Gta San Andreas | Exploring the City of Los Santos | Photo Album #1
Summary
As I always say, the truly magical thing about this Rockstar Games masterpiece known as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas lies in the wide freedom it offers us to develop our own stories and adventures in an open world that provides us with a great diversity of biomes, characters, and challenges, among others. And this time, I wanted to start creating a series of photo albums that I plan to post in this wonderful Gaming Photography community on Hive, where I will be focusing on capturing the best shots of the places that I consider the most iconic within this installment of the GTA saga."
A sportsman using a telescope to view the city
And the first location we explored and where we focused on capturing the best photographs is Verdant Bluffs Park in the city of Los Santos, which happens to be the largest natural and urban reserve in the state of San Andreas (3D Universe), where we can find a wide variety of interesting spaces, such as the San Andreas Observatory, Verdant Bluffs Park with beautiful expanses of natural reserve where we can find a natural lake near the Los Santos airport, and also beautiful views towards Verona Beach.
Note: I used a few graphic mods for this Gta Sa Build like ColorMod, and a new HD particle inspired in the particle used in Gta V.
Some people enjoying a luxury restaurant near Verdant Bluffs.
Near Verdant Bluffs there is a top restaurant where there is a very pleasant place where the people of Los Santos can relax and enjoy a good meal.
Running is a common activity in Verdant Bluff.
In this photo you can see a girl running in Verdant Bluff. In fact, running and cycling are the most popular sports in the park.
A classic Albany Virgo.
This is my vehicle, a classic Albany Virgo. The textures and details are in HQ because I am using a mod that enchance all the textures and details of the vanilla vehicles of the game.
Note: The mod I commented before is named " Rikintosh Smalls Datails."
A powerful V8 inside.
Me & my ride, just after a lil fix...
I really like the chrome detailing on this car. This is one of my favourite photos of the album, because I think it really captures the chill and natural vibe that Verdant Bluff has.
The entrance to the San Andreas Observatory.
Just in front of the San Andreas Observatory is a cool space full of flowers, monuments and benches that make this the perfect place to chill out and enjoy the beauty of Los Santos nature.
A women enjoying the park.
This is the perfect place to take a look at Los Santos.
At the observatory, we can see pedestrians exercising and using the telescopes to observe the city of Los Santos from a distance.
The splendour of the San Andreas Observatory.
Despite not being able to access the interior of the observatory, it's really great to be able to explore its surroundings, where we can find multiple views towards Los Santos, and where we can also find graffiti to replace with our own Grove Street graffiti.
A very detailed view of the City from Verdant Bluffs heights.
This photo shows a very detailed view of Los Santos. This photo was taken from the heights of the Verdant Bluffs Park. In the distance and between the light pollution, we can see the Highest Tower of Los Santos.
Just watching the sunset.
This is my fav photo from this album. Here we can see a pedestrian looking through a telescope directly at the Verona beach at sunset.
Highway to Los Santos Airport.
From the top of the hills of Verdant Bluff we have excellent views of the motorway to Los Santos airport. As you can see this highway is quite busy at all hours.
The same girl looking at Verona beach from another perspective.
Between nature and the city.
From the top of the nature reserve that surrounds the park, you can even see the Los Santos airport runway in detail, in a perfect blend of nature and urban landscape. If you look closely, you can also see the small lake at Verdant Bluff.
On the other hand, the star in the sky is quite striking, don't you think?
The LS airport and its night lights
As I said before, from the heights of the park we can have a very detailed view to the airport, even in the night. The airport looks great with all those flashing lights.
Following a Cop on duty.
One thing I really like about this area of San Andreas is that it tends to be a very lively area in the game, for example, we can find a lot of random events like cops chasing thieves and even intense shootouts in the middle of the park lol.
Enjoying a peaceful night.
The night can gift to us amazing perpectives in this game.
Watching the sunrise in LS.
From the small lake of Verdant Bluff it is possible to sit and watch the breathtaking sunrises in Los Santos.
A beautiful moon in LS.
Urban landscape and surroundings.
In the surroundings of Verdant, we can find very detailed urban landscapes that show us the richness of environments that this videogame can offer us. I liked this photo because I think it not only captures the urban, but also the beach atmosphere surrounding Verona Beach, which is quite close to the reserve.
Police brutality.
Random events in LS are at the order of day... so I capture a case of police brutality in the street. You have to admit that the cops of the Los Santos police department are very effective in neutralising any pedestrian lawbreakers xD
Opening fire.
A cop versus a drug dealer in LS, just that.
Los Santos University Campus.
Here is a beautiful shot in front of the LS University campus, which is right across from Verdant Bluffs. This is a very large area where we can find items such as armour and a silenced 9mm. It also has a large car park where there are always good cars.
A guy in danger.
Another random event that I captured with my camera is an attempt at self-harm by a pedestrian hanging from the roof of one of the buildings near the park.
Note: This event is produced by a mod called ‘Random Events in San Andreas’.
The guy in danger from another perpective.
Finally, the Random Events mod gives us a chance to save the guy if we get close enough, and he tells us why he's hanging from the roof... and it's basically for reasons of heartbreak lol.
Well, it's time to say goodbye, and I hope you enjoyed this little Gta San Andreas photo album. Soon I plan to bring you more photo albums of our classic Gta Sa.
Note: If you're interested on any mod that you see on this post or in the gameplay, feel free to ask me about, pal (y)
At the moment the principal mods that I've used for this gameplay are:
- Project U.R.B.A.N.I.Z.E.
- Random Events for San Andreas.
- Rikintosh Small Details mod.
- Reloaders Colormod
- Enchanced Particle by Junior_Djjr.
Credits to Rockstar games & the base games & all the mod developers owners of the mods showed here.
All the images showed on this post are taken from my pc Screen with the use of the In game photo camera (item) and the screen recorder software Action Mirillis.
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