…of the puzzle. And I think it should be more than obvious now. More to come in the next days.
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Black Tiles
Guess what it is! Taken somewhere in Los Angeles last week. It was a big wish of mine to see this and it came true.
Beloved Pacific
As mentioned earlier – the Pacific Ocean is something special to me. It is always a desire to be in contact with it when I’m somewhere on its coast line. So I could not wait to get to the beach and to walk in.
Escaping the Winter
Even it is still fall, the weather feels like winter in Germany. You can estimate how it felt when I arrived in California last Sunday. 32 degrees centigrate and bright sun! It was a must to drive over to Laguna Beach after work on Monday to catch the last rays of sunlight while sitting on the beach.
Short final
Again in California and again it was my goal to catch a heavy on short final to LAX. Dream was to get a Quantas A380. But without having ATC or mobile internet the only thing you can do is wait (and I saw the Quantas bird already coming in when I still was on the highway). This time I had plenty of time to visit the famous park at Sepulveda Blvd. to watch the birds coming down on runway 24R. But everything I saw was a big cross on the runway marking it as closed. What a disappointment! So I walked down the road to 24L and got an AA triple seven – unfortunately on the best frame a wingtip is missing. Obviously not my day. So I walked back to the car. On the way back I met another photographer and he gave me the information that the Korean A380 is coming around. So I went back to 24L. Plan was to be at the left wing tip fence position and to catch the beast at 11 mm. Really hard to estimate…
This is what I got and I’m quite happy. Not the 24R position, but still an A380 wide angle picture at LAX. Due to the fact that it was done at 11 mm the plane looks smaller than it is. But have a look on it’s mighty shadow and you will get an impression about the size (front part is only from wing tip to No.1 engine)
Orange
Still at Inspiration Point in Corona del Mar. Getting an impression why it is called Orange County…
Stare
I don’t know what you think how I find the spots where I do photographs like this one. Pure luck! Okay, not at all. In most cases I discover the whole area on Google Earth and use Streetview as well. The picture shown here was done on the second last day of my trip and I had a long to-do-list after leaving the office. So I grabbed summer clothing and camera in the morning, changed it on leaving the office and made a big round trip through Orange County and its malls to spend some money. When done with shopping I tried to get to the coast before sunset. On arrival in Newport Beach I took a random road to the beach and what a luck – I directly ended on a place called “Inspiration Point”. I think I have seen why it is called this way. (Inspiration Point on Google Maps)
Around the Corner
Always hunting for the sun! When arriving somewhere, first thing is turning towards the sun. (as you can see in my previous posts – I’m addicted to back light photos).
Newport Beach
As alway on my business trips: leave the office, check the light conditions and drive to a spot already discovered on Google. This time I drove to Newport and threw my stuff on the beach and watched the scene relaxing in the sun and figuring out where to catch some nice shots. This is what I got when I was walking around in the streets near the beach.
Big Blue Whale
I mentioned in the last post, there was this Korean A380 departing right over my head. As you know, this is kind of a photoblog and mostly I carry a camera with me: for sure I have captured this scene as well. Moving slowly over the beach, like pinned in the air.