Terrace Parking

A wonderful view of the evening sky and the parking complex at Santa Clara University. This was shot at 9 PM after an evening class. Shot sometime in May 2008.

Lights

City lights from a hill top in South San Jose. Shot in December 2007.

Shopping Time

The posh upmarket Santana Row lit up for Christmas. Shot in December 2007.






Inside the Valley Fair Mall. Shot in October 2007.

2008 Eve

My friend Sridhar watching the last sunset of the year 2007. Captured from my room, just before we headed to San Francisco to witness the fireworks.


The BART - Bay Area Rapid Tranist. It is a heavy-rail public rapid-transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The acronym BART is pronounced as a word, not as individual letters. It opened for service on September 11, 1972. More on Wiki.

Time Machine

Timex E-Tide Temperature and Compass Watch T45601. Shot in November 2007, after buying the newly released model which was handpicked by my friend Pradeep for himself.

Full Moon

I loved the sight of the full moon. A perfect round and big moon. The biggest I have ever seen. Shot this using three different exposures. This was shot on the way to Sky Drive, Sepetember 2008.

Over-exposed


Natural light


Under-exposed

A Walk in Hellyer

Some pictures of the Hellyer Park posted previously



Notice how the mountains have dried out from green to brown. The one above was shot in the beginning of Spring sometime in March 2008 and the one below was shot in the end of Summer in September 2008.



There is a 8 mile walkers/bike track through this park.





Dry vegetation.



A duck on the dry fallen leaves.

Sky View

This locality in Evergreen, South San Jose is called the Sky View. It is located high on the hills and presents a spectacular view of the city beneath.



The people living hereon the rolling hills have the luxury of numerous hiking trails, and spacious blue skies. There is a golf course too.



Some of the homes here cost upto 2-3 million dollars which is a whopping 9 - 13 crore Indian Rupees as of today.

Harbor Cove

Harbor Cove Apartments in Foster City, California. The best part of this place you get to stay in a water view house.



Shot in March 2008 when I had gone to visit a friend.



The water colour is green at the far end which is in contrast with the blue in the other parts of the lake.

Abode

This is a residential locality in the Evergreen area, San Jose. An interesting point about the homes in America are that almost all of them look alike. Be it the apartments or the independent houses. No doubt they are all beautifully ladnscaped, but it becomes montonous to the eye after some time.



I miss the sight of solid dwellings back home. Solid I say because all the homes in California are built of wood and assembled together in order to make them earth quake resistant.



The pictures except the first one were shot in RMV extension - Bangalore, which has some of the most beautiful huge mansions of Bangalore. Note the presence of natural greenery around every house.

Random Shots

A branch of a tree shot sometime in November 2007 in the Silver Creek Park.



A tap in the Hellyer Lake Park shot in September 2008.

Civic Center Park

The Civic Center Park on El Camino Road, Santa Clara is a beautifully landscaped park.



The Statue of Saint Clare is the most prominent attraction of this park.

Photo Shoot

For a change I photographed an event. Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, the place where I work part time as a web developer presently hosted two camps and didnt have a photographer to capture some memories. I was the best bet and here are a few shots.



The Government Ethics Camp which had many government officials participating in it. Two term ex-mayor of Santa Clara Judy Nadler is a Senior Fellow in government ethics at Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. She is a very sweet down to earth person. I am previliged to be working with her. Judy Nadler (first from right).



These are from an other camp of Character Education for teachers.



Seen in the picture are Kim and Alex supervizing the teachers who are in the midst of a fun activity.



Supervizing the blind 'folded'

AMC | PVR

The movie malls screening flicks of various languages. (More about AMC) We have the PVR cinemas back home which is on the same lines. (More about PVR) . I shot this snap when I had gone for the Hindi movie Race sometime in March 2008.

Backyard Shots

Some shots taken from the Canon 30D DSLR in the backyard to unwind and rejoice with the satisfaction of a good shot.

A fallen plum placed on the fence.


Flowers which will make my mother smile.





The setting sun.


A brilliant orange painted by the nature.


The sky covered with black smoke which was the result of the Santa Cruz fires in June 2008.


A wonderful view on a cold evening in December 2007 . In December it becomes dark as early as 5 PM