Uvas Canyon County Park

On Wednesday after work, I met some friends at Uvas Canyon County Park to photograph along the Waterfall Trail. This beautiful, little park was recently chosen as one of the best kept secrets in the Bay Area. It offers hiking, camping and day use facilities, but it's the many waterfalls that are easily accessed along Waterfall Loop Trail that draw people in. Swanson Creek runs year round, but the falls are at their best right after a storm. As you can see from the first photo, these are not Yosemite-sized falls, but they are beautiful and charming none the less. Granuja Falls is the first, and it offers multiple photographic opportunities.

Just by zooming in...

or moving off to the side...

to catch a rainbow, a new photo is created.

Black Rock Falls is off a side trail at the top of the loop. I took a short cut that made me wonder what the hell I had gotten myself into, but was too far along to turn back. The climb would have been much easier to negotiate if I had not been lugging a camera, a bag full of gear, and a tripod.

I took the easy trail back down.

I saved this bottom photo for last because it is my favorite.
I love the color and shine on the rocks
and the smoothed-out flow of water.

It was a good way to spend an afternoon.