Reader Photos: Southern California Moments

Southern California Moments

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The streets were still wet from a light drizzle when Luci Bird's daughter came home from school two months ago. "It was the first rain of the season, I believe, so I was pretty excited," the photographer said. "I love taking and exploring reflection shots, so I jumped at the chance."

Bird, who took the image in Buena Park on her Samsung Galaxy S3, says her daughter is usually willing to go along with her photo ideas.

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A stitch in time saves nine ... lives?

Christopher Stoltz photographed a cat waiting by some sewing machines at a shop near the corner of South Main and West 8th streets in downtown Los Angeles. A cat casually lounging at a sewing shop made for a bizarre scene, he said.

Stoltz took this photo on Jan. 9 using a Leica M7.

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Sunrise at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve

Josh Patterson went to the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in the San Fernando Valley on Monday. North of the Burbank Boulevard overpass, he saw the sun reflected on the Los Angeles River and the mist rising. He hopped to the center of the river and shot this photo.

"What struck me was how you can stumble across these pockets of natural beauty in the heart of Los Angeles," he said. "Totally unexpected and more magical for that."

Patterson took this photo at sunrise with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

Light trails on the 405

Justin Woolley photographed the evening traffic on the 405 Freeway from an overpass on Palms Boulevard in Mar Vista. He took the photo on Jan. 5 using a Canon EOS 60D.

No pants? No problem.

Karl Sandin photographed participants of the Los Angeles No Pants Subway Ride at a Starbucks in Union Station on Jan. 11.

"I found it interesting that many of the participants were getting coffee and hanging out at Starbucks in Union Station," he said.

The annual event, where participants ride the subway in their underwear, was started by an improv group in New York City in 2002. The event now takes place in dozens of cities around the world.

Cormorants on a collision course

Chris Orr and her husband, Lou, were at Legg Lake in the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area on Thursday watching the cormorants build their nests. Amidst the activity, two double-crested cormorants nearly collided, Orr said.

"While I was following an incoming cormorant and trying to focus on it, I saw another bird approaching the same area and thought, 'Oh, no, they're going to crash!' " she said.

Orr used a Canon EOS 7D Mark II.

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