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Los Angeles, the largest city in California, is a hub of creativity and culture. Known for its sunny weather, palm trees, and beautiful beaches, LA is a photographer's paradise. From the iconic Hollywood sign to the stunning Santa Monica Pier, there are endless opportunities to capture the essence of this vibrant city. The city's diverse neighborhoods, such as Beverly Hills, Downtown LA, and Venice Beach, offer unique backdrops for photography. The Getty Center, Griffith Observatory, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall are just a few of the many architectural wonders that make for great photo opportunities.

Photography of Los Angeles

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love…
Los Angeles Downtown from Hollywood Bowl Overlook
by Sandeep Thomas
  • 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.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met…
110 South to Downtown
by Sandeep Thomas
  • William Butler Yeats.

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One of the most iconic views of Los Angeles from near the Dodgers stadium when we were coming back from early dinner at Pasadena. I had seen this shot before and wanted to take a shot too but didn’t had a clue where this location was and had to hunt around for quite a bit. Just to add to the confusion the roads in this location are very confusing and random making it a pain to get here.

I would like to make it here during a sunset just to see if I could get some color in the sky along with beautiful light trails. Hoe you all like the image..

In Los Angeles, everyone is a star…
Los Angeles Downtown from Hollywood Bowl Overlook
by Sandeep Thomas
  • 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.

Thanks for visiting, have a nice weekend..

Highway 110 - Los Angeles, United States - Urban photography
Highway 110 from West 4th Street
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The opportunity is often lost by deliberating…
Los Angeles Downtown from Hollywood Bowl Overlook
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Publilius Syrus.

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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.

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it…
At the Griffith Observatory
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Lucy Larcom.

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Alright one more shot from the spectacular Griffith park sunset. This happened just after the sun went behind the mountains and then started to pain the clouds and the haze in different hues of pink orange and yellow. I was stunning to watch this display which lasted about 15 minutes and paint the sky in one spectacular color after another. Thanks for visits and the great comments and faves..

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense…
Back of the Hollywood Sign
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Josh Billings.

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On our last hike to see the Hollywood sign up close I noticed that there was actually a really nice view of the San Fernando valley as you get close to the top. Even though there are some plants in the foreground the view of the hills and the valley were pretty sweet and during sunset we had some awesome colors on display. I was running between both the locations when sunset colors started to appear but managed to stitch a pano shot. Hope everyone like it as much as the last one.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials...
Moonrise at the Getty
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Lucius Annaeus Seneca.

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An old shot from a sunset at Getty Museum. I had so much hopes for this day to get a good sunset until the security people told me that my dainty gitzo traveler was classified as a dangerous weapon. So I kept the offensive weapon back in the car and had to witness a beautiful golden sunset limited by composition choices as I had to stay close to railings and perches to stabilize my camera for long exposures.

This little nooks is a pretty popular spot at the museum as the view of the LA skyline pretty beautiful. I had to wait for almost an hour to get a clear shot with no people walking around. Hope you all like it thanks again for visiting.

Urban Light - Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Urban Light - Los Angeles County Museum of Art
by Joao Eduardo Figueiredo

Urban Light is a 2008 large-scale assemblage sculpture by Chris Burden that stands in front of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The installation consists of 202 restored street lamps from the 1920s and 1930s. Most of them once lit the streets of Southern California. The cast iron street lamps are of 17 styles, which vary depending on the municipality that commissioned them. They range from about 20 to 30 feet (6 to 9 meters), are painted a uniform grey and placed, forest-like, in a near grid. The lights are solar powered and switched on at dusk. Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Susan Freudenheim described the restored lamps as displaying "elaborate floral and geometric patterns" at the base, with "fluted shafts and glass globes that cap them...meticulously cleaned, painted and refurbished to create an exuberant glow. (From Wikipedia)

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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men...
Moonrise at the Getty
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Herman Melville.

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Recently had a chance to be at the getty museum and see Los Angeles skyline in glorious sunset light. The security at the museum wont allow tripods so i had to be very careful in selecting locations to make sure that I had a stable platform to take long exposure shots. This is one one of my favorites from the lot. Hope everyone likes it.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves…
Griffith Observatory and Downtown
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Abraham Lincoln

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Another shot I made from the recent hiking trip to Griffith park. I have had this shot in my mind for a long time and had very little time to make the shot once I had the opportunity. This was definitely a weird day as the light didn’t linger much after sunset which is very unusual for sunny SoCal. The lack of available light made it a pain to nail focus for the last couple of shots but in the end I think it's was well worth the effort. Hope you all like it.

