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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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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Posted by Faraz at 11/28/2004 12:00:00 PM 4 comments

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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Posted by Faraz at 11/27/2004 04:43:00 AM 5 comments

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 :)

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Posted by Faraz at 11/26/2004 06:15:00 PM 8 comments

Thanksgiving in fall colors


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

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Posted by Faraz at 11/25/2004 02:39:00 PM 3 comments

15 Minutes of fame


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The sign seemed pretty appropriate for a backstage door

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Posted by Faraz at 11/24/2004 09:45:00 AM 4 comments

Playtime


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Good old days, not a care in the world!

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Posted by Faraz at 11/23/2004 09:08:00 PM 0 comments

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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Posted by Faraz at 11/22/2004 01:05:00 PM 0 comments

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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Posted by Faraz at 11/21/2004 09:31:00 PM 3 comments

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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Posted by Faraz at 11/20/2004 10:17:00 PM 3 comments

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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Posted by Faraz at 11/19/2004 08:22:00 PM 4 comments

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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Posted by Faraz at 11/18/2004 08:01:00 AM 2 comments

Chandelier


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Posted by Faraz at 11/17/2004 01:09:00 PM 3 comments

Homesick


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Posted by Faraz at 11/16/2004 09:35:00 AM 6 comments

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.
Posted by Faraz at 11/15/2004 04:16:00 PM 0 comments

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
Posted by Faraz at 11/14/2004 07:53:00 PM 1 comments

Reflection on the year past


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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 :)
Posted by Faraz at 11/14/2004 01:02:00 PM 1 comments

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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Posted by Faraz at 11/13/2004 05:11:00 AM 2 comments

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: 1/12Aperture: F2.8
Location: Digital Guru storeCamera: Fuji FinePix S600Z
Posted by Faraz at 11/12/2004 02:42:00 PM 1 comments

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.

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Posted by Faraz at 11/11/2004 01:00:00 AM 5 comments

Totem


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Shutter speed: 1/30Aperture: F10
Location: SunnyvaleCamera: Canon 300D
Posted by Faraz at 11/10/2004 02:33:00 AM 0 comments