May Day 2010 Los Angeles

Before The March Arrives

Just as Mayor Villaraigosa spoke

Beautiful Advocacy

The Canon 7D

Been looking forward to getting this camera. While I want to add video to the studio skills, we'll start today with some "sea trial" shots. These are shots designed to challenge the camera. Either its capacities, or with reference shots from my usual neighborhood. This shot was taken at the North Hollywood Red Line station. I deliberately included some early sun for glare to see how well the camera would deal with the stark contrast. 28mm. F-9, 320th exposure. ISO 200.

Another shot aimed a bit to the sun, stark contrast and a fast shutter to stop the water mid air. None of these shots had any photoshop, these are straight off the camera in jpeg format. 44mm. F4, 1024th exposure, ISO 400.

Megapixels

These shots show what 18 megapixels can do for cropping in. The close up is from the top of the white tower above the tallest palm tree.

February Storm

This is the Biltmore (foreground) and the US Bank Tower (Left) alongside the Southern California Gas Co. building. Taken Friday February 5th in the late afternoon. That very night rare thunderstorms awakened many Los Angeles residents. 20 miles north of here is La Canada, which lost many homes in the flood.

A piece of Angels Flight

Angels Rail-Los AngelesTrapped within a time capsule. Even though the world around me refuses to stop changing. I shall stay the same. Aged and withered... this road less traveled shall remain unchanged...

Beethovens Countenance

Anonymous said...

Even though I may look so serious and in vain, I really am not. I just wish there was some way I could show the world how it feels... To be deaf and unable to hear the most beautiful noise of all... the music within my heart....

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