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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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Saturday, 29 April 2006
Studies in Red
Topic: Color Studies

Studies in Red

From Saturday, April 29, 2006, nine in the morning - dark and cloudy - Sunset Boulevard

Red wall and poster at the Whisky a Go-Go, Sunset Boulevard



From Saturday, April 29, 2006, nine thirty in the morning - dark and cloudy - Hollywood Boulevard

Entrance, Geisha House, Hollywood Boulevard



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Friday, 28 April 2006
Studies in Blue
Topic: Color Studies

Studies in Blue

On the beach, Thursday, April 27, 2006, in Playa del Rey, just north of Los Angeles International Airport. The location is at the breakwater, at the mole leading into the harbor at Marina del Rey, about twelve miles west of Hollywood. These two didn't make it in.

Wreckage on the beach in Playa del Rey, at the breakwater, at the mole leading into the harbor at Marina del Rey



Wreckage on the beach in Playa del Rey, at the breakwater, at the mole leading into the harbor at Marina del Rey



Wreckage on the beach in Playa del Rey, at the breakwater, at the mole leading into the harbor at Marina del Rey




Via Google Earth, the location...

Location of wreckage on the beach in Playa del Rey, at the breakwater, at the mole leading into the harbor at Marina del Rey


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Thursday, 27 April 2006
The Birds and the Bees
Topic: Nature and Botanicals

The Birds and the Bees

Duck at the edge of the sheltered lagoon in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles County
The bird - Thursday, April 27, 2006, at the edge of the sheltered lagoon in Playa del Rey - is this duck that just woke up in a bed of alyssum, a bit unhappy to be disturbed. (Playa del Rey - "the beach of the king" - is the first beach north of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), between the airport and Marina del Rey, about twelve miles west of Hollywood.)









The bee is nearby, working away in the "ice plant" that grows in the sand at the edge of the beach parking lots. Ice plant? That would be carpobrotus edulis, a creeping, mat-forming succulent, a member of the Stone Plant family Aizoaceae and one of about thirty species in the genus Carpobrotus. It is also known as the Highway Ice Plant, Pigface or Hottentot Fig, and in South Africa known as Sour Fig. It's used all over out here, mainly to hold down hills and loose sand (thus the "highway" name), and as a firebreak (it is a succulent after all, and full of water). It requires next to no care and needs little rain, which is fine because we average little rain out here anyway. And like many things in California, it's very flashy. The bee is just an ordinary bee.

Bee pollinating ice plant blossom in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles County




Birds and bees lead to families. These might be Marbled Godwits.

A late note, Sunday, April 30, from a reader in upstate New York - "Of course the top picture is a beautiful Mallard drake. In the lower pictures, you have two kinds of birds. I am guessing the larger (on left) are Long-billed Dowitcher and the smaller ones, Western Sandpiper."

These are not Marbled Godwits at the edge of the sheltered lagoon in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles County



These are not Marbled Godwits at the edge of the sheltered lagoon in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles County


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Updated: Sunday, 30 April 2006 2:40 PM PDT
Wednesday, 26 April 2006
A Little Geometry...
Topic: Color Studies

A Little Geometry...

Been here fifteen years, living just above the Sunset Strip, and have yet to figure out what's in this round green building down by Tower Records.

Green building on Sunset Strip



Green building on Sunset Strip


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Updated: Wednesday, 26 April 2006 5:46 PM PDT
Tuesday, 25 April 2006
Losing the eye...
Topic: Light and Shadow

Losing the eye...

A dreary cloudy day in the Hollywood Hills, when nothing catches your eye. There's just visual clutter.

Visual clutter in the Hollywood Hills



You just need to rest your eye on where the clutter isn't.

Glass Study, still life


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