The View From My Window
The pictures here are all copylefted, which means they're yours to copy and use if you want them for any reason.
--Brian Flemming
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5 pm, New Year's Eve
Department of Public Social Services employees leave work
Department of Public Social Services employees leave work
I tried out the extra-long exposure feature here. That blurry figure next to the cop car is a cop, but you can't tell.
The social workers were all leaving really quickly, no doubt on their way to many exciting parties. So I tried to capture the feeling of people racing away from this dreary structure into the big, sparkling city. Don't know if it comes off that way.
Oh, and if some higher-up at the Department of Public Social Services is reading this? It wasn't really 5 pm. It was more like 6.
Los Angeles Medical Center, 99 Cents Only
I used Photoshop to try to make it look like these two structures are connected. Medical treatment--99 cents! Only! Don't know if it quite comes off that way.
The L.A. Medical Center really is painted with a U.S. flag. It happened soon after 9-11, of course. Remember how when the wave of patriotism subsided, people pretty much all took their car-flags down? The L.A. Medical Center isn't so lucky. Taking a plastic flag-holder off your car is easy. You just wait until nobody's looking and you throw it away. But I don't think anyone over there at the LAMC is going to work up the nerve to paint over Old Glory. It's like a tattoo--it'll be there forever now. Not that I mind or anything. (Original picture here.)
Los Angeles Skyline (1), 12-31-02
It's like I always say, you can never have too many skyline shots.
Los Angeles Skyline (2), 12-31-02
It's like I always say, you can never have too many ridiculously Photoshopped skyline shots.
Los Angeles Skyline (3), 12-31-02
It's like I always say, you can never have too many ridiculously Photoshopped skyline shots.