DTLA
DTLA
by Mario Calma

Down Town Los Angeles

DTLA
DTLA
by Mario Calma

Down Town Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles
by Eduard Wichner

Downtown Los Angeles. Taken from the 1048 W 3rd Street overpass bridge over Harbor Freeway (CA-110) looking South.

Snow Topped San Gabriel Range
Los Angeles Skyline from Kenneth Hahn Park

Panorama edit of the view from Kenneth Hahn Park showing more of the snowy mountain range.

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Concert Hall Sunset
Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA

A reflection of the setting sun on the curved metallic skin of the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The curved shape yielded a nice transition from warm...

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The sky lovingly smiles on the earth and her children…
Los Angeles Skyline from Kenneth Hahn Park
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Henry Morton Stanley.

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When I was about to move to Los Angeles 6 years ago, like anyone else undertaking a cross country move to a city you have only visited once as a child, I googled Los Angeles. The Wikipedia entry for the city had an absolutely stunning image of the Los Angeles skyline with the snowcapped mountains in the background. It took me a year to finally figure out the location from where you can take the photo.

The first time I visited this location, I was introduced to the bane of photography in Socal, the everpresent smog. I couldn’t even see the mountain and the smog also robbed the skyline image of their sharpness. I later learned that rain would take care of the smog for a short period of time and just after a rainstorm is when you take that beautiful image of LA. Now that sounded straightforward to me until we realized that it didn’t rain for the first two years, we were in LA. Another aspect was the traffic, this park is in the busy Culver City area which seems to be always under construction.

Eventually, this image went away from my mind until last week when I was coming home and suddenly remembered about this spot. Traffic was still nasty, but I was on my motorcycle so decided to quickly see if rainy winter of 2019 has any effect on the view. The recent rains we are having meant the mountains were finally visible and they had a decent bit of snow on them, there was very little smog and I was excited to get the image finally. So I returned in the evening for my sunset shot of the beautiful skyline of Los Angeles.

Unfortunately, by the end of the day, the cloud cover became thick and robbed the sky of any color during sunset and a bit of sharpness during the blue hour. I am now thinking of returning on a morning after a rain to see if I’d have any better luck.

Downtown - Los Angeles, United States - Cityscape photography
Downtown from Griffith Observatory
by Giuseppe Milo

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Urban Light - Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Urban Light - Los Angeles County Museum of Art
by Joao Eduardo Figueiredo

Urban Light is a 2008 large-scale assemblage sculpture by Chris Burden that stands in front of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The installation consists of 202 restored street lamps from the 1920s and 1930s. Most of them once lit the streets of Southern California. The cast iron street lamps are of 17 styles, which vary depending on the municipality that commissioned them. They range from about 20 to 30 feet (6 to 9 meters), are painted a uniform grey and placed, forest-like, in a near grid. The lights are solar powered and switched on at dusk. Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Susan Freudenheim described the restored lamps as displaying "elaborate floral and geometric patterns" at the base, with "fluted shafts and glass globes that cap them...meticulously cleaned, painted and refurbished to create an exuberant glow. (From Wikipedia)

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The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe…
Los Angeles Skyline from Kenneth Hahn Park
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Gustave Flaubert.

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As a nature and landscape photographer, its often easy to get lured into magic world of panoramas. I remember initially how the desire to capture the wide perspective used to be so strong every time I visited a grad vista. It took me a lot of time to perfect my panorama technique and included adoption of new shooting techniques and newer camera support hardware to achieve the desired level of quality in my panorama images. So, you can imagine my excitement when I walked to Kenneth Hahn State Park and saw this view. This was a shot I had in mind for a long time and finally I was there with a clear view of the San Gabriel Mountains.

