the photos I took from the photowalk. If you visit the beach, please take note that Baker Beach is a nude beach and I did see a few during my walk on the beach. If you feel you may be sensitive to these types of things, take note of that. There are no nude people in my photographs. During this trip to San Francisco, I also visited Pier 39. I will show you the Pier 39 photos later in this chain of posts. If you do visit Pier 39, here is a hint for free 2 hour parking. Head to the end of Kearny Street. :) If you are lucky, there maybe a few spots free.

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Parts
Baker Beach: Part 1 | Part 2 | 
Pier 39: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | 

Today's photos will include landscape shots, flower photos, and a few wildlife photos.

Sea Fig (Carpobrotus chilensis) 

 Bermuda buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae)

Long exposure from Baker Beach. The blurry people you see were from the photowalk. 

A photos shot at the top of the stairs (Sand Ladder) leading from Baker Beach to Lincoln Blvd near Battery Crosby. The person you see at the bottom was from the photowalk.  

 A photo of Baker Beach near Battery Crosby.

Photo of the Golden Gate Bridge from Battery Crosby.  

Photo of the Golden Gate Bridge from Battery Crosby. After this I started heading back the way I came from. 

 Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
Photo taken on hike down the Sand Ladder.

 California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
Photo taken on hike down the Sand Ladder.

Another photo of Baker Beach. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I will continue with my Pier 39 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 Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Parts
Baker Beach: Part 1 | Part 2 | 
Pier 39: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |