Twin Palms - One Day in Whittier 057
I love this sign and have taken photos of it in daylight. On a scouting trip, I had gone by it very late at night a few days before the 13th and the lights were off. On the 13th at about 10:30 pm I was over at the city hall photographing. I was very hungry and had to use the bathroom with considerable urgency. The police station bathroom was locked! On the way to McDonald's on Colima and Whittier Blvd, I passed this sign and was pleasantly surprised to find the lights were on. They have two signs at this location but this one is the only one that any lights are working on. Knowing that the lights will probably be turned off at any minute I ignored nature's call to get this shot. It is such a shame that the neon tubes have been removed from the palm tree area of the sign. You can see what it looks like Thomas Hawk took a shot in 2011 when the lights were working. The red color comes from the neon tubes. It was very difficult to expose this properly. I had to take one exposure for the dark palm tree area and one for the bright neon tubes. They were combined in post.
Twin Palms - One Day in Whittier 057
I love this sign and have taken photos of it in daylight. On a scouting trip, I had gone by it very late at night a few days before the 13th and the lights were off. On the 13th at about 10:30 pm I was over at the city hall photographing. I was very hungry and had to use the bathroom with considerable urgency. The police station bathroom was locked! On the way to McDonald's on Colima and Whittier Blvd, I passed this sign and was pleasantly surprised to find the lights were on. They have two signs at this location but this one is the only one that any lights are working on. Knowing that the lights will probably be turned off at any minute I ignored nature's call to get this shot. It is such a shame that the neon tubes have been removed from the palm tree area of the sign. You can see what it looks like Thomas Hawk took a shot in 2011 when the lights were working. The red color comes from the neon tubes. It was very difficult to expose this properly. I had to take one exposure for the dark palm tree area and one for the bright neon tubes. They were combined in post.