Southern California Photography by Alan Pavlik, editor and publisher of Just Above Sunset
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Photos and text, unless otherwise noted, Copyright © 2006 - Alan M. Pavlik

If you use any of these photos for commercial purposes I assume you'll discuss that with me

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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Tuesday, 18 April 2006
Interiors
Topic: Technical Exercises
Interiors

Photographed in the gardens of Greystone Mansion, 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, on Tuesday, April 18, 2006, late morning - color studies in extreme close-up. The off-camera contrast - in the adjacent parking lot the Beverly Hill Police Department was running counterterrorism drills, maybe thirty guys in full riot gear, with eight or ten police cars and the armored SWAT vehicle zooming around, and group of guys practicing charges at an invisible crowd, swinging their batons and striding forward in unison. Just another day in paradise.

Bloom in the gardens of Greystone Mansion, Tuesday, April 18, 2006



Bloom in the gardens of Greystone Mansion, Tuesday, April 18, 2006



Bloom in the gardens of Greystone Mansion, Tuesday, April 18, 2006



A few feet away...

Break time, the Beverly Hill Police Department counterterrorism drills in the upper level parking of Greystone Mansion, Tuesday, April 18, 2006


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Updated: Tuesday, 18 April 2006 4:23 PM PDT
Monday, 17 April 2006
Motion Capture
Topic: South of Hollywood
Motion Capture

California Brown Pelican in Flight, Long Beach Harbor, 23 February 2006


A California Brown Pelican in Flight...







































The context, Long Beach Harbor 23 February 2006...

Shore Birds, Long Beach Harbor, 23 February 2006


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Updated: Monday, 17 April 2006 6:01 PM PDT
Sunday, 16 April 2006
Taking the Day Off
Topic: Light and Shadow
Taking the Day Off

The site is closed for the day…

Window, construction site, Sawtelle Boulevard, West Los Angeles, September 23, 2005


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Updated: Monday, 17 April 2006 5:54 PM PDT
Saturday, 15 April 2006
Easter
Topic: Landmarks
Easter

The Hollywood Cross, overlooking Cahuenga Boulevard, from Mulholland Drive

Easter is tomorrow morning. There will be a sunrise service at the Hollywood Bowl, the first in a few years. Those services were suspended while they rebuilt the thing one more time, but that's done now.

This is the concrete cross on the hill overlooking the Bowl, as seen April 13th from Mulholland Drive.

So Hollywood is not filled with venial, materialistic, godless folks, who only pay lip service to religion to sell movie tickets. Well, there are plenty of those, but there are churches, and plenty of pious people. It's just hard to tell them apart sometimes.


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Updated: Saturday, 15 April 2006 5:56 PM PDT
Friday, 14 April 2006
The Eye on Sunset Boulevard
Topic: Insider Stuff
The Eye on Sunset Boulevard

This caged eye is looking at you - Sunset Boulevard at La Cienega, looking east, the balconies of the Mondrian Hotel in the background, Thursday, April 13, 2006.

The eye belongs to Tori Spelling - a billboard for her "fictional reality" series "So noTORIous" on VH1, with Farrah Fawcett of all people.

How do your get to be star with a billboard on Sunset? Her father, Aaron Spelling, invented and produced "Dynasty," "The Love Boat" and "Charlie's Angels." Whatever.

It's really a small town out here. And spooky.

This caged eye is looking at you - Sunset Boulevard at La Cienega, looking east, the balconies of the Mondrian Hotel in the background, Thursday, April 13, 2006


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