As per my experience to get a decent panorama shot, it is extremely important to get your exposure correct. As wide scenes tend to have dramatically wide gamut of dynamic range, I often practice exposing for the bright points in the scene. This involves pointing my DSLR at the brightest point in the scene and getting an exposure reading and then using exposure compensation to get the histogram correct. Once I am satisfied, I set dial my camera reading to manual mode, this allows consistent settings across the panorama. Second setting that I’d like to settle is the focusing point, I usually try to manually fine tune my focus and leave it there so the that the camera will not try to refocus while trying to shoot the panorama. Once the exposure and focus is nailed down, majority of the work is done, now it’s time to get to the shoot. And for that its absolutely important that you have solid tripod, or a good handheld shooting technique. I love my arca-swiss monoball tripod head for panoramas as it has the panning mechanism at the top (close to the clamp) that allows for a quick set up. The other guidelines I follow is to not use a polarizing filter (if the comp has sky in it), at least allow for 30% overlap between shots, and shoot more that you think you will need for your composition. Now the challenge with panorama landscape shots are the facts that you have to do all this while the light is fading or changing constantly. I can say from experience that it really helps to nail a panorama routine to do this quickly.

Disney concert hall - Los Angeles, United States - Architectural photography
Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA
by Giuseppe Milo

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Beauty awakens the soul to act…
Downtown from Griffith Observatory
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Dante Alighieri.

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Another shot from the sunset at Griffith Observatory. I amazed at the amount of colors we witnessed that day and it ranks as one of the best I have ever seen especially considering the amount of fog and haze which was present that day. I am glad that the fog season in West coast is over and hoping to head out to Big Sur soon to get those elusive pictures of sunset along the coastline.

Stay tuned, thanks for visiting and have a great Monday…

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit…
Back of the Hollywood Sign
by Sandeep Thomas
  • William Penn.

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My wife introduced me one day to the Hollywood sign hike. It was a summer day and we decided not to take any camera gear with us as it was searing hot and we were both not very fit at that time. And true to our expectations, the hike was very demanding on our soft fluffy bodies. Fast forward six months, we were much fitter thanks to my wife dragging me to the gym every week and took my heavy camera bag and tripod and completed the whole hike without taking any rest breaks.

I had a plan to stitch a pano shot during sunset. As we were waiting for twilight most of the other hikers left and one of the helicopters that was flying across the hills started to hover around us very close and low as if to check us out or something. It was kicking up dust and I was afraid my tripod was gonna tip over. Thankfully after flying over twice over us the helicopter left and we managed to complete our shoot in peace. Definitely was a strange encounter but I am glad I came back with this beautiful shot.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy…
Back of the Hollywood Sign
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Dalai Lama.

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Another shot from my hike up to the Hollywood sign. While waiting for the sun to go down completely I noticed the Griffith park observatory on one of the many mountain ridges visible from the our spot and took this shot. I would have preferred a little bit more reach than my 70-200mm but I am satisfied with shot showing LA's urban sprawl and downtown. Hope ya'll like it.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth…
Back of the Hollywood Sign
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Muhammad Ali.

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Another shot from Hollywood sign trail. This one was taken after the sun completely went under and when the lights came on in LA. It was pretty chilly and windy that day and gave me a nasty chest infection later but the photos were totally worth it.

Thanks again for visiting and hope you all like it.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother...
Cabrillo beach
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Abraham Lincoln.

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One word that describe my mother perfectly would be relentless. As a child I was pretty hyper active and she was the person I remember always after me and my sister keeping us in the straight and narrow. My dad had a demanding career and used to travel a lot so she was our primary parent and I guess the quote is more than apt in my life except may be the angel part as far as I know she was a total badass.

Hope you all enjoy my image from Cabrillo beach Los Angeles, CA…

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day...
Cabrillo beach
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Vincent Van Gogh.

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Took this shot at the Cabrillo beach in near dark conditions. We only had a bit of a glow in the sky and the tide was slowly creeping up and I think this was the last shot I took here and it was a tricky shot as the waves were getting a little rough and I didn’t want my camera drenched in salt water spray. I used a 3 stop nd filter to slow the water down and used a log profile to get some interest on the rock in the foreground. So when I found this quote online, it sounded perfect for the shot.

Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles
by Eduard Wichner

Downtown Los Angeles. Taken from the 174 S Beaudry Avenue.

Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA
Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA

Before the trip to California, I saw this concert hall in a travel guide book. I instantly knew that I have to go there because it's just so...

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Downtown LA
Highway 110 from West 4th Street

In Los Angeles for Christmas at my sister's, I managed to get out one night for photos. I headed downtown to the 4th street bridge for this classic...

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Walt Disney concert hall building - Los Angeles, United States - Architecture photography
Walt Disney Concert Hall
by Giuseppe Milo

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The time is always right to do what is right…
Back of the Hollywood Sign
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Sorry for posting another shot from the same location but the light was so beautiful in shot that I feel compelled to post this shot from behind the Hollywood sign. I took this shot just before the sun started going down, just before the light dimmed. The whole valley was bathed in golden light. Hope y'all like this shot as much as I did making it.

