Where is this city? [duplicate]

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I saw this in the lock screen of Windows, wondering where this is. Any clues?

Amazing I was about to post a "where is this Windows lock screen" question! — Fattie, Oct 3 '18 at 19:11
It's not specific to your picture, but this might help. superuser.com/questions/1011968/… — zeocrash, Oct 3 '18 at 19:13
Also, once you have the image files (as described in my link), you can do a reverse image search on the image. — zeocrash, Oct 3 '18 at 19:13
Reverse image search is not working, sadly .. Google doesn't know where it is. — Fattie, Oct 3 '18 at 19:14
This may help .. winhelponline.com/blog/location-where-a-spotlight-image-shot — Fattie, Oct 3 '18 at 19:14

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-16 10:18:57Z

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For the sake of being first to answer, I think it's just So.Cal.

I'd say "Los Angeles from somewhere like Griffith Park".

The hill in front looks wrong but the buildings look correct.

Found it ..

https://www.tineye.com has it where, surprisingly, Google reverse image totally failed.

Unless this photographer bloke is just completely making stuff up, it's a picture by Carl Larson

"Taken on November 7, 2016"

"Another shot of the great sunset from my night at Griffith Park. All the colors in the rainbow!"

Sony ILCE-7R FE70-200mm ƒ/8.0 70.0mm 0.5s ISO200

(The guy actually gives the full EXIF data there which is neat!)

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answered Oct 3 '18 at 19:21

Fattie

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It's weird. SOME of the buildings look correct and some look wrong! – Fattie Oct 3 '18 at 19:24
LA was my first thought too, but there don't seem to be enough skyscrapers. – zeocrash Oct 3 '18 at 19:41
This is a photo of LA from Griffith Park cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/BDObVrteTS2tQ4x4EyfSUxKD1Mg=/… – zeocrash Oct 3 '18 at 19:41
@Fattie Since the photo appears to be taken looking southwest, the buildings are probably Century City rather than DTLA. – choster Oct 3 '18 at 20:30
HI @PeterM ! ? Prime lenses are cheaper than zoom lenses. – Fattie Oct 3 '18 at 21:20

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