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WESTERN Relics

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WESTERN Relics photographed September 10th, 2013

North side of James M. Wood Blvd./W. 9th St. just east of S. Western Ave., L.A., CA

So interesting how the sun affects color in a shot —>>> the background of the top two pics are in full sun giving the wall a more greenish hue, while the others are shaded, bringing out the blue in the wall.  Color balance…working on it… : )))

Triple Layered / Double XXPosed

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Three for Three ; )))  

This August & September, on my third go round with double exposing a roll of film with my Pentax K-1000 35mm camera, I used 160 speed film & shot it at 320.  This time the extent of the winding created a triple shot effect because the overlap cut each frame perfectly in half instead of like in my 1st two attempts when the overlap was off center.  The vertical shots are cut to just use a double layer, but the horizontals show the triptych effect.

Nature Layers taken in Laguna Beach, CA at Agate Beach, Thousand Steps Beach & Shaw’s Cove.

Graff & Wheatpaste Art shot on Melrose Ave. & in an alley west of LaBrea Ave. in Los Angeles, CA. 

Industrial layer in the 2nd shot above taken on the road driving past an oil refinery on the PCH. 

Giant lamp in the 5th shot above taken in the lot of the soon to be demolished Trader Joe’s parking lot on Santa Monica Blvd.  

Hotel shots taken at the legendary Hotel Brevoort on Lexington Ave. just west of Vine St. in Hollywood, CA.  This was once the residence of Elizabeth Short, ‘The Black Dahlia’.  Above the entryway it reads “Joyously Enter Here”.  —>>>

check out this postcard of the hotel in its heyday —>>> brevoort