Bay Area | Plum Blossoms, Cherry Blossoms, Canola Flowers
Turns into a hardworking little bee 🐝 with the arrival of spring.
📍 Rancho San Ramon Community Park
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Originally intended to take pictures by the roadside, looking for parking. Accidentally discovered that the slopes of this park are full of cherries. However, they only bloomed at the base when I went last week, not yet in full bloom.
The first picture was taken in this park. Walked for about 5 min, crossed a road to get there (details in pic 2, top right).
🌸The roadside is full of beautiful plum blossoms, which are crossbreeds of cherry and plum, double-petal, with a longer blooming period. I estimate that the peak blooming period should be in about 2 weeks.
There are canola flowers on the mountainside, but they are quite tall, just admire them from below.
✅ Fewer people and more trees in this area, great for portrait photography 📷
👎 A bit of nature's odor (cow💩? ) because it's by the mountains. Plus, you need to walk some distance where you might get sunburnt during sunny times.
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📍Diablo Valley College San Ramon
(Pic 56)
There are also beautiful plums here (based on the photos)
The wind is strong and the tree is small, so support rods are inserted for each.
✅ You can park at school, just a few steps away
👎 It's crowded and windy
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📍 11440 Windemere Pkwy, San Ramon, CA 94582 (Pic 7)
This is a residential area with cherry blossoms. The blossoming condition varies, need to find the right angle to shoot.
✅ There's a Walgreens parking lot nearby, no need to walk far, less crowded
👎 Flowers are not that many and dense
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📍Oracle Pleasanton campus (Pic 9)
Cherry blossom + Canola flowers
After missing a freeway exit, stumbled upon this spot to admire the flowers. The cherry hasn't bloomed yet, probably will in a week or two
✅ Absolutely no people, easy parking
👎 Cherry blossoms are not yet in full bloom
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The above pros and cons are my own subjective thoughts, they're for your reference only ~
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