CA-22: The Garbage Grove Freeway

Scott en Aztlan > writes:

>On Saturday, I drove the 22 for the first time since they began
>widening it. There's still some work left to do, but now there are
>more lanes, a carpool lane, major bottleneck interchanges such as the
>Orange Crush and Beach Boulevard (CA-39) have been reconfigured - a
>real improvement. And the ______cam was there to capture it all.
>Here's the digital hyperlink:
>http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...73168179435194

Very nice. Excellent use of fruit. And that time-compressed stop-and-go
really tricked me the first time. I thought we were about to see that
black SUV up close and really personal.

A couple things though:

Could you angle the camera more up? It seemed like all the overheads were
getting cut off.

Also, I know that CA 22 is longer than I-405. I think it goes all the way
out to CA 1 -- there are CA 22 postmiles still up, at least, past that
point. Dan Faigin has CA 1 has the terminus, but it could have changed ...

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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> Cameron Kaiser > said in rec.autos.driving:
>
> >Scott en Aztlan > writes:
> >
> >>On Saturday, I drove the 22 for the first time since they began
> >>widening it. There's still some work left to do, but now there are
> >>more lanes, a carpool lane, major bottleneck interchanges such as the
> >>Orange Crush and Beach Boulevard (CA-39) have been reconfigured - a
> >>real improvement. And the ______cam was there to capture it all.
> >>Here's the digital hyperlink:
> >>http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...73168179435194
> >
> >Very nice. Excellent use of fruit. And that time-compressed stop-and-go
> >really tricked me the first time. I thought we were about to see that
> >black SUV up close and really personal.
>
> What time-compresison? My car really does accelerate and brake that
> fast, and my reflexes really are that lightning-quick.
>
> >Could you angle the camera more up? It seemed like all the overheads were
> >getting cut off.
>
> That's what we in the movie-making biz call "subjective viewpoint."
> It's meant to simulate the POV of the average driver, who of course
> fixes their gaze on the pavement 10 feet in front of their car.
>
> But seriously, that was an oversight (or should I say undersight?) on
> my part - it looked fine in the garage before I left home, but
> obviously I wasn't able to check it while I was driving, so I didn't
> notice the blunder until I got back home. I'm not such a perfectionist
> that I would go drive another 25 miles to shoot it all again, at least
> not right away. I'll probably make the run again when everything is
> all done and nicely landscaped.
>
> >Also, I know that CA 22 is longer than I-405. I think it goes all the way
> >out to CA 1
>
> Hmm... Maybe it's just the freeway portion that ends at the 405?
>
> Dangit, it took all night to upload that video to Google, and now I'm
> going to have to upload a correctred verison!
> --
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On your next version...add some pieces of Total cereal and some acorns.
It would fit the common claim that California is full of fruits, nuts
and flakes.

In article >, Cameron Kaiser wrote:

>>http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...73168179435194
>
> Very nice. Excellent use of fruit. And that time-compressed stop-and-go
> really tricked me the first time. I thought we were about to see that
> black SUV up close and really personal.

I'm curious what you (Scott) used to add the titles and transitions.

> Also, I know that CA 22 is longer than I-405.

??

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Does Oscar the Grouch live on the Garbage Grove Freeway?

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:22:53 -0600, "Ronnie Dobbs" >
said:

>Does Oscar the Grouch live on the Garbage Grove Freeway?

I bet Oscar the Grouch's poo stinks from eating all that trash.

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Scott en Aztlan > writes:

>>>http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...73168179435194

>>Very nice. Excellent use of fruit. And that time-compressed stop-and-go
>>really tricked me the first time. I thought we were about to see that
>>black SUV up close and really personal.

>What time-compresison? My car really does accelerate and brake that
>fast, and my reflexes really are that lightning-quick.

My mistake.

>>Could you angle the camera more up? It seemed like all the overheads were
>>getting cut off.

>That's what we in the movie-making biz call "subjective viewpoint."
>It's meant to simulate the POV of the average driver, who of course
>fixes their gaze on the pavement 10 feet in front of their car.
>But seriously, that was an oversight (or should I say undersight?) on
>my part - it looked fine in the garage before I left home, but
>obviously I wasn't able to check it while I was driving, so I didn't
>notice the blunder until I got back home. I'm not such a perfectionist
>that I would go drive another 25 miles to shoot it all again, at least
>not right away. I'll probably make the run again when everything is
>all done and nicely landscaped.

Quite. On my runs I always hate finding out that I blew it and have to go
back and do retakes. Always better when you can do it in a bunch.

>>Also, I know that CA 22 is longer than I-405. I think it goes all the way
>>out to CA 1

>Hmm... Maybe it's just the freeway portion that ends at the 405?
>Dangit, it took all night to upload that video to Google, and now I'm
>going to have to upload a correctred verison!

Oh, yeah, definitely, the freeway ends at the 405. There's a semi-expressway
that trundles on after that which I've driven out to CA 1 with a few rather
quaint old bridge signs.

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"Cameron Kaiser" > wrote in message
...

> Also, I know that CA 22 is longer than I-405. I think it goes all the way
> out to CA 1 -- there are CA 22 postmiles still up, at least, past that
> point. Dan Faigin has CA 1 has the terminus, but it could have changed ...

West CA 22 joins nb I-405 for a couple miles, then exits prior to the I-605
split. CA 22 follows E. 7th Street west to CA 1, the Pacific Coast Highway.
That is where CA 22 ends.

Regards,
Andy