10 Years - Dusk At Shoreline Park Marina Alameda California January 2011 - IMRAN™

10 Years - Dusk At Shoreline Park Marina Alameda California January 2011 - IMRAN™

How quickly a decade can fly by. The iPhone 4 video was recorded during my stay in Oakland, California, literally 10 years ago prior to my writing these lines. 

It was mid-January, 2011. It was a complicated time in my life, as for many others.  I was recovering from the craziness that was the George W. Bush inflicted near-depression economic meltdown of 2008-2009.  But I was hard at work exploring new ideas, new opportunities, and yet experiencing life to the fullest. Today, I am writing this hoping that the country can recover from the Donald Trump inflicted economic suffering, and a near-destruction of democracy in America in the four years leading up to the elections in 2020. As I was a decade ago, I am hopeful.  

That chilly California evening I had met my friend and old Columbia MBA classmate Larry Landman, who had left the USA for Denmark back in 1991 or so but was visiting California at the same time as me. We walked around this beautiful marina in Alameda catching up while catching the sunset and dusk over the Shoreline Park marina. 

The fleet of sailboats, many with blue colors prominent, were lined up against the pink sky and the terrain in the background. I wonder if the scene there has changed much 10 years later. 

Without being presumptuous of even a day of life ahead, I also wonder what life holds in store in the next 10 years. Only the best, God Willing. 

© 2011-2021 IMRAN™

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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!

© 2021 IMRAN™  

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

Pretty Pink Terrific Tuesday Stunning Sunset Dramatic Dusk Tampa Bay Florida - IMRAN™

Pretty Pink Terrific Tuesday Stunning Sunset Dramatic Dusk Tampa Bay Florida - IMRAN™ Join Kennedy & K2, my German Shepherd Dogs, and me to enjoy another spectacular Tampa Bay Florida sunset & dusk at my blessed home in Apollo Beach. What a magical place on earth this area is. Intense orange-gold and shocking pinks covered the sky as the half-moon was visible over the bay. My dock is looking messy as I get some wiring changed. But the clearly still & still clear waters were extra clean to make up for that. 😊 © 2020 IMRAN™ #Sunset #Livestream #TampaBay #GSD #dogs #Florida

Scenes From Symphony Isles Apollo Beach Tampa Bay Florida Boat Parade - ...

Scenes From Symphony Isles Apollo Beach Tampa Bay Florida Boat Parade - IMRAN™ Despite it being a weird year in so many ways, it was good to see some traditions continue, especially safe boating with social and nautical distancing. Of course, the occasional naughty gal and nautical vessel under the command of an inebriated loudmouth sailor running aground more than once and almost wiping out my dock is not a tradition I want to see continue. I had not flown the DJI Phantom 4 drone in several months, and the boat parade going past my home was a good reason to fire it up. Boats from my Symphony Isles neighborhood's southern flank, as well as from neighboring communities like Mira Bay, etc. were already heading back home by 8 PM returning from the bay bordering Andalucia and Circles, etc. Enjoy the 450% hyperlapsed 1-minute video to get an aerial view. Feel free to Tag (or mention in comments) any friends or family whose boats or homes you recognize. © 2020 IMRAN™ #Florida #TampaBay #ApolloBeach #boating #boats #sea #beach #night #drone #aerial #musicvideo #flying #Phantom4 #IMRAN

Watch Saturn & Jupiter Drop In For A Romantic Rendezvous With Earth As Gold & Pink Fire Filled Sky Sunset Ends In Heavenly Bodies' Seductions Over Tampa Bay Florida - IMRAN™

Watch Saturn & Jupiter Drop In For A Romantic Rendezvous With Earth As Gold & Pink Fire Filled Sky Sunset Ends In Heavenly Bodies' Seductions Over Tampa Bay Florida - IMRAN™

Imagine a triple seduction and willing submission of two heavenly bodies with a down to earth speck of dust. You can see magnificent colors of love and erotica fill the sky as the sun sets over Tampa Bay, Florida. But even as the sky bid adieu to those vivid hues and began its embrace with the darkness of night, Saturn followed Jupiter to drop in on the scene in preparation for their secretly getting even closer in the nights to come. 

So much magic and passion in the air, tonight and every night, as two beautiful brilliant golden powerful heavenly bodies willingly submitting to the pull of gravity excitedly anticipate their time with me, separately and together, making magic, each time, right here, in front of my camera lens, very soon. <3 <3  

© 2020 IMRAN™

PS Due to some logistics challenges, I had to use the terrible user experience of Cyberlink PowerDirector to straighten the horizon of the original Nikon D850 sunset timelapse video. Unfortunately, that turned the video into a mushy 720 resolution video, which I then added music and titles to in my many-years old iMovie program on the MacBook Pro.

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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.

© 2020 IMRAN™

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German Shepherd Dogs, Boating, Sailing, Sunday Scene Tampa Bay Florida - IMRAN™

German Shepherd Dogs, Boating, Sailing, Sunday Scene Tampa Bay Florida - IMRAN™

Just a quick Livestream from my neighborhood's Symphony Isles beach on Tampa Bay, Florida. Kennedy and K2 are enjoying the beach as boats and sailboats dot the seascape. A gorgeous weekend coming to an end. 

© 2020 IMRAN™

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Man's Best Friend Jr. Goes For ManGoes - IMRAN™

Man's Best Friend Jr. Goes For ManGoes - IMRAN™ 

A quick video through the kitchen sliding door to the pool deck. I was looking at K2, my then 9-weeks old German Shepherd puppy, having a grand time eating a sweet mango. Mango is the king of all fruits, especially if you ever get to eat a genuine Pakistani mango of any of the many incredible varieties there. Kennedy was nearby and had already had his piece. 

