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Monday, June 29, 2026

Birthday Flight FL-NY Over BayShore & Tampa Bay - IMRAN®

By the grace of God, fifty-seven years of flying. From my first flight Karachi-Lahore — on PIA as an unaccompanied child in Pakistan — to this one from TPA to NYC. Grateful beyond words.

#IMRAN #Florida #TampaBay #flying #travel #birthday #gratitude

Friday, March 13, 2026

Dolphins Playing Outside My Tampa Bay Florida Home - IMRAN®

#IMRAN #QuantumLair #Dolphins #Florida #MidnightRose

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Saturday, January 10, 2026

Drone Sunset View Tampa Bay At Apollo Beach Home With GSDs Kennedy & K2 Winter 2022 - IMRAN®

So much changes in a few years. Kennedy in 2022, the jetski in 2023, the dock in 2024, But the beautiful memories remain.

Friday, January 02, 2026

Stunning Year-End Sunset Tampa Bay - IMRAN®

This December 30, 2025 sunset was one of the most photographed and posted ones on social media. No edit, no filter.

Wait until you see the Timelapse I captured at my blessed home in Apollo Beach. I’ll post that later.

#IMRAN #Florida #TampaBay #ApolloBeach #Sunset #sky #clouds #nature #seaside #winter #gratitude #blessed #lifestyle #Maghreb

Friday, December 19, 2025

9.5 Years Late, Stunning May Day 2016 Sunset At Tampa Bay Florida - IMRAN®

I am so blessed with all the moments I have experienced and captured in my life. Sometimes it takes me a decade even to post a photo from my "To Post" album!

At least this one is being posted in less than a decade — merely 9.5 years LOL — since I captured this gorgeous Tampa Bay, Florida pre-summer sunset. Photo taken with the nearly 18-year old Nikon D300 at my blessed home in Apollo Beach.

© 2025 IMRAN®

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Breathtaking Sunday Sunset Panorama Tampa Bay Florida At Apollo Beach Home - IMRAN®

Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Complex Clouds, Magnificent Magical Tantalizing Textures, Span Sunset - IMRAN®

Words can barely capture the incredibly complex cloud textures and tones that spanned the early August sunset over Tampa Bay. Earlier rain had made the pavers around the pool look darker.

This HDR (high dynamic range) panorama was created from about eight handheld shots taken with the Nikon D850, stitched together in Adobe Lightroom Classic CC.

On one side, sharp clouds carved dramatic shapes, while in the middle, higher formations smoothed into silky, fog-like patterns. Even farther above, smaller distant shapes reflected the fading sun’s light, deepening the scene into darker, redder tones.

I chose not to “correct” those hues, because they lend the image an indescribable richness—one that others often chase with filters, but nature gifted me directly.

#IMRAN #Florida #TampaBay #ApolloBeach #Sunset #sky #clouds #nature #seaside Nikon Adobe Creative Cloud Adobe

Friday, November 28, 2025

Red, White, Blue Drone Selfie With K2; Cold Blustery Black Friday 2025; Tampa Bay Home - IMRAN®

#IMRAN #Florida #TampaBay #ApolloBeach #GSD #GermanShepherdDogs #dogs #gratitude #blessed #lifestyle #BlackFriday #autumn DJI Nautica Levi Strauss & Co.

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Nights In [Purple & Gold] Satin - Aerial Appreciation Stunning Sunset Dramatic Dusk - Apollo Beach, Tampa Bay, Florida - IMRAN®

As dusk darkened, new Nights in Purple and Gold Satin draped Apollo Beach, Tampa Bay, Florida — and me. In that radiant veil, the glow of my eternal gratitude burned bright, a light no night could dim.

This is an absolutely unedited, untouched, SOOC (straight out of camera) DJI M3P drone video I captured at my blessed home on August 2, 2025.

Monday, May 12, 2025

Capturing Tampa Bay Florida Sunset In Timelapse, Panorama, 360° At Apollo Beach Home Exactly 2 Years Ago Today - IMRAN®

Capturing Tampa Bay Florida Sunset In Timelapse, Panorama, 360° At Apollo Beach Home Exactly 2 Years Ago Today - IMRAN®

This is a video clip created from 300+ individual Nikon D300 which did not have that feature built-in back in 2007 when I got it as a great gift. This was the sunset exactly 2 years ago. Enjoy the music video of the unusual lighting and colors as clouds, rain, and sunset did their best to confuse the camera. You can see me working on capturing panorama and still shots with the Nikon D850 and 360°x360° with the Insta360 R2.

© 2023-2025 IMRAN®

#IMRAN #florida #tampabay #apollobeach #sunset #sky #clouds #timelapse #musicvideo

Sunday, April 06, 2025

A Dog’s Life: Watchful K2 & Kennedy's Love of Dolphins, Even Through Pain - IMRAN®

A Dog’s Life: Watchful K2 & Kennedy's Love of Dolphins, Even Through Pain - IMRAN®
As I grappled with the devastating reality that my time with Kennedy was shorter than I had hoped, fate had its own plans. The news of his inoperable tumor and his struggle with basic functions left me heartbroken. I knew it was only a matter of time before his internal organs would reach a breaking point.
Yet, even in the midst of this pain, Kennedy’s spirit remained unbroken. One evening, as we stood on the dock, a heron gracefully landed atop my home. Kennedy observed it briefly but soon grew bored, leaving K2 to keep a vigilant eye on the bird—a true bird’s-eye view guardian.
But what truly brought Kennedy to life were the dolphins. The moment K2 and Kennedy heard the unmistakable sounds of a nearby dolphin, it was as if Kennedy had found his second wind. Watching him eagerly rush to see his beloved marine companions brought me a bittersweet joy. Best Dog Ever.

