Eucalyptus seeds

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Eucalyptus seeds at sunset, the green background is from the grass glowing in sunlight.

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Shutter speed: 1/510	Aperture: F2.83 (Macro)
Location: Baylands park	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

Dream requirements

In a perfect world, Programmers would have the freedom not to implement every bizzare business requirement and still get paid :)

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Shutter speed: 1/6	Aperture: F11.31
Location: My Office	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

Power couples

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There is something about the symmetry of Power lines that fascinates me, especially when its leading up to the top of the mountains


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Shutter speed: 1/1608	Aperture: F2.8
Location: Stiver Lagoon, Fremont	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

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I have always seen the towers in pairs, I don't know the reason for it though. Wierd isn't it? they almost look like couples

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Shutter speed: 1/6208	Aperture: F2.8
Location: Stiver Lagoon, Fremont	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

Last breaths of a setting sun

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This picture was taken a few minutes after the sunset; as the last few rays of sunlight bounces off the clouds like the last breaths of a setting sun.

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Shutter speed: 1/128	Aperture: F2.83
Location: Mercado, Santa Clara	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

Day after Thanksgiving sale

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The Thanksgiving holiday comes on the fourth thursday of November, the following Friday is called the Black Friday and its the biggest sales event of the year. Since christmas is close most people buy their christmas gifts around this time and the retailers heavily advertise discounts to attract the crowd. It's sort of a mad gold rush where people line up infront of stores since 4 am and the stores open at 6 am.

I took this picture around 5:00 am in the morning infront of Circuit city, the line trippled when I passed the store again at 5:45 am

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Best Buy store had by far the biggest line I saw today, this picture was taken around 5:20 am and there was already a quarter mile long line infront of the store.

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I felt sorry for Office Depot, they are really close to my appartment and at 6:00 am when they opened their doors there were hardly 14 people standing in the line. I went inside too but didn't find anything worth buying :)

Note: These pictures were taken in quite a hap-hazard way without a tripod. I had to digitally alter them to improve picture quality, therefore i am not including the camera settings I used here.

Thanksgiving in fall colors

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Norwalk drive in fall colors, it leads to my appartment.

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Shutter speed: 1/832	Aperture: F2.8
Location: Norwalk, San Jose	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

15 Minutes of fame

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The sign seemed pretty appropriate for a backstage door

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Shutter speed: 1/8	Aperture: F2.8
Location: Santa Clara	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

Playtime

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Good old days, not a care in the world!

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Shutter speed: 1/137	Aperture: F2.8
Location: Fremont, Ca	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

Can food drive here?

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No! it most certainly can NOT drive here! :-P

They picked the strangest place to advertise the San Jose Second Harvest Food Bank food drive. I would have easily missed it thinking that it might be the title of a new movie.

I saw 'National Treasure' last night, it didn't had the Indiana Jones kind of feeling but I did find out some interesting things about American history and the Declaration of independence.

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Shutter speed: 1/49	Aperture: F5.66
Location: Cinelux theaters, Campbel	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

Fall(en) leaf

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Sunlight falling on grass around 4pm creates drammatic shadows. Like the veins in this dried out leaf came to life by sunlight falling on its back. Fall season is amazing!

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Shutter speed: 1/338	Aperture: F3.5
Location: Fremont, Ca	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

End of a busy day

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I was really busy the whole day running around different cities. This is a snapshot of the last few moments of sunset, taken from a parking lot in Fremont today.

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Shutter speed: 1/60	Aperture: F2.8
Location: Fremont, Ca	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

Visit to a farm

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I took a day off from work to participate in my neice's aqiqah ceremony, we had to go to a remote farm in Lodi, California for that. I found this very cute and innocent calf over there so took this picture.

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Shutter speed: 1/238	Aperture: F4
Location: Lodi, California	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

Vintage styled timepiece

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Tourneau is the world’s largest watch store, selling both new and vintage timepieces. Their Santa Clara store has this beautiful watch posted outside, I was amazed by the unique way of telling date, day and month along with time in a very vintage mechanical manner.

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Shutter speed: 1/8	Aperture: F2.83
Location: Tourneau, Santa Clara	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

Chandelier

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Shutter speed: 1/49	Aperture: F2.83
Location: Santana Row shopping center	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

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Shutter speed: 1/194	Aperture: F2.8
Location: Santana Row shopping center	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

Homesick

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Shutter speed: 1/11	Aperture: F6.3
Location: My office	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

Scouring the space

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Zoomed in from the parking lot of a hotel far away from this huge satellite dish, I was learning to use exposure compensation controls on my camera against the bright street lights.

