Los Angeles Downtown from Hollywood Bowl Overlook
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- Publilius Syrus.
One of the most popular outlook points to watch the Los Angeles downtown is the Hollywood Bowl overlook. It provides a stunning view of the LA skyline, with highway 101 leading the viewers' eyes from the bottom of the frame to the background's skyline. Despite living within walking distance away from this iconic spot and driving this route to work every day, I have only photographed the overlook point twice.
Living so close, I always took this spot for granted. Another factor was that this is a tourist hotspot, and the tiny parking lot is always overflowing with tour buses that ferry tourists like clockwork. I had the habit of keeping my camera bag in my car, ready for the rare LA event of a dramatic sky. My original plan was to head for the beach, but I decided to head to the Hollywood bowl overlook instead. Unfortunately, the clouds didn’t stick around till sunset, so I decided to include as little of the sky as possible. This choice in composition meant that more roads are in the lower part of the frame, and I had to wait a while to get the light trails right. I love the lighting I had that day and the transiting of the greenery in the bottom part of the frame to the urban sprawl of Los Angeles.
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- Stendhal.
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I have been living in LA for more than two and a half years now and that too very close one of the best outlook points of this amazing city. But since I moved here, I have come to realize how hard is it to photograph Los Angeles. Most of the time you hardly get interesting skies and the thick smog cover make it harder to get a clear shot, compare that with the lack of rainfall and you have some horrific conditions for cityscape photography.
But with all that in mind my best cityscapes have always been of Los Angeles, be it downtown or the view from the stunning Griffiths park observatory. So couple of months ago when it rained and the sky was cloudy I grabbed my gear and went up to the Hollywood bowl overlook which right in my neighborhood. My goal as to get a nice sunset shot from there with some interesting clouds in the sky, but the wind was pretty strong and as usual the clouds disappeared within seconds and I was presented with beautiful clear skies which makes SoCal so famous. So I decided to change plans and get a blue hour shot but soon the winds bought in a layer of haze which was getting thicker by the minute and instead of blue hour we had a purple hour. This is one of the best results for that outing, hope you all like it and have a great July 4th weekend.
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Hollywood lit by the setting sun, with downtown Los Angeles in the distance. The 101 freeway can be seen along the left edge of the frame.
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The 101 freeway through Hollywood, with downtown Los Angeles in the distance.
Photo taken at the Hollywood Bowl Overlook in Los Angeles, CA (USA).
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View from Mulholland scenic overlook
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I went out to the Hollywood Bowl Overlook last night for the first time. We had amazingly puffy, thick clouds, which is pretty rare for LA hoping...
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- Denzel Washington.
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Another version of the Los Angeles picture I posted earlier. This shot was taken at the Hollywood bowl outlook point located on the Mulholland drive, a popular destination for most of LA's sightseeing tours. I literally live about a mile from here and it took me almost 2 years and 6 months to get the conditions good enough to get a shot from this location. Shows you how tough it is to take a picture of the Los Angeles skyline. Hopefully this year there will be a bit more rain and I will be able to get some shots of clearing storms over Los Angeles.
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The skyline of Los Angeles, cast in warm light from the setting sun.
Photo taken at the Hollywood Bowl Overlook in Los Angeles, CA (USA).
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Blick vom Mullholland Drive) auf das Lichtermeer von Los Angeles.
View from Mullholland Drive at the sea of lights of Los Angeles.
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