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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

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.

Sunday, August 10, 2025

Magnificent Fire Island, Long Island, New York, Atlantic Ocean, Winter Sunset - IMRAN®

Magnificent Fire Island, Long Island, New York, Atlantic Ocean, Winter Sunset - IMRAN®
During a winter visit to my blessed Long Island, New York home for Valentine's Day weekend with my then-girlfriend, I captured this magnificent sunset on Fire Island at Smith Point Beach Park. The image was stitched from multiple handheld iPhone photos, so some stitching artifacts are visible on the right side.

© 2022-2025 IMRAN®

#Beach, #FireIsland, #IMRAN, #iPhone, #LongIsland, #memories, #Nature, #NewYork, #Ocean, #Panorama, #seaside, #SmithPoint, #Sunset, #Tourism, #Travel, #winter

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.

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.

Tuesday, February 08, 2022

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?

#aerial, #ApolloBeach, #Architecture, #Beach, #blessed, #Boating, #December, #DJI, #dock, #Dusk, #Florida, #Flying, #gratitude, #homesweethome, #homes, #IMRAN, #life, #Lifestyle, #luxuryhomes, #Nature, #neighborhood, #Phantom4, #reflections, #seaside, #Selfie, #street, #Sunset, #SymphonyIsles, #Tampa, #TampaBay, #weather, #winter

Thursday, August 05, 2021

Boats & Ships Pass Breathtaking Tampa Bay Florida Dusk At Apollo Beach Home - IMRAN™

Boats & Ships Pass Breathtaking Tampa Bay Florida Dusk At Apollo Beach Home - IMRAN™
I have not flown my DJI Phantom 4 drone in a long time. But I did manage to do so tonight. I did not get a chance to transfer the images to the computer yet but wanted to post one from the many unpublished ones. 
This was from just two months after I had bought the drone in 2016. It was an evening a few days after the 4th of July 2016. 
A lit-up boat crosses Tampa Bay towards Apollo Beach, while a ship leaving the Port of Tampa goes in the other direction in the distance. 
Magnificent dusk spans the sky as I capture the scene from the drone a few feet above the water. No editing, no filters, no processing at all. Just nature's magic at Maghreb time.

© 2016-2021 IMRAN™

Monday, July 05, 2021

Apollo Beach Tampa Bay Florida Fireworks Aerial Music Video - IMRAN™

Apollo Beach Tampa Bay Florida Fireworks (Aerial Music Video) - IMRAN™

As the fourth of July weekend was rolling to an end, I took out the DJI Phantom 4 drone to the dock. I wanted to capture the view of the fireworks from all around the Tampa Bay area. This is Part 1, presented as a quick and dirty music video.

Kennedy and K2, my German Shepherd Dogs, were with me, as I recorded this drone flight and as the night boomed with the explosions from fireworks. I launched the drone a few minutes before 9 PM at which hour I expected the fireworks to start in earnest.

Enjoy the music. The music is actually just a 30-seconds riff I created to build on later. It even has two notes I hit accidentally and would not use in any actual music album. In the interest of time, I just repeated the loop a few times for this video. Enjoy the fireworks. Share with your friends who will also enjoy them.

#4thOfJuly, #aerial, #ApolloBeach, #Beach, #blessed, #Boating, #boats, #DJI, #drone, #fireworks, #Flight, #Florida, #Flying, #gratitude, #IMRAN, #IndependenceDay, #Lifestyle, #MusicVideo, #Nature, #Phantom4, #seaside, #Tampa, #TampaBay

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Gorgeous Caribbean Waters At George Town, Cayman Islands Rocky Shoreline - IMRAN™

My then-GF "K" had taken me on a 4th of July holiday weekend trip to the Cayman Islands. It had been planned for my birthday a month or so earlier.

It was summer 2013. It was hot. It was the Caribbean. It was quite beautiful. I do have to admit, the Cayman Islands are not quite as exciting or beautiful to me as the Virgin Islands, or especially places like Eleuthera, also in the Caribbean.

This trip ended up being a lot more drama than it was worth at the time. Fortunately, it accelerated my decision to clear my life of unneeded drama on returning to the USA. However, I savor my great memories.

Regardless of how happy I can be to be rid of a few specific people in my life, I do always cherish the (good) memories and experiences we shared. Life is too short to erase those joyful experiences just because the persons with me at those times were not worthy of being kept next to me.

So, despite the too frequent bursts of drama, and my literally almost taking an early flight home, we did have some good times. We spent a lot of time exploring the shoreline of Grand Cayman.

During a long walk exploring the nooks and crannies off South Church Street, George Town, we found many beautiful spots to make memories, including this magical rocky place. Smith's Barcadere sandy beach was a good place to go snorkeling, as well as swimming in the absolutely stunning blue shades of water that surrounded the area. Very few people were around.

This is an old 3D camera video so the quality is not that great. Unfortunately, there was nothing I could do to block out the irritating background sound. I did not want to kill the full audio of this clip because the sounds of water are always part of the magic of seeing a sea or ocean video. After all, it is just like having to tolerate negative people even during an amazingly positive happy blessed life!

