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 I did not get a chance to transfer the images to the computer yet but wanted to post one from the many unpublished ones.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™

Cold White Hot Cloud Attack Tampa Bay Florida - IMRAN™ (Timelapse Music Video)

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?

© 2021 IMRAN™

#Florida #ApolloBeach #IMRAN #musicvideo #clouds #summer #timelapse #Nikon #D850 #NoEdit #NoFilter #lifestyle #blessed #creativity #music #inspiration #nature

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. 

© 2021 IMRAN™

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

Winds (Of) Change (On) Tampa Bay Florida - IMRAN™ (Timelapse Music Video)

Winds (Of) Change (On) Tampa Bay Florida - IMRAN™

(Timelapse Music Video)

Yes, wordplay intended. Winds of Change are all around Tampa Bay, Florida. And, yes, see the winds change ON Tampa Bay, and see how the winds change Tampa Bay waters' colors, textures, waves, and moods.

This was supposed to be a longer dramatic music video but a timer setting error meant it was only recorded as a 2.5-seconds timelapse. That is too short to post anywhere. So I slowed it down a little bit. That makes it 7-8 seconds so a little less shockingly twister-like as the original short recording is.

But you can see the drama. You can literally see the invisible wind visibly change right in front of your eyes. Watch the clouds initially swirl and twist perpendicular to the usual shape of twisters. See how they stretch along the East-West line but travel south to north.

But then, within seconds even in real-time, a massive shift in wind occurs and the clouds head towards the house and head east. Watch again just to see how the palm trees indicate the brute force of the shift. Dramatic nature!

© 2021 IMRAN™

#Florida, #TampaBay, #ApolloBeach, #summer, #hurricane, #storm, #weather, #rain, #IMRAN, #environment, #climatechange, #globalwarming, #faith, #timelapse, #gratitude, #pray, #nature, #SymphonyIsles, #Nikon, #D850,

Plenty of Dead Fish - IMRAN™

Plenty of (Dead) Fish - IMRAN™

Unfortunately, it is not a cute wordplay humorous title, but it is accurate. Thanks to sleazy organizations and corrupt politicians releasing tons of toxic waste into Tampa Bay waters the last 3 days have caused thousands of dead and dying fish to float by. Who knows how many more died in the wider and deeper parts of the bay, and elsewhere. EACH white spot (especially if you see this on a monitor vs a small device) is a dead or dying fish. Hundreds that are lodged on the rocks and shorelines are not even clearly visible. Shame on the people who let such a criminal slaughter take place.

© 2021 IMRAN™

#aerial, #ApolloBeach, #Beach, #blessed, #Boating, #deadfish, #DJI, #dock, #dogs, #Dusk, #environment, #Fish, #Florida, #Flying, #GermanShepherdDogs, #gratitude, #IMRAN, #life, #Lifestyle, #Nature, #Phantom4, #pollution, #seaside, #Sunset, #Tampa, #TampaBay, #weather

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

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!

© 2013-2021 IMRAN™

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

Stunning Summer Sunset Mellow Magical MoonFall - IMRAN™

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.

© 2021 IMRAN™

See Sea Green Light Heavy Dark Monsters At Bright Stunning Dusk Tampa Bay (SOOC) - IMRAN™

See Sea Green Light Heavy Dark Monsters At Bright Stunning Dusk Tampa Bay (SOOC) - IMRAN™

This is actually an unedited, SOOC (straight out of camera), five years old DJI Phantom 4 drone video clip. It was recorded after a sunset Livestream flight at my blessed home on Tampa Bay, Florida in 2016. I have these two green LEDs (which I have had to replace many times over the years) that I sometimes turn on to enjoy the schools of fish that populate these waters in Apollo Beach. The mind-blowing sunset and dramatic dusk colors just make this scene otherworldly especially when you can make out the shapes and shadows of some of the monstrous seafood around the green lights. If you look in the middle of the frame you can also see the new moon. What a moment of gratitude I was blessed to experience. © 2016-2021 IMRAN™ #aerial, #ApolloBeach, #Clouds, #DJI, #drone, #Fish, #Flight, #Florida, #Flying, #GreenLight, #IMRAN, #ImranAnwar, #Movie, #NewMoon, #noedit, #Phantom4, #SOOC, #TampaBay, #fishing, #gratitude,

