Giants in the Sky

Testing out my new Sony 16-35mm F2.8! I love this lens! So different than the rest of my arsenal. Don't get me wrong, I'll roll with my 35mm F1.4 any day, but sometimes I need that wide. And before I was using my Rokinon 14mm. That lens is beautiful for stars, but recently I was doing some night architecture and many of my photos came out with bad focus. This 16-35mm makes it easier to get what you want.

Here are some photos from the top of the former AT&T building in Downtown Los Angeles, CA. It's now the USC building. I tried some photos through the glass and then I found a door that happened to be open to the roof so, naturally I took the opportunity to sneak onto the roof until the security detail came over and asked me to go back inside. I was in the middle of a time lapse on my phone that had to be cut short, buuuut I got what I wanted already with my camera. ;)

What I've noticed with editing cityscapes is that I don't want to edit much past a clarity bump and brightening up the highlights. And with this lens the sky does need more than average dust spot cleanup, but other than that it's difficult to change history. Hah. I still go into it thinking I'll make something cool, and then I realize these are not the photos to play with.