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Photos and text, unless otherwise noted, Copyright © 2006 - Alan M. Pavlik

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These were shot with a Nikon D70 - using lens (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto, or after 5 June 2006, (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0

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Thursday, 29 June 2006
Busy as a Bee
Topic: Technical Exercises

Busy as a Bee

The day has been busy, editing more than a hundred shots from a photo excursion to "The Heart of Screenland" - Culver City, between Hollywood and the beaches, with its historic studios and amazing Art Deco and Zigzag Moderne buildings from the late twenties and the thirties, and some odd sculptures. Those will along soon. Falling behind here...

Bee pollinating flower, Overland Avenue, Culver City, CA



Bee pollinating flower, Overland Avenue, Culver City, CA



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Sunday, 18 June 2006
All Roads Lead to Hollywood
Topic: Technical Exercises

All Roads Lead to Hollywood

Hollywood Boulevard at Orange, looking south at the entrance of The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
They do?

Hollywood Boulevard at Orange, looking south at the entrance to The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, in deep shadow, in the early afternoon of Friday, June 16, 2006.


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Sunday, 11 June 2006
Perspective
Topic: Technical Exercises

Perspective

An exercise in framing and perspective - Hollywood Boulevard, Monday, 4 June 2006, mid-afternoon, looking west through the June haze, the marine layer finally starting to burn off - the march of the lampposts, the tourists, the traffic - just another day -

 Hollywood Boulevard, Monday, 4 June 2006, mid-afternoon, looking west



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Monday, 5 June 2006
New Eye on Hollywood
Topic: Technical Exercises

New Eye on Hollywood

At the edge of the driveway, the Storer House, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1923 - 8161 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles
Testing the new lens - AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. It just came today. Don't like it much, but getting the most from it will take some time.

Here are some test shots, using the polarizing filter that came with the thing.

The Storer House
Frank Lloyd Wright, 1923

One of the homes in Los Angeles designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, a textile block thing, the blocks cast on site with Wright supervising that himself - on Hollywood Boulevard, but not the part you know. This house is on the right at 8161 – in the trees high above the Sunset Strip, a half a mile west of here. The home is now owned the movie producer Joel Silver, responsible for such things as the Lethal Weapon and the Die Hard series of shoot-'em-ups. But Silver seems to be committed to restoring the home to its original condition - and, in fact, he is working in conjunction with Eric Lloyd Wright on that. The edge of the driveway, six in the evening, Monday, June 5, 2006.

Below, two pigeons keeping an eye on Hollywood Boulevard -









Two pigeons keeping an eye on Hollywood Boulevard



The abandoned Fredrick's of Hollywood flagship store on the boulevard -

The abandoned Fredrick's of Hollywood flagship store on Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles



It's across the street from Musso and Frank, where, when they were writing screenplays back in the late thirties and early forties, Faulkner, Fitzgerald and the rest used to hang out - John O'Hara, Dorothy Parker, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler - even Ernest Hemingway. Raymond Chandler wrote "The Big Sleep" here. Long ago, silent-movie star Tom Mix used to sit next to a window here, so his fans could see him. Charlie Chaplin liked their martinis - he and Paulette Goddard were regulars. Humphrey Bogart, the Warner brothers, Jack Webb and Peter Lawford also could be found here. In the 2001 version of "Oceans 11" there's a scene where George Clooney and Brad Pitt first discuss the Vegas heist in one of the booths. Now? Tom Selleck likes table 24, while Al Pacino prefers table 28. Whatever. This is just a test of the new lens.

Musso and Frank on Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles



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Sunday, 4 June 2006
Odd Blooms
Topic: Technical Exercises

Odd Blooms

A little exercise in depth of field, June 1, 2006, Carlsbad California. Even yucca blooms.

Yucca Blooms, Carlsbad, California, on the Pacific just north of San Diego, Thursday, June 1, 2006


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