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Just take a deep breath and walk with my dogs and me to my dock. Come with me and savor last evening’s perfect pink and blue pastel shades spanning the sky at Apollo Beach on Tampa Bay. Soak in the sweet magic of nature you’ll love being covered in.
Facebook shows full sphere panorama pictures but it doesn’t display my fun 360x360 videos. So I’m sharing the flat vertical view by key framing the best parts of the full view. It was tranquil but you can hear some wind.
God's Million Painting In One Sunset Tampa Bay (Timelapse Music Video) - IMRAN™
**Please enjoy on the largest screen you can see it on, with audio.**
Each sunset photo I have ever posted of Tampa Bay Florida sunsets, I often called them paintings by God. Well, this 30-seconds music video Nikon D850 timelapse of a 90-minutes sunset & dusk will show you a million paintings and colors.
Both the original music clip created for this video and the video itself are by yours truly - but the miracles are all by the Almighty God to whom I bow my head in prayer and gratitude five times a day, especially at Maghreb as the sun sets.
Dockside Dramatic Day Dusk Dolphins Delight Dogs - IMRAN™
Come join me and soak in sea, sunset, Sunday, scenery AND dockside dramatic day dusk dolphins delight dogs, all in a few minutes livestream1 Like, love, comment, and share. Watch especially at the 3:00 minutes mark.
So, here is what happened. Kennedy and K2, my German Shepherd Dogs, were excitedly waiting to go for a walk after eating. Usually they like to go to the dock AFTER the walk, but even though I did not hear any telltale sounds of dolphins nearby, they both raced first to the dock. Kennedy's barking told me dolphins were indeed there. I managed to get to the dock, and sure enough, the day, the dusk, the dolphins, and the dogs did not disappoint.
(Pakistani Wedding) Ready, Set... Sit Together - Day 1 - IMRAN™
Continuing with the storytelling of my precious beautiful sweet smart niece Iman's wedding day, once her parents (my sister and brother in law) had walked her to the stage, where the handsome groom was waiting for her, the young still a couple-to-be sat together smiling. I managed to catch those moments in this short video. Soon the mothers of both would join them on stage in preparation for exchanging their wedding rings.
Cool Saturday Night Fever(ish) Tampa Bay Waters After Hot Windy Day - IMRAN™
Even though streaming platforms may not do it justice, this livestream is actually from my super awesome Nikon D850 camera, a gift of a beloved one for my birthday 2 years ago. Since the iPhone 13 Pro Max has such an awesome camera, and it is with me all the time, sometimes I do not get to use this Nikon (or even the now 15 years old D300) as much I would like. Today, as I saw a deep orange color form over the moody sky I decided to do this livestream with the Nikon D850 and it's 4K video. But for file size reasons I only recorded it at regular HD & H.264 compression. The wind-noise reduction is better on this https://youtu.be/MO_wtHQAiUs .
It was a hot Saturday and the 90F felt hotter than usual a few hours ago. Now a strong wind, which makes it hard to be heard on camera, makes the temperature more pleasant but definitely not great for audio commentary. In either case, enjoy a spectacular Tampa Bay, Florida, boating sunset livestream with my German Shepherd Dogs, Kennedy and K2, at the dock of my blessed home this wonderful Saturday. Watch for the full moon too in the night sky!
Missing the return of loved ones into my waiting arms in this corner of paradise soon.
Voulez-Vous? Fabulous Time Watching Fabulous ABBA The Concert With Fabulous Shannon - IMRAN™ (Part 4)
43 years ago, April 1979, I was preparing to go to the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan for my Electronics Engineering studies there 1980-1984, when ABBA released their album Voulez-Vous. It is French for a risqué-ish (for the era) song meaning "Do You Want?". At that time I was keen on learning German and French was lower on my list of interests, as an I Want To Learn It All.
It was interesting that I got to hear ABBA The Concert (the ABBA tribute group) perform the song when I have been on a daily French lessons streak of nearly 800 days! Ironically, the beautiful, smart, and fabulous Shannon has also taken up French. We are both using DuoLingo on our Apple iPhones.
Check out this iPhone camera video I recorded from seats quite far from the stage at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida when I took Shannon to this concert. I will also post a link to the actual masters of the game, ABBA, the original legend, performing this live with a dancing crowd at the start of the 1980s. You will agree how accurate this group is in honoring ABBA's sound and experience.
So, as I love to have beautiful blue-eyed blondes like Shannon ask me, Voulez-Vous? And, even without having learned French, my lifelong answer has been, Oui!
December Tampa Bay Florida Sunset By Drone - IMRAN™
Get your 1-minute sunset music video fix wherever you are. Come take off with me to see a magnificent Tampa Bay winter sunset at my blessed home on Apollo Beach, Florida. Can you spot me?
Symphony Isles Holiday Lights DriveBy 3X Music Video - IMRAN™
I am blessed to live in Symphony Isles, a popular neighborhood in Apollo Beach, Florida. Every year the board and various committees, plus individual homeowners, do a great job of holiday decorations.
One night every year the guards open the main gates to the town and all are welcome to drive by to enjoy the lights. Even without any traffic it took me 30-minutes of driving to go past every home.
Enjoy this 3X accelerated hyper-lapse of the drive. If I made it faster, e.g. 400%, then the lights pass by too fast. Even at 3X speed it is easy to miss the detail. But if I did not speed it up, few would have the time to watch the whole thing. So, hopefully this is an optimal balance of speed and duration.
I had wanted to compose an original soundtrack to go with the video but then it may not get done for a long time. So I used one of my existing music tracks, actually one I created for drone flight at Old Inn at Little Harbor about 4 year ago. "Big Sky At Little Harbor" is the tune, and the video is pretty awesome. You will love that too.
Meanwhile, come along for a "high speed" drive (without breaking 20 mph speed limits!) with me and enjoy the sights and lights.
Terrific TGIF Tranquil Tampa Time (Florida Sunset Aerial Drone Flying Livestream) - IMRAN™
Whether exhausted from a difficult day or tired from shopping or just feeling alone and needing to be cheered.... join me for a few minutes on the dock on the bay.... as my wonderful German Shepherd Dogs Kennedy and K2 keep me company....... during a short drone flying aerial Livestream .... another magnificent Tampa Bay Florida sunset at my blessed home.... with birds flying by and boats from the area passing by on their way home. Live, Love, Comment, Share if any of your friends will smile on seeing this! Happy Holidays!
While it is officially autumn, it was a summer-like 90°F weather day on Tampa Bay as I took my German Shepherd Dogs, Kennedy & K2, for a quick stroll. I thought the beautiful sailing, shipping, jet skiing, seaside Saturday scene deserved to be streamed to you. Enjoy a beach day in a few minutes wherever you are.
Cold White Hot Cloud Attack (Tampa Bay Florida) - IMRAN™
(Timelapse Music Video. Play with sound, enjoy more on larger screens)
An almost icy-cold but white-hot looking series of mushroom clouds rose from the waters of Tampa Bay attacking the perfectly blue sky today. This is the timelapse video I captured with no filter and no editing of any kind to the images. The movement of the clouds, first boiling up into the sky, and then flattening to march towards land at Apollo Beach, was so dramatic I was inspired to compose a short music tune. I titled it "Cloud Attack" just to go with the video. It may be something I build on to make a track for my next music album. What do you think?
