Posted: Monday November 02, 2009
Categories: [architecture] [California]
architecture Public_Buildings
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City Hall. Pasadena, California.
A curious thing happened on the way to Orange County this afternoon.
I visited my uncle and aunt in Los Angeles, which I often do on weekends. Afterwards, I drove to downtown Los Angeles with the intention of photowalking. However, the sun was too high and things were pretty much washed out. So I decided to drive home.
However, I didn't quite know how to get out of downtown. I drove up Hill Street and ended up on the Pasadena Freeway, going towards Pasadena. I wasn't overly concerned because I needed to buy gas, and the traffic was moving that direction. It wasn't moving the other way. (Later I heard on news radio that both of the other freeways I might have taken were clogged with traffic because of accidents. Whew - glad that I missed that.)
I decided to go through Pasadena and then take a freeway that would by-pass Los Angeles on the east side. There is a section of the drive without freeway. It goes through Pasadena. I noticed a beautiful building on the east side of my route. I decided to take a look. It was Pasadena City Hall. The building is beautiful, and a great subject for me to photograph.
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO: 100
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