India Shift

Its been sometime since the last post. Exactly one month ago I made a move to back home to Bangalore after 32 months in the USA. The 32 months have some fantastic memories. Had I visited just once for a fly back trip I guess I would have chosen USA for some more years for the quality that it offered. Anyway its been 1 full month in Bangalore which just flew away and I am enjoying 'my' life thoroughly.

These are shots on my way back from San Francisco waiting to board the Cathay Pacific to Bangalore via Hong Kong. Shot on March 31 2010.

City Lights

The night lights of the Silicon Valley from the Evergreen - Skydrive hill top. The lighted path in the left is the Freeway 101. Shot sometime in March 2010.

Mission Santa Clara de Asís

The two silhouettes were shot in Feb 2010. Mission Santa Clara de Asís was founded on January 12, 1777 .

Santa Clara Palms

Evening sky from the road across the main entrance of Santa Clara University. The building seen in the background is the Leavey school of Business which was opened in Fall 2008. Shot in Feb 2010.

Full Moon

The Beautiful Full Moon which I used for 30 minutes of experiment with the tripod and a couple of camera lenses which included a 17-55 wide angle and a 75-300 telescopic lens. A much sturdier tripod and a telescopic beast of about 500 mm or 600 mm will produce a more captivating picture. Shot on the last day of February in year 2010 in San Jose

Coupe

A Vintage Coupe on a hill top on Yerba Buena Road. Shot in Feb 2010.

Autumn Leaves 2009

Shot in Hellyer Park in Dec 2009 after my return from Minneapolis. Dec 2009

Signs

San Felippe and Hellyer - Shot in 2009 and 2010.

Colors of Nature

This is the super colorful visual outcome after the heavy rainfall this season in the Bay Area. Shot in Feb 2010 in San Felipe. An earlier Colors of Nature Post back home in Bangalore in Aug 2007.

Towering Palms

The Towering Palms alongside the SCU Campus caught with a brilliant evening sky. Shot in Feb 2010 on the Superbowl Sunday.

Minneapolis Explored - A frigid fantasy !!

Without getting into any minutia I present the pictures of my visit to Minneapolis during the last two months of the year 2009. Something about the travel did not seem right and it remained that way. Reluctantly though I made the most of my visit by venturing outside into the cold with my newly purchased photographic arsenal and made the most of my presence in that place.

First stop from the airport in a rented Chevrolet Aveo Allianz Life, 5701 Golden Hills Drive, Minneapolis MN 55416



Followed by the inspection of the Pond View Condominiums

The night was spent on the 17th floor of Wilson Park Tower apartment high rise at the center of the Minneapolis Downtown. Hospitality galore by my Chinese housemate Lena.

1400 Dakota Ave S St Louis Park Mn 55416 Condo complex home for the rest of the stay





Thanksgiving shopping





Freezing cold - running fever - botched up plans - Wi-fi Non connectivity was the saga for a few days



Out into the streets



The pond across the condo





Whitewash after a night of flurries



















Lake Calhoun





The cold wont be a hindrance for the determined





Huge mansions





The Cathedral at St Paul







When it gets cold it is to the malls where they go - The Mall of America - as wide as the North America



Christmas spirit everywhere



A bridge on the way to the Stone Arch Bridge which turned out to be more glamorous than its famous counterpart



The old and still functional mills of the Pillsbury company



St Anthony Falls - Mississippi River



The Stone Arch Bridge with the Downtown in the backdrop



Old city charm



Basilica of St. Mary in Downtown Minneapolis



An evening visit to the St Paul





State Capitol - Saint Paul the center of governance









Enthralling views of the Cathedral





At the festive holiday parade in the downtown



Some where over the Rocky Mountains between State of Colorado and Utah - during my return back to home away from home California State.