© 2020 IMRAN™

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Puppy K2 Can Pester German Shepherd Dog Kennedy & Human In 30 Seconds & Still Have Time Left To Play - IMRAN™

German Shepherd Puppy K2 Can Pester German Shepherd Dog Kennedy & Human Owner In 30 Seconds & Still Have Time To Relax - IMRAN™

Yes, German Shepherd puppies are super adorable. But they are also very effective at using time. What other creature can pester, bite, annoy, amuse and just get love from a grown German Shepherd Dog AND an adult human in 30-seconds and still have time left to spare to play? 

© 2020 IMRAN™

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K2 Kennedy Wrestling On The Dock After Shampoo & Shower - IMRAN™

K2 Kennedy Wrestling On The Dock After Shampoo & Shower - IMRAN™

Another short video from earlier this year. K2 and Kennedy both had gotten shampooed and showered at the dock, and were still wet. K2 as usual started a little game with Kennedy, and the older German Shepherd was more than happy to play along.

© 2020 IMRAN™

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Kennedy vs K2, German Shepherds Tug Of War In Half A Minute Of Cuteness - IMRAN™

Kennedy vs K2, German Shepherds Tug Of War In Half A Minute Of Cuteness - IMRAN™

Kennedy likes to sometimes rip up dried fronts and branches as if he is tearing apart the carcass of an animal he has hunted. K2 loves doing that too. But in this case, K2 was more interested in a tug of war with Kennedy. 

© 2020 IMRAN™

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2019 Beautiful Boating Blue Bay BCI Beach BC Before COVID 19 - IMRAN™

2019 Beautiful Boating Blue Bay BCI Beach BC Before COVID 19 - IMRAN™

Even though this was just over a year ago, in some ways it looks like a different era. Mid-May 2019, I captured this video in a short live stream on my jetski bobbing on the wakes and waves of Tampa Bay boaters next to Beer Can Island's beach on the east side.

© 2019-2020 IMRAN™

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K2 German Shredder Training While Chill Champ Kennedy Relaxes - IMRAN™

K2 German Shredder Training While Chill Champ Kennedy Relaxes - IMRAN™

Another from the early videos of K2, the GSD puppy, learning to be a German Shredder. The older but still young although wise and very chill German Shepherd Kennedy just ignores the puppy's antics.

© 2020 IMRAN™

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Orion Crosses The Pre-Dawn Sky Above My Home, As The World Turns - IMRAN™

Orion Crosses The Pre-Dawn Sky Above My Home, As The World Turns - IMRAN™

One of the many magics of the universe that I do not get enough time to savor, study, and share is simply the stunning sky right above our very heads. This was a nearly 4-hours timelapse from about 2-6 AM. 

I captured it with the Nikon D850 pointed to the South as Orion crossed the sky above my blessed home in Apollo Beach, Florida. Even here the light pollution from Saint Petersburg to the right makes it harder to see the stars on that side. 

It was interesting to see the pre-pre-dawn light breaking over the western sky start to flash to the left of the screen at about 5:30 AM. They were not house lights. 

Maybe they were sky angel cops chasing Orion around the universe, flashing red and blue, early in the morning. No matter what light you favor in the elections, red or blue, I am hopeful for the rise of a new dawn, of hope, justice, decency, democracy, and love.

© 2020 IMRAN™

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Kennedy & K2 Chill Watching Boats On Tampa Bay & A Florida Sunset - IMRAN™

Kennedy & K2 Chill Watching Boats On Tampa Bay & A Florida Sunset - IMRAN™

Quick clip from the iPhone from K2's first week with me. Yes, I know, I have not even uploaded all the cutest videos from April yet. This one was as much to share the sunset and boating scene with you as to show these two beautiful German Shepherds who enjoy these with me.

© 2020 IMRAN™

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Where The Heck Is Hope Hicks? - IMRAN™

 

Where The Heck Is Hope Hicks? - IMRAN™
Unless Trump somehow got Hope Hicks pregnant and has sent her into hiding, am I somehow missing any mention of her in the news? It was almost a month ago that she tested positive for... something. And since then, no news of her recovering, working from quarantine, being in a coma, or pregnant with orange demon sperm.
Wishing all the traitor-enabling sycophants ill does not mean wishing them dead. But it would be interesting to see if someone that close to Dr. Death Drumpf croaked from the 'hoax' virus that was going from 15 cases to zero as he claimed in February. Now the MilkMan Pence is going to take the fall as the head of the coronavirus task force has 5 people in his circle test positive with the disease.
What pre-existing condition would Trump accuse Hope Hicks of having... treasonitis? Sycophancilitis? Syphillis?

© 2020 IMRAN™

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

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. 

© 2020 IMRAN™

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Dogs Are A Man(Go)'s Best Friends - IMRAN™

Dogs Are A Man(Go)'s Best Friends - IMRAN™

Having been born and raised in Pakistan, but having traveled the world, I know that the mangoes from Punjab in Pakistan are literally the kings of all fruits from anywhere on the planet. Knowing that how could I not introduce my precious new German Shepherd puppy K2 to that fruit? Kennedy had previously had it while being with me. As you can see, K2 was totally into it, when he had been with me one week. The wet doggy bed is from his having been in the swimming pool earlier. Kennedy and K2 both enjoyed their first tastes. Both decided that German Shepherd Dogs Are A Man(Go)'s Best Friends.

© 2020 IMRAN™

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

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. 

© 2020 IMRAN™

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