Los Angeles from the air

Mr. Utterson · #1 Posted **Dec 14, 2010, 8:19 PM**

Here are a few aerial photos I took of Los Angeles this year. It was a bit hazy/foggy, and I took the pictures through a window, so the picture clarity is not great. Even so, I was able to take some interesting photos from a unique perspective. Enjoy!

Downtown with the Ritz-Carlton in the foreground

Harbor freeway through downtown

Downtown looking toward Hollywood

Interchange of the Century and Harbor Freeways

Container ships at San Pedro with the Vincent Thomas bridge

Paramount Studios in Hollywood

Downtown Hollywood with the Capitol Records Building in the foreground

Marina Del Rey

Condos at Marina Del Rey

The Santa Monica Pier

UCLA campus

A mansion in Beverly Hills

Another Beverly Hills mansion

The Candy Spelling Mansion - 56,500 sq ft and the most expensive house in the US

San Pedro with the Vincent Thomas bridge

Downtown with the old City Hall

The Hollywood sign

The harbor freeway through downtown

The Playboy Mansion

mhays · #2 Posted **Dec 14, 2010, 8:31 PM**

This might be the best "first post" ever. Fantastic pictures. The height has the benefits of aerial but gives a three-dimensional quality.

Paradox21 · #3 Posted **Dec 14, 2010, 8:57 PM**

Very very nice!!! It's always interesting to me how even in a handful of L.A. area shots, you almost feel as if you're looking at multiple different metro areas at once.

mSeattle · #4 Posted **Dec 14, 2010, 9:00 PM**

Great perspective!

diskojoe · #5 Posted **Dec 14, 2010, 9:03 PM**

nice photos. and candy spellings house may be expensive but is sure is ugly. i wonder how much she spent on that piece of crap. looks like a mutated trac house.

ColDayMan · #6 Posted **Dec 14, 2010, 9:08 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by mhays

This might be the best "first post" ever. Fantastic pictures. The height has the benefits of aerial but gives a three-dimensional quality.

Bingo. And welcome!

SD_Phil · #7 Posted **Dec 14, 2010, 9:13 PM**

Easily one of the best LA threads ever. What a first post! The first picture is, already, my new wallpaper. Amazing amazing amazing!

LAsam · #8 Posted **Dec 14, 2010, 10:04 PM**

You undersold this photo thread my friend! Really excellent work here. I never get tired of seeing aerials of the mansions throught LA. I bet that trampoline behind the Playboy mansion has seen a lot through the years...

ChrisLA · #9 Posted **Dec 14, 2010, 10:09 PM**

Yep, there are nice, and the 3rd photo is my new wall paper. I always believe LA skyline looks the best and the most dense from the view looking west. It captures all of downtown, and not just Bunker Hill which many outsiders think that's all there is it.