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Seventy-two story U.S. Bank Tower--completed 1989 & designed by architect Henry N. Cobb--looming over L.A. Central Library.
DTLA, in all it's glory, at sunrise. The 110 Freeway cuts through, close to the central core of the city. I am anxiously awaiting the changing of the skyline as new buildings are announced weekly. It's going to be a whole different place in 3-5 years.
Re-edit of an older pic. Still playing with colorization and tonal values. I don't usually go back to older pics but the folder from this flight has been on my desktop since I they were taken. I really need to print some of these already.
The long light trails of early morning traffic work their way along their lines. Downtown Los Angeles during sunrise on a weekend morning. The 4-level interchange, in DTLA, provides endless composition options. The best are from the air. The Mavic 3 and some color grading makes it pop. This is (almost) as South as the morning sun will rise. It ended up close enough to get some color in the sky near the buildings. New buildings here. New buildings there. Buildings building build.
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Another shot moments before sunrise in Downtown Los Angeles. Heavy cinematic toning and maybe too much sharpening. It's a little crisp. The vibrancy is impressive. As with most of what has been coming out of the Mavic 3. I have been inspired to be more creative with the color grading. I'm starting to get the hang of it. There's a world of possibilities out there.
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Another early morning rooftop shot from a few months ago. DTLA at sunrise. Always a beautiful sight. The morning, shown here, had very few clouds but enough to spread some color across the sky. At a slight cresent, the moon hangs over the shoulder of the skyline. The long light trails visible on the 110 Freeway, as commuters begin (or end) their day. Good morning Los Angeles. Good good morning.
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A reworked shot from a slightly different angle of a previous post. Downtown Los Angeles from a helicopter at sunset. I still have dozens of pics from this flight that have been sitting on my drive for the last almost year now. This flight was so epic I haven't even thought about going up again. Until recently that is. Such a busy and this close to the Holidays it might as well be after New Years already. C'est la vie.
This is looking West, towards the sunset, into Downtown Los Angeles. It's been a little while since the last helicopter ride. I'm going to need to do that again, soon. DTLA at sunset. The lights of the buildings are just starting to appear as well as the headlights from the cars. The city is so pretty, from up here. Next time, I think I'll bring a wider lens. The 24-70mm was good, for what I did, but I's like some wider shots too. Then a longer 70-200mm. I'm really digging the long lens look down shots. I need to get some of my own.
On approach to Downtown Los Angeles. The weather forecast, the day before, was for cloudy skies and rain and that's why I booked this day to fly. Usually, the day after rain the skies are crystal clear and you can see for miles. This was not the case. The rain never came, which is not a big surprise around here, and the skies were not clear. It wasn't a total loss, as you can see in the previous photo, but it didn't look nice until we got up close the city. The brown air of Los Angeles makes for some interesting textures and gives us some beautiful sunsets (gross, I know). It also reminds us of the current conditions of where we choose to live. Is it all smog and pollution? Is it just dust blown in from from the desert? Most likely a little bit of both, I'm guessing.
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