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Category: Parallel Lines
Sunset Double Rainbow over LA
I was on the top of a parking structure near LAX to take pictures of the clouds, and was just about to head down when I saw a fragment of the primary rainbow appear. I decided to stick around and keep watching, and was rewarded when it brightened and lengthened, and then a faint secondary bow (just to the right of the airplane) came into view.
Moth and Flowers
Believe it or not, this was taken with my phone. Looking back at the timestamp it would have been with my G2.
Seagull above the Bay
Ocean Sunset
Taken last November at Dockweiler State Beach in El Segundo.
Last Year’s Fireworks
Happy Fourth of July!
I like the way this one just lights up the cloud of smoke. It reminds me of pictures of nebulae in deep space, clouds of gas reflecting the light from nearby stars.
I’ve got a few more shots in this Independence Day 2010 photoset.
Tracks
Railroad tracks for the Metro Green Line layered between lanes of the 105 freeway. The very end of both, seen from the Norwalk station.
Crane
Every once in a while you get a perfect shot from the car. I was stopped at a traffic signal next to an area of road construction, and looked up at this crane, backlit by the sun.
Coastal Canyon & Catalina
Canyon near Del Cerro Park on the Palos Verdes peninsula, looking out past the coastline to Catalina Island.
Mt. Saddleback
Today is moving day. I’ve spent most of my life in Orange County, where the eastern skyline (when not blocked by trees and buildings) is dominated by the Santa Ana Mountains. The two highest peaks, Santiago Peak and Modjeska Peak, are known locally as Saddleback because of the shape they form together.
We’re not moving far — just to the South Bay — but it’s going to be weird not seeing this landmark on a day-to-day (well, non-smoggy day-to-day) basis. You can see it from that far away, but it takes a very clear horizon and a very clear sky. On a good day I can just make out the silhouette from LAX.
This shot was taken in Lemon Heights, where you can (usually) see a lot more than just the silhouette.
Hallway Sunset
San Diego Hotel: Holiday Inn on the Bay
Hotels went on sale for Comic-Con International this week. I sat things out this year, since we’re only making a day trip. Naturally, everyone I know who was trying to get a room ended up with the smoothest experience in more than five years, rather than the crashes, timeouts, frustration that we’ve come to expect.
In case you didn’t make it through, or if you decide to just chuck it all and do something else, here’s a link to some ideas on how you can still get a hotel in San Diego.
Eucalyptus Trail
Last month (this is Southern California, where the countryside turns green in the winter) I went on a short hike through Peters Canyon Park. I’ve got a brief write-up with more photos on K-Squared Ramblings, including a somewhat amusing warning sign about mountain lions.
Barn After the Storm
Well, technically, it’s Old Town Irvine during a lull in a storm last December. The clouds were moving very fast, with light and shadow moving over the empty fields and office parks, and I waited several minutes for the sun to play over this scene.
I particularly liked the contrast of the dead brown tumbleweeds scattered around the bright green meadow.
My one regret with this photo is not being able to capture the steep drop-off into a wash right below the frame. I could get the wash, or the sky, but not both.
Downtown LA
Seen from the Los Angeles Convention Center during the Adobe MAX tech conference last October.
On a related note, the Los Angeles Cold Fusion User Group is meeting next Wednesday (February 2). I’ve just helped set up the Facebook page and LinkedIn page for the group.
LA Convention Center
Taken on a clear October day during the 2010 Adobe MAX tech conference.
Bridge Under Construction
Eventually, this will connect the Hilton Bayfront parking structure with the Petco Park parking lot. It’s not exactly an ideal spot for the convention — they really need a bridge near 5th Street — but it should help a little when it’s completed.
At Comic-Con International ← Check out my write-ups.
Happy New Year!
Gate
Next to the first gas station south of CA-152 along I-5 in California’s central valley.
Here’s to maps+satellite views. I’ve identified this as S. Mercey Springs Rd, at the parking lot of Mercy Spring Shell. The private road runs up into the hills past this gate. Off to the right, it makes a sharp turn to cross the freeway and then head north to Los Banos as Highway 165.
Orange Clouds
Clouds lit from below at sunset one evening in September.