Spring Purple Carpet ( 花紅滿山春 )

Wild Owl's Clovers Covering the Slope of the Hill ( 貓头鹰三叶草 ). Livermore, CA.

Spring has sprung! It's wild flowers season again! My friends and I explored the East Bay hills nearby and found these flowers covering an entire facade of the hill. Apparently, this flower is native to California and are blooming in many places now! What we like about this particular bunch was how the setting sun lit the flowers, putting a radiant glow rim light on them!

Have a wonderful Spring season, everyone!

Updates: This picture won the Pashadelic Photo of the Month "Wildflowers" Contest in May 2015.

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Breaking Dawn ( 紅日破曉 )

First Burning Sunrise of 2015! San Francisco, CA.

Although I have been shooting sunrises and sunsets for a while, seeing a dramatic one is few and far between. This morning was one of those lucky days! Minutes before sunrise, the whole sky lit up with colors! It was so intense, it felt as if the entire surrounding was painted red!

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Inertia ( 神秘風動石 )

Moving Rocks of Racetrack Playa under the Milky Way. Death Valley National Park, CA.

This has to be one of the most mysterious places that I had visited thus far. Rocks here move by themselves and inscribe long tracks along this dried lake bed. While there were many theories and explanations being thrown around, this geological phenomenon was never explained until August of 2014 after scientists began using GPS-equipped rocks and time-lapse cameras to monitor the movements in 2011.

I drove over 2 hours off-road to reach here. While the ride was bumpy and not fun, the view that awaited me at the end of the trip was more than rewarding.

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Do-Re-Mi

Sunflowers Backlit by the Setting Sun ( 燦爛向陽花 ) .

These sunflowers were all facing the same direction and seem to be greeting visitors with a big smile! While floral pictorial is not my forte and the clouds were a bit too thick than I wanted, I thought this is fitting for New Year's day post! ...May our lives be filled with more "sunshine" in 2015! Wish you all a Happy New Year!

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A Magical Moment ( 夢幻時刻 )

Classic View of Golden Gate Bridge Veiled with Fog. San Francisco, CA.

A very popular composition but still a personal favorite! The bridge tower looks so huge when viewed from this vantage point, it felt like I can touch it by just reaching out my hand! I have been trying to capture this view of the bridge with low fog. Came here 3 times recently, but did not get the fog level and/or density I wanted on my first two attempts. This morning's high clouds with silky smooth deck level fog finally made this image that I had in mind came true! I also like the gap in the foreground fog which allows the foot of the North tower to be visible and showed more height to the scene.

The optimal light lasted for merely few minutes, but watching the fog danced around the bridge during those brief moments were really magical! Hope you like it!

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Remnant of a Glorious Past

Shipwreck in Point Reyes. Marin, CA.

Sunrise on that morning did not show any interesting color. But, the subtle texture in the sky and on this shipwreck made this suitable for black and white. What do you think?

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Golden Tunnel ( 黃金隧道 )

The Subway. Wilderness Area of Zion National Park, Utah.

Situated deep in the Zion Wilderness area, this small section of the canyon dubbed, “The Subway” has amazing tubular shaped walls which when viewed from inside this small chamber makes them look like as its name suggests, a subway tunnel! At the right time of day, reflected light from nearby canyon walls shines through the hole and into this tunnel giving it a nice golden glow that you see in this picture.

Getting here requires quite a bit of route finding, river wading, creek crossing, rock hopping and scrambling up and down boulders! On paper, this is a 9-mile hike, but with all the work to overcome those obstacles, it felt more like a 15-mile hike to me! And as if all of that was not enough, the last stretch of the hike out which involved a steep 400-foot climb was gruesome to say the least. The 97 degrees weather that day did not make it any easier for sure. Nonetheless, after seeing this unique scene in person for the first time, all the effort spent to get here was worth it! Definitely one of the most interesting hikes I have done so far and I am glad I did it!

Due to some storms the week before, the place was left with a lot of debris and the pool water a bit murky. Thus, compositions were quite limited. I guess a second visit in the future is in order!

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