Walt Disney concert hall - Los Angeles, United States - Abstract photography
Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA
by Giuseppe Milo

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The Getty museum - Los Angeles, United States - Architecture photography
The Getty museum - Los Angeles, United States - Architecture photography
by Giuseppe Milo

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An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one…
Downtown from Griffith Observatory
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Charles Horton Cooley.

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The first time I visited Los Angeles, I had the Griffith Park observatory on my list as someone mentioned online it as the best place to watch the Hollywood sign. Unfortunately we chose to be at the park on a Sunday evening and we couldn’t even get close to the park and we ended up missing the Hollywood sign. Two months later I got a job in and moved here with my better half doing the same and we still never been back to the Griffith park observatory which is roughly about 5 miles away from where I live now. Anyways this past Saturday we decided to go to the park and may be spend the whole evening there just enjoying the day and hopefully getting some good shots.

As always the Saturday came along and we headed to the park after brunch and guess what, it was the haziest day in the past two weeks. In fact when we reach there, nothing in the LA basin is visible except the top of some of its tallest buildings. We decided not to spend worrying about photos and just enjoy the observatory, so we went for s short documentary shot at the planetarium and came back 15 minutes before sunset.

The sight we saw when we came back out was truly extra ordinary. The haze has retreated almost completely and the setting sun was painting the clouds in multiple hues of pink, orange and yellow. I had taken a lot of sunset shots and I really was looking for something different and decided to use my 70-300mm Tamron instead of the wide angle I usually go for in these types of situations. What you see here is a carefully stitched panorama of 40 shots which allowed me to capture the LA Basin from downtown to Santa Monica and the stunning sky which resulted in a standing ovation from all the people that were gathered there to watch.

Hope you all like this one, thanks for visiting and have a nice week…

Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love…
Griffith Observatory and Downtown
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Alfred Sisley.

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I love shooting cityscapes. A large part of my professional career, I lived in some of the world's largest metropolises, including Los Angeles, NYC, Boston, etc. Each of these cities has some of the best skylines globally, but all have some challenges. I lived in Los Angeles for seven years, and even before I moved to the city, I had plans for photographing some of the city's unique landscapes. One thing I hadn't anticipated was the weather. When I first moved to Los Angeles, I thought it had perfect weather all year, sunny warm weather almost throughout the year except for July and August when it can get scorching.

But soon, I realized that its excellent weather conditions also make it a challenging destination to photograph. You can pretty much rule out the possibility of including the sky in the image as it's often cloudless and flat except for May gloom and June grey when it's just flat overcast. The only time we get an exciting sky is in the winter months after a rain storm, and we all know how common they are. After a couple of years living in the city, I learned to appreciate the weather conditions. I made it a point to carry my camera gear with me on my way to work if there is a chance for rain or cloudy conditions. The morning clouds will often disappear by noon, but they pose some attractive photography options once in a while. Today's post is the result of one such day. The clouds in the sky lingered well past the afternoon, so on my way from work, I headed to a nearby outlook point on Mt Hollywood Dr. I was praying for my luck to hold, and it did, as sunset rolled in, the sky turned cotton candy pink. I was able to construct a stitched panorama of the beautiful scene in front of me. I hope you like it as well.

Los Angeles
Transition
by Eduard Wichner

This is my favourite place for overview of LA's skyline. View from Elysian Park.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit…
Back of the Hollywood Sign
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Hosea Ballou.

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I have had a bit of a history with the Hollywood sign. When we moved to California, initially, it was to the bay area, and my first encounter with the sign was during a weekend tris to visit Los Angeles. Up till then, I thought the Hollywood sign would be a prominent landscape element and that it would be visible pretty quickly. It turns out I had no idea how huge LA was, and we had a hard time figuring out where the Hollywood sign was. The only time we saw the Hollywood sign during that trip was when we were returning from the Griffith Park Observatory and saw the sign up on the hill.

