Farmer's Market, Los Angeles

Farmer's Market, Los Angeles, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

The Grove without the TV glitz is a fairly humdrum location to shoot. But the surprise for me was to find that the Farmer's Market was adjoining to The Grove. Something that I found out when I walked to the end of the street and discovered the building with the Farmer's Market sign. I rarely came to this market back in the 60's but 3rd and Fairfax somehow sticks in my mind. Talking to this man about the old days was quite interesting.

another side of Vegas

1, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

I was quite surprised to find that Las Vegas had some new buildings which would have made for some interesting architecture shots. The skies also had just the right amount of clouds to help make it interesting. Unfortunately I did not have the time to set up the long exposure shots to produce the shots that I thought would result in. Maybe another time...

alien

The day was plain for a good part as it was grey and overcast. So I tried slow shutter speeds to try and create more dramatic photos and this was one of the more successful ones. Good light would be preferable but when on the road with family it often isn't possible.



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17-mile drive

In a bit of an unpredictable day with basically running around with a bunch of relatives, the good photos came out unexpectedly as the sun was at times covered by clouds and at times shown through. The viewpoints also came unexpectedly and came more from experimentation than anything else. I specially liked this image.



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Rodeo Cove

I wonder sometimes why I bother coming at the bad times for photography as the results are never as good. No matter the composition without the golden hour colours they just don't come out as well. And in addition I never got to the spot where the better viewpoints were as they were in the far off distance...or at least too far to walk as others were waiting. Sigh...



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lone tree

A few minutes before this it was just plain grey. Then the light appeared and transformed the scene. It was so easy after that.



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as luck would have it

I've been to this area quite a few times but never at the right time. This time was different. After driving around the area we got into the Ansel "lone tree" area. The sky was grey and overcast and the first few shots were so-so. Then the sun broke through and the resulting light was incredible, It was point and shoot after that and very little PP was necessary. I could be so lucky all the time.



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