Monday, March 3, 2008 – A Hollywood Stroll

The first photographs with the new camera, a Nikon D200 – just a stroll down Hollywood Boulevard, noticing things –

Churrigueresque (Spanish Rococo) detail at 6743 Hollywood Boulevard – for a time this building from the twenties housed the Hollywood Erotic Museum. That didn't last long, but the building remains, empty and spent.

Churrigueresque birds across the street –

The Cinegrill at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel – the first Oscars were held in the ballroom here in 1927, and Marilyn Monroe was "discovered" as she lounged about that the pool here. Now we have a mysterious message.

Shadows on the backside of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel –

Nearby, a reminder Hollywood is about greed –

The new camera handles color pretty well –

The usual –

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Technical Note:

Photographs after March 3, 2008, were taken with a Nikon D200 – or a Nikon D70 when noted. All previous photographs were taken with the D70.  The lenses used are (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto, or (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED.  Photography here is modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  The earliest photography in the archives was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

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