Two months later, I had a job offer from LA, and we moved to West Hollywood. Initially, due to us getting used to the traffic and all life was a bit busy and the Hollywood sign project went to the back of my head. We visited Griffith Park a couple of times, and I even got a nice shot of the Hollywood sign from the parking lot. Then I heard from a colleague that you can drive up to the Hollywood sign. That got me intrigued, and I finally spend some time researching the fact. He was right; there is a road right up to the sign, but it is only open to maintenance crews and police vehicles, but you can hike up there. So my wife and I decided to hike to the sign and what a beautiful trail it turned out to be. As the road snakes up through the mountains, you get terrific views of both the LA basin as well as the San Fernando Valley.

I took this shot of Los Angeles downtown and urban sprawl of the city just as the golden light from the evening sun started to emerge. I took this shot from the peak of the mountain that’s home to the Hollywood sign. The shot location was right behind the Hollywood sign. Initially, I didn’t like the composition, but It had grown on me since. I hope you are all having great safe Memorial Day!!

The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end…
Griffith Observatory and Downtown
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Benjamin Disraeli.

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Finally, this was the shot for which I went hiking in Griffith park. The original location would have provided a view from a higher elevation but this location had a close enough view for me and I also liked the fact that the view provided the observatory in a similar line with the Los Angeles skyline.

Due to the smog mostly prevalent in LA it's difficult to find days when you get an on obstructed view of the city skyline and get a decent picture. Hopefully next rain storm will hit the area soon enough for me to visit my original location. Thanks again for visiting..

Out of difficulties grow miracles…
Back of the Hollywood Sign
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Jean de la Bruyere.

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It's been a while since I posted any cityscape images. While I was recently cleaning up one of my image folders, I came across this image of the Los Angeles skyline. I took this image during the golden hour from what looks like the Hollywood sign trail. Whenever we move to a new city, I always make plans to shoot some city skyline images, but often those plans take a backseat to nature photography.

We planned on going up the Hollywood sign trail since the day we moved to LA but always kept on postponing the plan. Finally, the right weekend came along, and we decided to move it out of our to-do list. On the day of the hike, the conditions were perfect. We had the right amount of clouds, and the smog stayed away from the skyline. I took this image just as the golden hour commenced. Beautiful golden light drenched LA's urban sprawl. I was able to give prominence to Griffith Park and the LA skyline by going to the longer end of my lens. It was one of those situations when I prefer the 70-200 and a sturdier tripod than my travel tripod, but I was still impressed by the scene.

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it...
Korean bell of Friendship
by Sandeep Thomas
  • Pablo Picasso.

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Another shot from the Korean bell of Friendship location. This is turning out to be on of my favorite angle to shoot building. I did shot like this of the Lincoln Memorial and the Bell with wonderful light from the setting sun was just a perfect subject. Thanks for visiting.

The only way to have a friend is to be one…
Korean bell of Friendship
by Sandeep Thomas

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This was taken at the Korean bell of Friendship just before a beautiful sunset last weekend. Me and my wife recently moved to LA and are actively looking for apartments which will be equal distance from both our office locations. And this is not an easy thing to do when one works at Santa Monica and the other in Burbank. After spending a rather tedious Saturday I persuaded my wife to spend some time at the Point Vicente Lighthouse but unfortunately the lighthouse was closed and it seemed more like a sunrise location to me so we bailed and got to another location on my list which was the Korean Bell of Friendship.

I tried out a couple of 7 image blend HDRs with the setting sun beautifully lighting up the building and the results came out pretty cool. I would have loved to take some shots during the sunset but the guard came out at 7PM and said they were about to close the gates for the parking lot so everybody have to leave unless you walked there. I was tempted to park the car outside and walk back but the sky was pretty cloudless and decided to tackle that one a different day. The building is a stunning example of Asian Architecture and the colors and the location are just magnificent. This is a must visit if you are in the LA area.

Venice beach pier - Los Angeles, United States - Seascape photography
Venice beach pier - Los Angeles, United States - Seascape photography
by Giuseppe Milo

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An artist's career always begins tomorrow…
An artist's career always begins tomorrow…
by Sandeep Thomas
  • James Whistler

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I took this shot at the incredible arts district neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. This place is located just 30 minutes from home, but we didn’t knew about its existence until a client asked for specific shots of this location. I could not use these images for the client as these needs explicit permission from the painter to use commercially but I wanted to post this here just to let everyone know about the abundance of art you can see at this beautiful location.

Hope you all enjoy the image as much as I enjoyed making it, Thanks for visiting..

Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Los Angeles!
Most notably Sandeep Thomas, Giuseppe Milo and Joao Eduardo Figueiredo.