German Shepherd Dogs Kennedy Looking For Dolphins & 3 Months Old Puppy K2 Looking For Ways To Annoy Him - IMRAN™

German Shepherd Dogs Kennedy Looking For Dolphins & 3 Months Old Puppy K2 Looking For Ways To Annoy Him - IMRAN™

Kennedy, a GSD rescue I got in 2019, is one of those German Shepherd Dogs that should be a breed called Saint Something for his patience. K2 was a three months old puppy when I recorded this video at the dock of my blessed home on Tampa Bay, in Apollo Beach, Florida. This was a few days after my birthday last year, and only 5 weeks since K2 had found his forever family home here.

As boats go by you can see Kennedy keep an eye on them but his real interest is to wait for his dolphin buddies to show up. K2 in the meantime is getting ON Kennedy's nerves, by getting UNDER his skin AND his body to playfully bite at the larger dog's legs. 

I love how Kennedy is so gentle even when he play fights puppies, smaller dogs. His tenderness is most incredible when I have seen him approach babies in strollers and sniff but without waking up the sleeping infant. That is better than some people's kids I know. LOL

© 2020-2021 IMRAN™

#ApolloBeach, #Beach, #BeachLife, #Boating, #boats, #cuteanimals, #entertainment, #Florida, #funnyanimals, #GermanShepherdDogs, #GSD, #Home, #humor, #IMRAN, #ImranAnwar, #Lifestyle, #Phone, #puppy, #Video, #HomeSweetHome, #MansBestFriend

Kennedy & K2 Frolic At The Beach On Tampa Bay Florida (3D Anaglyph) - IMRAN™

Kennedy & K2 Frolic At The Beach On Tampa Bay Florida (3D Anaglyph) - IMRAN™

Enjoy this anaglyph (red/blue shades) 3D experience as Kennedy and K2, my always happy and active German Shepherd Dogs, frolic on the beach in my neighborhood. (Please use the red/blue shades to see the 3D).

© 2021 IMRAN™

Renegade Serenade - First Cut (Untitled Album) - IMRAN™

Renegade Serenade (First Cut) - Untitled Album - IMRAN™

Been too busy (or lazy? LOL) to do anything since I released my first album "nTrance" in 2003-2004. Catch that on Spotify at https://play.spotify.com/album/0w09TS16TwyBs3FVHgb0BH . 

Over the years I started work on many new tracks, but have not had time to put them together into a new album. I am finally getting around to giving it more time. 

Check out this first take on one I call Renegade Serenade. Work in progress, and it has not been given any editing, mixing, or mastering treatment at all. 

One sound is jarring because the real synth for that track is my Korg in New York so the placeholder instrument sound is a bit too loud and clashing. But, as I said, just a first take... Enjoy. 

© 2021 IMRAN™

 #trance #music #musicvideo #synthesis #EDM #dancemusic #dance

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™

#10years, #2011, #boats, #California, #Dusk, #future, #hope, #IMRAN, #ImranAnwar, #Inspiration, #Marina, #memories, #Oakland, #sailboats, #sailing, #Sunset, #Travel, #Video

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.

 #ApolloBeach, #Boating, #D850, #Dusk, #erotic, #erotica, #Florida, #IMRAN, #ImranAnwar, #Lifestyle, #MusicVideo, #Nature, #Nikon, #planets, #polyamory, #romance, #seaside, #seduction, #sensual, #Sexuality, #Stars, #Sunset, #Tampa, #TampaBay, #threesome, #TimeLapse, #twilight, #Video

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™

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

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™

#Florida, #TampaBay, #boating, #beach, #sailing, #boats, #sailboats, #spinnaker, #lifestyle, #dogs, #GermanShepherdDogs, #GSD, #IMRAN, #livestream, #beachlife

https://youtu.be/RrnMAaKDkjw

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™

#ApolloBeach, #blessed, #dogs, #entertainment, #Florida, #GermanShepherdDogs, #gratitude, #GSD, #Home, #humor, #IMRAN, #ImranAnwar, #iPhone, #puppy, #Relaxation, #Video, #mango, #fruit, #wordplay