Eid celebrations

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Eid was celebrated on Sunday November 14th, 2004 in San Jose, California. The desi crowd gathered at the Fairgrounds for the prayers and festivities

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Speech before the prayers

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San Jose's Chief of Police had been fasting during Ramadan too, he shared what he learnt from fasting and what he learnt by reading 1/4th of Qura'an during the month

Reflection on the year past

Sunrise Dec, 2003 (Click on the image to see the Complete picture)

Sunsete Nov, 2004 (Click on the image to see the Complete picture)

The top Sunrise picture was taken last year in December and the botton Sunset picture was taken a couple of days ago in November this year.

I don't like each year to end and time to move on. I'm waiting in line for my visa to the Never, never land :)

Life's a bitch

The loss of a person is the gain of another. The advertisement of Life magazine compliments the headline in an ironic way.
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Technology that doesn't work

"Technology works!" ... yeah, right!

Thats the problem with molded custom tubelights, there is no replacement that you can buy off the shelf. You have to get the tubelight custom made in the shape you want (the word Book in this case). Time of the day, 7:30 am. Whitebalance: Cloudy.
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Shutter speed: 1/12	Aperture: F2.8
Location: Digital Guru store	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

Casualties of smoking

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There is a sitting area outside my office with an ashpit for cigarettes, and I thought the arrangement looked like Falluja after the bombing. Here is another view which looks more like a bomb blasted there.

Lighting conditions were 7:48 am on an overcast day, and it rained last night so the colors were bright.

Shutter speed: 1/12	Aperture: F11
Location: My office	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

Totem

Picture taken at a mini golf course at the intersection of Wolfe and El Camino real in Sunnyvale. I had to adjust the angle to avoid the powerlines and the street lamp in the background (Click on the image to see the Complete picture)

Shutter speed: 1/30	Aperture: F10
Location: Sunnyvale	Camera: Canon 300D

Another bank trip

I stopped by the Bank of America again during the day, this yellow daisy was in the parking lot under the building's shade.
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Shutter speed: 1/823	Aperture: F5
Location: Bank of America	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

Son of a ... what??!!

A jewelry shop in Princeton Gateway Plaza shopping mall, Fremont. I took this picture without a tripod; for a better, close up picture click here.

The funny thing is that this shop is right next to another Jewelry shop (Click on the image to see the Complete picture)

At the movies

I saw the Incredibles on its opening night, and the movie was "Incredible"!!! Pixar has perfected the art of cuteness and breath taking animation.

I took this picture while sitting in my car, waiting at the traffic light. It could have been better if I had taken it with a tripod.

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How far is heaven?

Mornings are divine :)

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Shutter speed: 1/800	Aperture: F10
Location: Railroad next to Home Depot., Sunnyvale	Camera: Canon 300D

The Tears of a rose

Have you ever seen
the tears of a Rose
Touched by the dew
of morning mist
A flower so fragrant
and deep in her color
Her hues are the blush
of a fairy's kiss

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- Poetry by Kassanna
Kassanna's Poetic Dreams
(Deborah M. Carter copyright:2000)

Shutter speed: 1/294	Aperture: F4.48
Location: Ashton San Jose	Camera: FujiFilm S600Z

Election results

Election results are here, George W. Bush has been re-elected.

I took this picture at sunset, the light made the flag look more interesting.(Click on the image for the Complete picture)

Shutter speed: 1/640	Aperture: F5
Location: Carls Jr. Parking lot, Sunnyvale	Camera: Canon 300D

Peekaboo

Morning sun peeking through the leaves
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Shutter speed: 1/446	Aperture: F8
Location: Hathaway Park, San Jose	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

The Yellow Daisies

Last few rays of light from the setting sun. Picture taken at the parking lot of Bank of America on Arques Ave in Sunnyvale.
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Shutter speed: 1/823	Aperture: F5
Location: Bank of America	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z

Morning sunlight

Sun light at dusk and dawn creates the most dramatic effect. I love the colors and the character the harsh shadows of morning sun has given to this tree. (Click on the image to see the complete picture)

Shutter speed: 1/181	Aperture: F5
Location: Hathaway park	Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z