Rock Saddles

Alien Looking Hoodoos in the Southwest.

After shooting at a few popular destinations during my last trip to the Southwest, I went to search for this location and was very much delighted to have it all to myself when I found it!

A semi-remote and precarious location that features some of the most amazing, alien shaped pedestal rocks that I have seen thus far. These hoodoos, seemingly defying the law of gravity by balancing their enormous tops in acute angles give this place an otherworldly feel. Getting here requires a 4x4 or by hiking in soft sand trail. I went in by foot! Encountering some desert mice, rabbits, and weird looking lizards on the sandy trail provided some interesting "amusement" during the hike.

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Cosmic Canopy ( 宇宙的天篷 )

Milky Way Arches Over Glacier Point. Yosemite National Park ( 優勝美地 ) , CA.

A panoramic view of Glacier Point in Yosemite with the milky way arches directly over it and the foreground bushes mirroring the milky way above. This image is composed of 18 frames from my Nikon D800 stitched manually and blended in Photoshop. The resulting image is about 122 megapixel in size!

Updates: This picture was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2014 Bay Area Photo Contest sponsored and organized by Pashadelic Landscape Photography, and Tamron USA.

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Enchanted Forest ( 迷霧森林 )

Sun Beams Shining Through the Misty Redwood Forest. Redwood National and State Parks, CA.

The light beams came out of nowhere during my hike in the dense redwood forest, and was gone just as quickly as it came. But during that brief two minutes, this forest looked truly magical!

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Moonlight Jazz

Full Moon Rise Over Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco, CA.

Full moon rising over San Francisco and Golden Gate Bridge during twilight hour illuminating the surrounding thin clouds in the sky. The tip of TransAmerica building is also perfectly aligned with the North tower as seen from this vantage point.

As I was shooting, a plane briefly flew in front of the moon and cast a shadow at the bottom left which I thought was kinda cool, so I am keeping it as-is.

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Storm Watcher

Storm clouds covering the sky at Pigeon Point Lighthouse.

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Nature's Firefall

Horsetail Falls. Yosemite National Park, CA.

For less than two weeks in a year, the sun aligns perfectly with this waterfall to lit up just the falls while keeping the rest of the rock wall shaded, giving this waterfall a surreal orange glow during sunset hour. With the drought in California this year, I almost did not make it to Yosemite for this event. However, a rare rain storm passed through the area a night before and gave us enough rain to make this waterfall flowing again. I made a last minute decision to come up here to witness this magical phenomenon, and I am so glad I did.

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Paradise ( 世外桃源 )

Valley of Wild Calla Lilies ( 山谷中野生马蹄莲 ) .

You know Spring has arrived when you see wild flowers blooming on empty fields. This valley that is in the middle of nowhere is an amazing place to visit during the season. With the sunset glow setting the mood, one can easily be mesmerized by the abundance of these flowers surrounding you. This year, I was able to capture this during the peak bloom of the flowers. For a short time in a year, white, tall calla lilies filled the entire valley floor and turned it into a paradise scene.

Although these calla lilies are done for the season now, I sure hope to come back again next year!

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