#autobiography, #Beach, #BeachLife, #blue #sky, #bluewater, #Caribbean, #CaymanIslands, #GeorgeTown, #GrandCayman, #IMRAN, #ImranAnwar, #Lifestyle, #luxuryhomes, #memories, #rocks, #sea, #seaside, #shore, #shoreline, #Travel, #travelogue, #Turquoise

Monday, June 14, 2021

Stunning Summer Sunset Mellow Magical MoonFall - IMRAN™

It may be impossible to have two hours to spare to watch a golden Tampa Bay afternoon sky turn into a stunning summer sunset and mellow magical moon-fall. It is impossible not to be blown away by watching it in less than one minute in this HDR timelapse music video I created to share with you. Come, experience everything with me here.

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Inauguration Day 2021 Magic Floating By On Tampa Bay Sunset Clouds - IMRAN™

Inauguration Day 2021 Magic Floating By On Tampa Bay Sunset Clouds - IMRAN™

Enjoy 30 seconds of tranquility and peace in this timelapse sunset music video.

This was the first sunset after the inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States. A sense, and hope, of a return to normalcy, was in the air as the magic floated in the air of these colorful clouds crossing over my blessed home at sunset.

I just hit a couple of keys on the Korg WaveStation keyboard to add random music to the video in a quick music-video. This is a sound I plan to use in a track in my next music album.

Like, love, comment, share the music video!

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Florida Dreaming Florida Winter's Day Dog Walking Tampa Bay Florida (Liv...

Florida Dreaming Florida Winter's Day Dog Walking Tampa Bay Florida (Livestream) - IMRAN™ This work week it seems like the pace of everything picked up instantly from Monday. The first week of the new year was slightly slower paced than expected, as people returned from vacation and holidays. But this was also the first start of a year with an ongoing pandemic, and a failed insurrection at the US Capitol adding to the national stress. Things on the work front did suddenly jump into high gear on Monday. So it was the chance to take the dogs out for a walk and come back walking along the boating channel on Tampa Bay today that I took. It is cold and grey. I almost decided to walk back from the marina beach to the house on the street but decided that "getting my feet wet" and "being knee-deep in it" were valid phrases to live out literally today. Kennedy and K2 enjoyed the frolicking. Kennedy loves barking at the waves when the foam or white caps make him think he is being teased by dolphins as he sees them do when we are on the dock at home. Come along for a walk. But be careful. It is a bit cold. © 2021 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #TampaBay #Florida #ApolloBeach #SymphonyIsles #GermanShepherdDogs #GSD #livestream #beach #boating #nature #winter #weather

Saturday, November 28, 2020

Sun Down, Tempo Up - IMRAN™

Sun Down, Tempo Up - IMRAN™
Watch another "routine" spectacular Florida sunset unfold over Tampa Bay. As Friday after Thanksgiving came to an end, I shot this quick timelapse with the Nikon D850 just as the sun was setting. Sun down, tempo up, the clouds sped up -- as did the number of boats that went past my lens on this holiday weekend.

#ApolloBeach, #autumn, #Boating, #Boats, #Clouds, #Dusk, #Florida, #IMRAN, #Lifestyle, #MusicVideo, #seaside, #Sunset, #TampaBay, #TGIF, #Thanksgiving, #TimeLapse

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Mind-Blowing Tampa Bay Sunset & Florida Dusk With Stars Moving Across The Sky (60-Seconds Music Video) - IMRAN™

Enjoy the mind-blowing 1-minute music video, showing 2 hours of sunset, dusk, and stars rotating above, as the world turns. Boats, jet skis, airplanes, satellites, clouds, birds, and even dragonflies fly by. Literally all in 60 seconds. Play with sound, ideally on a big screen. Replay to see so much going on it is hard to catch in one viewing. Like, Love, Comment, Share and understand why I bow my head in gratitude.

#ApolloBeach, #blessings, #Boating, #cloudporn, #D850, #Florida, #God, #gratitude, #IMRAN, #ImranAnwar, #Lifestyle, #Maghreb, #MusicVideo, #Nature, #Nikon, #prayers, #SaintPetersburg, #seaside, #skyline, #Stars, #Sunset, #Tampa, #TampaBay, #timelapse

Monday, October 19, 2020

60 Seconds Mind-Blowing Tampa Bay Boating Sunset (Nikon D850 Music Video) - IMRAN™

Two jet skis race by as a cargo container sidles past the exquisite colors of this sunset. Enjoy the 1-minute music video.

Full-fledged DSLR cameras like the Nikon D850 can take some great pictures as you have seen. Video recording ability was one of the reasons I waited for this model. But it is very hard to do handheld casual videos, especially when trying to manually zoom in by rotating the tight barrel of the 70-300mm Nikkor lens.

It leads to a twisting motion on the hand holding the camera, and the video will show those movements. But still, I had wanted to zoom in on the mind-blowing colors of this sunset on Tampa Bay. This was at my blessed home in Apollo Beach, Florida.

#ApolloBeach, #Boating, #D850, #Florida, #IMRAN, #ImranAnwar, #jetskis, #Lifestyle, #Nature, #Nikon, #seaside, #ships, #Sunset, #Tampa, #TampaBay, #musicvideo, #Video

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