The one leg vanishing trick


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The seagul was resting with one foot up in its feathers.
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Posted by Faraz at 4/29/2005 09:51:00 PM 11 comments

Wild flower


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I dont know what this flower is called, its very small (about 1 cm in diameter) is size and grows on grass.

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Posted by Faraz at 4/28/2005 08:21:00 AM 5 comments

Walking through Chinatown


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Traffic gets stalled quite often in the narrow streets of chinatown. Here's a black & white version of the same photograph

The triangular building is the Wells Fargo building in the Financial district of downtown San Francisco. You can also see the Bay and part of the Bay-bridge at the end of the street.

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Posted by Faraz at 4/27/2005 10:44:00 AM 5 comments

Bhangra Reloaded


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How many desis does it take ... :)

This was an interesting stunt by the dancers, they were spining intertwined like this. I have combined two photographs together in the above picture. Here's a black & white version of the same photograph.
Posted by Faraz at 4/26/2005 04:33:00 PM 3 comments

Bhangra Pao


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The Pakistani Student Association (PSA) at San Jose State University (SJSU) organized a cultural event on Saturday April 23rd, 2005.

The name of this young man is Harris and he performed really well that night, his family was sitting right behind me and they were all cheering for him at the top of their lungs :)

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Posted by Faraz at 4/25/2005 08:25:00 PM 6 comments

Get bitten by the Bug


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Inspired by Jammie's post, this is an old photograph I took at the San Jose Car Art show last year. Beatle was my uncle's first car too and I have some fun memories associated with it :)
Posted by Faraz at 4/24/2005 04:45:00 PM 5 comments

Mark Hopkins hotel


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Downtown San Francisco, from Mark Hopkins hotel.
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Posted by Faraz at 4/23/2005 03:21:00 PM 3 comments

Morning


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Posted by Faraz at 4/22/2005 07:17:00 AM 9 comments

Windows


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Mark Hopkins Intercontinental hotel; California street, San Francisco
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Posted by Faraz at 4/21/2005 06:19:00 AM 10 comments

SF geometry


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My mother gave me a set of wooden blocks when I was in school, they were geometrical shapes in 3D. I used to spend whole afternoons trying to build a perfect skyline using those blocks, plasticene and some matchsticks.

Standing at the intersection of Powell and California street the memory of those fun moments flashed before my eyes once again :)

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Posted by Faraz at 4/20/2005 10:10:00 AM 3 comments

Roar!


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Part of an entry gate near California street, San Francisco
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Posted by Faraz at 4/19/2005 03:07:00 PM 2 comments

Cook + dog


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Not a combination you would want to see outside a restaurant
(Powell street, San Francisco)

Disclaimer: This is a real cut-out chef infront of Curly's restaurant at 1624 Powell Street Btwn Union and Green (and thats a real dog, btw)

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Posted by Faraz at 4/18/2005 07:12:00 AM 10 comments

Roadside hedge


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Posted by Faraz at 4/15/2005 10:38:00 AM 14 comments

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There is a row of bare naked trees on one side of California street while lush green on the other. I guess I like the way this couple was running on the barren side of the road, it shows commitment and a fighting spirit.

I am too tired to pick a better title right now, this picture is not as sharp as the other pictures because I found a picture-within-a-picture which was better than the original picture I took. So the camera settings are not what they should have been for this kind of photograph.
Posted by Faraz at 4/14/2005 09:11:00 PM 5 comments


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Posted by Faraz at 4/09/2005 03:29:00 PM 15 comments

A different stroke


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I always thought of sky as a big blue canvas with clouds as brush strokes and stars as glitter.
(I used a circular polarizer filter with exposure compensation value -0.5 to get the sky deep blue)

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Posted by Faraz at 4/08/2005 08:25:00 AM 9 comments

I'm shy


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I took this portrait a couple of years ago, this is my darling little nephew and he's the shy type :) (also see my inspiration for this post by the incredibly talented kAy)
Posted by Faraz at 4/07/2005 10:34:00 AM 9 comments

Yahoo!


Yahoo! indeed

Growing up, I realized the fact that there was always one or more person with the name 'Faraz' in every class and every section of my school, college and university. Out of hundreds, thousands or perhaps millions of Faraz running around the face of this planet I never thought that I would land the first position in Yahoo! search results :)

I thank all my friends for their generous support, I love you all!
Posted by Faraz at 4/06/2005 10:25:00 AM 3 comments

Rose by any name


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Posted by Faraz at 4/06/2005 08:12:00 AM 6 comments

Preparing to land


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The seagul was about to land, reminds me of the way aircrafts land, they have their wings stretched back and the landing gear down too :)

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Posted by Faraz at 4/05/2005 09:48:00 AM 3 comments

Spring colors


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These are really small flowers that grow on bushes, each flower is about the size of a pencil mounted eraser diameter.

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Posted by Faraz at 4/04/2005 06:37:00 AM 3 comments

Now hiring!


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Posted by Faraz at 4/03/2005 01:27:00 PM 3 comments

I'm like a bird


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"I'm like a bird,
I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is
I don't know where my home is"
- Nelly Furtado


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Posted by Faraz at 4/02/2005 07:05:00 PM 3 comments