Downtown Los Angeles Moonrise #1
by Joe Doherty
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Downtown Los Angeles Moonrise #1
Artist
Joe Doherty
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It's likely that this view of downtown LA won't exist for much longer, as that crane in the middle attests. I've wanted to shoot this angle for years, but finding an adequate high spot has eluded me until now. I would have preferred to be further away, so that the longer lens would result in a larger moon, but this is a nicely proportioned image and the close proximity meant that atmospheric distortion is less of an issue.
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January 11th, 2015
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Comments (3)
Lorenzo Williams
Great picture. It's my privilege to feature the picture in the group "LA SoCal Artist." The "Ritz Carlton / JW Marriott are the building the that crane help to construct. Your angle looks as if you were on the west bound 10 fwy.
Joe Doherty replied:
Thanks for adding me! This isn't off the 10. I don't think there is an angle off the 10 to shoot this. The place I was hoping to shoot it was at Pico and Vermont, but I couldn't get access to the roof. Instead I was atop the parking garage at Loyola Law School, which was in line with the vector to get this moonrise through that gap before the Wilshire Tower is completed and blocks the view.
Judy Vincent
Wonderful image! Congratulations on your feature in the “Landscape and Landmark Photography” group!
Laura Ragland
Love your technique and post skills, makes LA look beautiful and since my Mom was raised about a mile from here, I always think it IS beautiful.
Joe Doherty replied:
Thanks Laura for your kind words. I'm a 3rd generation Angeleno, and I think the city gets more beautiful as I get older.
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