if you have a long enough lens you can get a really good shot from the observatory. this was taken at 200mm with minimal cropping. one of my photographic goals was to get a really good shot of the downtown buildings and i've sort of managed to fulfill that, i'd like to get a more closer shot of the buildings but finding a good spot that's also safe is hard to find...
This photo was taken on February 9, 2008 in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, CA, US, using a Nikon D300.
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loritheflowerlady (52 months ago | reply)
Oh My God!!!
Catherine ☥ (52 months ago | reply)
WHOA!! Niiiiice job!!!
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disneymike (52 months ago | reply)
Very nice. I'll have to try this with my 70-200mm f/2.8G VR and a teleconverter. Can you drive to the observatory now or do you have to take a shuttle still?
airencracken (52 months ago | reply)
Beautiful shot. Brilliant really.
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Joits (52 months ago | reply)
lori... i'll take that as a compliment!
wicked queen... thanks!
disneymike... thanks man. yeah bring your teleconverter! i have one but left it at home. and from what i saw, you can drive up there now. we took the shuttle because we came straight from the chinatown parade and took the metro to vermont and sunset where there is a shuttle that takes you up to the observatory every half hour.
airencracken.. thanks dude!
airencracken (52 months ago | reply)
The more I look at this the more I like this. I swear this is postcard material. In a good way.
Drag that I lost you guys yesterday. I would have liked to chat a bit more. Next Flickrmeet I suppose...
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loritheflowerlady (52 months ago | reply)
Yes, I was speechless. Thanks for catching this beauty.
Joits (52 months ago | reply)
airencracken... yeah, but in a situation like this when there's thousands of people in the same area and we're walking around, it's bound to happen that a group as big as ours would separate. eventually i even got separated from them. but its okay, as you said... there's next time.
lori... well thanks!
St Paul Paul (52 months ago | reply)
Absolutely gorgeous. I lived in LA for 15 years and know exactly the view you're talking about. This is simply terrific!
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PhotograFIST (52 months ago | reply)
It looks like a city
Jason (Audrey's Dad) (52 months ago | reply)
Fantastic skyline shot, reminds me of all the childhood summer nights up on the roof of the Griffith, and all of LA spread out below.
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AppleGuy (52 months ago | reply)
This is a great shot!
seltzer_jeff (52 months ago | reply)
Reall, really well done.
I have moved :) (52 months ago | reply)
wow! what a beautiful shot...it's so clear and the lights are like tiny little stars!!!!
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Michael Chiara (52 months ago | reply)
Great shot
Saad Abbas (52 months ago | reply)
Man that's a nice shot. Looks like something you could frame and put up too! I'd buy it.
joy® (52 months ago | reply)
What a killer photo, J! Nice work!
ptaillon (52 months ago | reply)
Like joy® says, Killer photo!
(I'm going to use it as the front page photo for the Los Angeles Group, for March).
Brian McPhee (52 months ago | reply)
great job !!
kamomeel™ (Hend AbduAllah) (52 months ago | reply)
A+++ Grade Photo
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scubapup (52 months ago | reply)
really awesome, pretty good for LA :)
TimOve (52 months ago | reply)
I've never been to LA so I don't know how hard it is to get a good shot of the skyline (other than what you wrote), but doing this sort of shoot at 200mm is pretty neat imho. :)
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.debbie T (52 months ago | reply)
oh wow, this is stunningly gorgeous. perfect.
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marc j (52 months ago | reply)
this just made me smile really big. great shot
P.B. Lea (52 months ago | reply)
Absolutely gorgeous!
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Brilliant!
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Chrisser (52 months ago | reply)
Really fantastic nighttime photo and view. I'll have to try out the Twilight mode of my digital camcorder one of these nights. My digital still point-and-shoot camera (no digital SLR just yet) has a Night mode, but a tripod is required for that, and I don't own a tripod, so I'd have to use Landscape for nighttime shots if not using the digital camcorder. :-)
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Joits (52 months ago | reply)
st paul paul... i've also lived in la countyfor almost fifteen years... and its taken me a long time but i think this is easily the best shot i've taken of downtown LA.
audrey's dad... would be nice to see this view on a regular basis over a couple years and see how it changes!
timove... i'm sure there are lots of good photo spots for downtown LA, i've probably been too lazy to find it but if you ever come and have a good zoom lens, then you know where to go!
chrisser... when you go to the griffith observatory and look out over this view, there's actually a wall that you can rest your camera on so that you get a really good shot. on your p&s camera, try the night mode but without the flash. good luck!
to everyone else... thanks for the comments!
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Great shot
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icraz (52 months ago | reply)
I recently took similar shot from griffith park. Your shot is crystal clear and much better than mine. :)
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LisaMPerez1977 (52 months ago | reply)
Great work. I would think you couldn't see anything with all their smog...But it looks beautiful.
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Marc Crumpler (Ilikethenight) (52 months ago | reply)
Wonderful night scene!~
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wow, this is beautiful!
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jennrivo (52 months ago | reply)
niceeeee!!!!!!
Kedar Gujar (52 months ago | reply)
Wow!
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amesis (52 months ago | reply)
Really like this shot!!
Magali Deval (52 months ago | reply)
this is a wonderful night shot
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breath taking shot!
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blmurch (52 months ago | reply)
Wow - you did a great job here! Gorgeous cityscape. I understand about wanting to be safe. I'm trying to figure out where to take the lunar eclipse photographs this next week.
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