Friday, April 4, 2008 – That Tourist Thing

Okay, so you may want to visit Southern California.  Here are your reference shots.

Malibu, as seen from Venice Beach –

The Santa Monica Pier, and Santa Monica, as seen from Venice Beach –

Here's your fate.  A line of foreign tourists in Venice Beach –

You might have seen Woody and Wesley in that movie, White Men Can't Jump.  Here you go, the Venice Beach Recreation Center, from the opening scene –

Oh, and that car off to the side, very California –

Oh, and this is picturesque –

Welcome –

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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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