The Other Side

The Other Side, a photo by Tony DeSantis Photography on Flickr.

The last post was facing the other way, East and to the sunrise. Here is the shot I came for in the first place.
This is what LA looks like in the winter time early in the morning. No mist, Smog, or haze which really takes away from the cityscape which is what you get in the summer time. Just a clear crisp shot and yes in the middle of the road which you probably wouldn't get to do during the work week and not get ran over.

These type of shots do create there own problems.
1st of course is keeping an ear open for cars coming up from behind. But for the most part they are few and far in between but none the less it is dark and I wasn't wearing any type of reflective vest. But the middle of the road shot is the definitely the shot to shoot. No risk, no reward!
2nd shooting from the middle where the Metro rolls past is forbidden I guess. Some of the trains stopped and told us to get off the tracks and of course when they leave you get back on. Then the Metro police rolled by and told us to get off the tracks or out of the middle. What is the big deal, It wasn't like we were standing on the tracks of the on coming train it is a very wide path. But none the less we were shoo'd to the middle of the street instead.
So the moral of the story is...stand in the middle of the street and get hit by a car instead of the empty tracks.

Don't they realize we are just trying to catch the best possible shot from the best possible angle with our thousands of dollars in camera equipment. Getting hit by a train is the last thing on our minds.
I guess they think that real responsible people are still sleeping at this time of the morning and only nut cases are out shooting cityscapes at 5am.