L.A. - Day 2 "California Dreamin"

8.19.2009

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This day was all about the beach, three to be exact. We started the day off at Manhattan Beach, and worked our way up the coastline to the famous Venice Beach, then Santa Monica Pier/Beach. There really isn't more to be said. We spent a good 3 1/2 to 4 hours at Manhattan, tackling waves that were over our heads; went back to the hotel, got dressed and headed to peep Muscle Beach, the B-ball Courts, and everything else that's associated with Venice. Then capped the night with the Santa Monica Pier. Overall, a pretty good 2nd day in L.A.
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An HDR image.
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Venice was crackin. I had shops on my right, performers on the left, and crowds of people everywhere I looked. Frisco bums got nothing on these cats, at least one of them anyway. "Kick me in the Ass for $1," and Zonio did it!
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Here are 2 shots that I like but couldn't decide which I wanted to use. No, they aren't photoshoped; they are 2 images taken at 2 different exposures. The one on the left was taken at 1/160 of a second, a f/3.5, and an ISO of 200; and the right image was taken at 1/1600 of a second with the same f# and ISO. What do you think?

Another California sunset (via Venice Beach, CA).
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Santa Monica, after dark. I know, it's a little blurry. If I only had my tri-pod...
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*Bonus
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To be continued....
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- Much love, thanks for viewing.

1 comment:

Trekkie Ears said...

It's awesome to see that sign again. The "kick me in the ass for $1" sign, that is. For the record, that's my sign. And by that, I mean I started flying it in Venice, and, in fact, I'm the one that wrote that particular one seen in those pics. But that's not me. That's my boy, Lou. AKA "Butthurt." I gave him that name because he got kicked hard enough that he started crying. (What a pussy. :) ) Me and him worked together, and we brought in the money. So to go out and fly that sign, and then see it on the internet, is pretty freakin' awesome. I hope you had a good time in Venice.