Walk # 37, Hollywood Bowl and High Tower Loop

9 May 2015:

From the walk two weeks ago just west of the Hollywood Bowl. These particular stairs are unique in that they intersect another walk street that is signed. You can see the sign for the walk street half way up the stairs, just behind Lily. This was a great walk, as I described earlier. This was also the first time that I used the Hasselblad instead of the digital SLR.

Hasselblad 500 C/M, Ilford delta 100 black and white film

Tomatoes

I just got a new macro lens. Need I say more?

I like the faint scratches on the tomato skin just to the left of image center.

Canon 5D

Lily's Roses

15 May 2015:

Lily created this flower arrangement this past Tuesday in her flower-arranging class. The instructor wanted her to gather the roses all together in the middle of the arrangement, but Lily protested that roses were not to be treated this way and rebelled, leaving them as you see here. And I agree.

Canon 5D, light painting

Walk #37, Hollywood Bowl & High Tower Loop

9 May 2017:

We did our 8th walk today, this time in the hills just west of the Hollywood Bowl. We had to endure some parking issues and wade through the tourists down on Hollywood Boulevard, but once on the walk all was good. At the base of the best set of stairs of the day, Lily found this giant replica of the map for this walk, right out of the book, so we knew we were on the right track. 

This is the only digital exposure I took on the hike. I used the Hasselblad with black and white film for everything else, so it will be a week or so before I get to see the images. 

iPhone

Victorians from Walk 12, "Echo Park Lake Victorians"

26 April 2015

On Sunday the 26th Lily and I took Walk 12, "Echo Park Lake Victorians". The walk along Kellam Avenue was my favorite part of the walk, where we saw some beautifully restored Victorian and Queen Anne homes. Lots of money went back into those structures. Note the satellite dish sticking up above the roofline of the Victorian. Hmmm.

Lily liked the views of neighboring Echo Park Lake with downtown LA in the background. Note the famous lotus plants in the lake - they are making a comeback.

Canon 5D

Walk # 40, Santa Monica Canyon - Rustic Canyon Loop

11 April 2015:

This walk was much more about the stairs themselves than about the architecture, which was in my opinion less interesting today. The top shot of Lily descending the long staircase into Rustic Canyon is a favorite from today, and probably for the series so far. I was able to get back far enough to get in much of the staircase, and the light coming through from above really looked nice on the foliage that was overhanging the railing on the right-hand side.

And then we were hungry - so we stopped at Patrick's Roadhouse Cafe on Pacific Coast Highway for a nice, not-so-light brunch before tackling the last three stair climbs on the walk. This cafe is or was a favorite haunt of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Canon 5D

Milky Way

5 April 2015:

Milky Way, rising in the southeast, Joshua Tree, March 21, 2015.

Canon 5D, 50mm lens, 160 - 90 second exposures.