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Back to Urban Light during daylight

On morning back in late February I happened to be driving through the mid-town part of Los Angeles, with a few minutes to kill, and I realized I was close to LACMA. Of course that brought to mind the Urban Light installation, which I photographed back in 2008, and one of those photos ended up on the cover of a book.

I didn't have a camera with me but I did have my Droid phone, so I pulled over and decided to see how that little lens could do.

Yes, the moon was in the background sky, just like in that cover shot.

24 Feb 2011

Ubiquitous Poppies

Delays on the train this morning made me late for work but it did give me a little while to spot these little guys growing up through the rocks next to the tracks:

California poppies. (Notice those orange blooms.)

It's no coincidence that they're the state flower: they grow everywhere (and can also be seen in these other posts).

Perigee

Tonight's perigee full moon (or "supermoon" as some called it) was partially obscured by clouds here in Southern California, but that didn't stop me from getting some shots.

19 Mar 2011

By the bridge

More from that same night in November 2007 from the last post (where I'm finally getting around to posting). This is a from/near a bridge over the L.A. River.

Refining

These shots were taken over three years ago, only a few months after I got my S3, but I never got around to doing anything with them. Then last night I drove past this oil refining plant again and remembered I'd once spent a cool November evening standing on a bridge taking them, and it was about time I got them up.