© 2024-2025 IMRAN®

#IMRAN #Florida #TampaBay #ApolloBeach #GSD #GermanShepherdDogs #dogs #memories #life #loss #greatness #philosophy #LifeLessons

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

6 Years Ago, Playful Kennedy MidSummer 2019 On Florida Home Dock. Best Dog Ever! - IMRAN®

#IMRAN #Florida #TampaBay #ApolloBeach #GSD #dog #GermanShepherdDog #Kennedy #seaside #beach #summer #memories #BestDogEver

Monday, February 17, 2025

Heaven's Bloodshot Eyes Crying Oceans Of Tears In Memory Of My Beloved Mom's 33rd Death Anniversary (2/2/1992) - IMRAN®

My beloved mother left us at age 50 on 2/2/1992. Even after 33 years, the tears have not ceased. Thinking of that day still brings an unending flow of sorrow.

As I saw this sunset on her anniversary at my blessed Florida home, I was overtaken by emotion. Even heaven's eyes are bloodshot, crying oceans of tears. The sun seemed to understand the pain I, her firstborn son, have endured all these years.

I do not expect it to abate now or for the time I have left before I see her again in the Universe around us.

#IMRAN #sunset #anniversary #mother #life #memories #gratitude #prose #nature #Florida #ApolloBeach #TampaBay

Photo with 18 years old Nikon D300.

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Dock, Dog, Drone & My Bald Spot Now Visible From Outer Space - IMRAN™

My bald spot is now the size of a continent, and visible from space. Well, at least from a drone circling overhead.

Who sent it? CIA? NSA? NASA? I don't see any remote control anywhere near me. Do you? :-)

Sunday, August 11, 2024

Stunning Pure Shocking Pink Sky Perfect Seaside Place - IMRAN™

Believe me, you will see more shades of stunning shocking pink seaside skies in this 30-second time-lapse video than you could catch in a lipstick manufacturer's catalog.

Even the sunset was stunning, but the dusk skies are mind-blowing. Also watch the cruise ship zip by and Tampa International Airport (TPA) traffic zooming by.

Recorded on July 31, 2024 at my blessed home on Tampa Bay, Florida with a Nikon D850, shared from Apple Final Cut Pro. Play with music and be blown away! Like, love, comment, share! Thank you.

Monday, July 29, 2024

Ten Turns (Around The Sun) Today, Stunning Sunset Tampa Bay Florida End July 2014 - IMRAN™

Nikon D300 handheld photo end July 2014, a decade ago. Stunning sunset ten loops around the sun today.

© 2014-2024 IMRAN™

Sunday, July 28, 2024

Kennedy Watched For Dolphins Nearby As K2 Went For A Swim In Tampa Bay Waters Mid-October 2020 - IMRAN™

I brought both my dogs to my neighborhood beach on the very first day I got them. Kennedy, a 4-5-year-old rescued German Shepherd in February 2019, was intrigued but did not fall in love with the water until later. K2, a 2-month-old German Shepherd puppy, came to this beach spot in April 2020, and I recorded the cutest video of his first time going in the water that day.

This was recorded exactly six months later, on October 15, 2020, during the pandemic era. K2 was growing fast and went for a swim. Kennedy was excitedly watching for the dolphins that had passed us a minute earlier.

In the second video, he too goes for a swim but is more interested in the dolphins than in swimming. Later on, multiple daily wades in Tampa Bay became Kennedy’s routine, while K2 only did regular swims in the swimming pool at home or in the bay if I tossed something for him to fetch.

Thursday, July 04, 2024

Tampa Bay Residents Suffering From Florida Winter Weather - IMRAN™

This was the scene on a typical winter morning on Tampa Bay in February. I had not flown my DJI M3P drone in a while, and this seemed like the perfect day to do it. Notice the way we suffer such weather.... by going boating or to the beach, for example.

Saturday, February 03, 2024

Bold Beautiful Blonde Sexy Siren Shannon Buoys Boaters Beachside - IMRAN™

#ApolloBeach, #Beach, #beauty, #blonde, #confidence, #fashion, #Florida, #IMRAN, #models, #Nikon, #Outdoors, #seaside, #TampaBay

Sunday, January 21, 2024

Magnificent Late October Tampa Bay Sunset Five Years Ago At Apollo Beach Home 360°x360° - IMRAN™

This perfect moment of tranquility was captured with 2GB worth of Nikon D850 handheld photos. It was autumn and the last week of October 2018 was coming up.

I took exactly 4 dozen photos as accurately as I could, trying to keep my hands steady and arms level. I did that while turning full 360 three times hoping to not move too much from the spot I started at. I wanted to catch all the details top to bottom, and all around, even though some of the edges get messed up when handheld photos are stitched.

It is ironic that 2GB of photos must be reduced into a 5MB or so image for Facebook to accept. In the full image, especially on a large screen TV, you would see this 30,000 x 150,000 pixels image as if you were standing here next to me.

You can see my Yamaha WaveRunner jet ski, which was lost after a storm a few years later. The DJI Phantom 4 drone stood on dock ready on deck for a sunset flight.

A boat was passing my dock heading home. This was just four months before I would get Kennedy, my German Shepherd Dog you all know, as well as K2 a year after that.