January 31, 2005
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PhotoPost: The City of L.A.
Today I am featuring photos taken in downtown Los Angeles this past Saturday in the late morning. I wanted to get a photo of Mt. Baldy and also some city shots, all squeezed in before 12 noon when I wanted to be back in Torrance for a showing of Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" (review in the review section if the link is working now! Hit the link in the upper left hand corner of the site to read the review.) The shot above is of the Bonaventure Hotel, and I think is the best photographically of the lot.
I love the way the light from the sun is reflecting on the windows of the buildings. Our skyline has changed drastically in the past ten or so years. I can still remember when City Hall was the tallest building in L.A.in the 60s. In the 70s, when the twin Arco Towers were built, they took the prize. Now there are so many skyscrapers I don't even know the names of them all.
This is right after I crossed Pico past the Staples Center, where the Lakers play basketball. These photos were taken traveling north on Figueroa Street. Other photos in this series and also a couple of new photo folders are on my Webshots Gallery. (I know the link works for that one. It's not on Xanga!)
I was intrigued by this row of cabs outside one of the hotels. Except for the fact that there is no traffic on the street, this could be a photo of New York City. Actually, the buildings are a tad taller in NYC. I rarely get into downtown L.A. On this trip, I didn't even get out of the car. I double parked to get some of the shots in the Webshots folder, and was halted at traffic signals for some of them.
Couldn't finish the post without showing Mt. Baldy with the low cloud cover under the snowcap. This was taken with a zoom lens from the Palos Verdes peninsula. It was a magnificently clear day thanks to the rainstorm the day before. I have multiple shots of Mt. Baldy in the Webshots Gallery. There are also some shots of Catalina Island taken from the peninsula. It was very clear as well, and the shots came out rather nicely.
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The Japanese language does not contain syllables, but modes, (breaths, if you like). The first American haiku translators did not realise this. A 3-5-3 mode is thus better than a 5-7-5 one as our syllables are longer than modes. Not that the modern haiku writer in Japan still uses strict notation. To them (as to Zen), the moment is the thing, words are just clumsy tools we are forced to use. As Basho said "words spoil the haiku-moment"
Umm I must check your new photos on webshots. I used to take wonderful photographs but got disillusioned with photography after I "snapped" a dead baby girl in Bosnia, she had a knife through her vagina and the word for "Muslem" on a note tied to the knife. I wanted to capture the moment if you like, I have hardly taken a photograph since. I was a "scribbler" anyway not a "snapper"
Great photos! You have a good eye!
These are really nice images.
Let me know how the rewrite of "HOWL" goes.
Jim
I enjoyed the photo journal. I tried to check your reviews, but xanga wasn't cooperating today, so I'll check back again. Thanks for visitin' my site.
I love these photos. I really like how the sunlight hits the windows on the skyscrapers myself. I've always wanted to visit L.A. Especially since I visited my brother in Temecula over two years ago. The pictures are drawing me towards going even more. *sigh* I am envious of all the beauty around you when the only good that has come out of this stinky town of mine is Garfield.
LA has never looked better!! I love the sun reflecting on the buildings, I'm always captured by reflection.
What a great site! Fun. To many serious sites on Xanga!
If you would be so kind, please join the Crew, I use it as my SIR list!
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they certainly did! nice job!!!!!
Smithers stole that logo??? LOL... and what will you say next ? Is my being a golf champion because of his cheating too ?
I'm always flattered when you take the time to visit me.
Thank you for your time and thoughtful comments.
I'd love to visit LA someday. And NYC...
My travel has been primarily Carribean and European.
Seeing "Million Dollar Baby" is one of my priorities in the near future.
I am from Ohio, but I spent a month out in LA a few years back... right at the bottom of Mt Baldy actually... my computer is being stubborn and wont let me view your pics for some reason, but its nice to know that I would know what I would be looking at lol...
I thank you kindly for your permission to use your art... I have not gotten to it yet, but when I do, you will be the first to know, and I will certainly give you full credit. I do not create the fractals or the other photos on my site... I get them from image searches... most of them have the copyrights at the bottom of the pictures, and if not I try to find out who the specific artist is and credit them with it... but a lot of the time I can not find them... I am hoping to begin posting my own photography soon... my software is being stubborn.
Hoping you are well!
Sita
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