Life In A Snapshot

I’ve been a sunrise and sunset watcher since my childhood years. Unluckily, we don’t have a camera to capture those beautiful moments. Now when we went home to Kabacan, Cotabato last week, I prayed for a beautiful sunrise and sunset. Though afternoons are always wet during our stay, last Sunday afternoon was a great one. While we were waiting for dinner at our cousin’s house to celebrate his son’s birthday in advance (yes, in advance because Biboy’s birthday is Nov. 3), I noticed the reddish clouds in the sky after the sun has gone down and asked my sister Carol to accompany me at the end of the block facing the ricefield so that there would be no obstructions in the photo but she said “no” thinking that it is not safe to go there. Thus, I’m contained at taking photos in the front yard of my cousin’s place. The moon is quite visible but too tiny in the photo that you wouldn’t notice it as a moon at first glance. 

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Tags: Cotabato, Kabacan, sky, Sky Watch Friday, Sunrise, Sunset

I like it best when Ella was sleeping. I love watching her as she sleeps…her innocent look and the peacefulness in her angelic face. How I wish I was a child again….without worries, without problems. But I know I wouldn’t be a child again. I can only be child-like if I want. Continue Reading »

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Land trip to the southern part of Cebu is very eye satisfying with the old churches of almost every town at the right and the beautiful seaside scenery on the left. We intentionally positioned ourselves in the driver’s side in the bus to have a glimpse of the coastal scenes like this one. The reflection of the bus’ glass window is disturbing but I could not think of ways to avoid it aside from the circular polarizer that I have put in the lens. Whatever it looked, it is still a beautiful photo with the sweeping clouds higher in the sky and the cottony cloud formations in the distance. 

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Tags: Cebu, Cebu City, Cebu Island, photography, Sky Watch Friday, Travel

This is a piece of sky on our way to Dumaguete City. We are on board a seacraft from the island of Cebu  going to the island of Negros Oriental. The piece of land we could see is the northern part of Negros Oriental. We intentionally chose to sit at the right side of the seacraft so we could see this beautiful view.

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Tags: Cebu, Clouds, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, seacraft, Sky Watch Friday

We’ve been to Crocodile Park last week but we had more photos of other animals than the crocs. Here’s one of the parrots with stunning red feathers. Wish we could also buy a pair of this kind ‘coz they’re so adorable!

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Tags: Animals, birds, Davao Crocodile Park, parrot, Red, Ruby Tuesday

This was taken the other day at Davao Crocodile Park. It was petting time with some of the animals in the park when this was taken. Ella, my niece is calling on his Tito Ace to take her photo holding a Phyton and she did wait for a couple of minutes because Ace was busy taking photos of the sky. As much as Ace enjoyed shooting the animals, he had a great time shooting for Sky Watch. This photo was taken by Ace and never enhanced using a picture editor. Congrats, hon. You did a great job for Sky Watch! 

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Tags: Animals, Davao Crocodile Park, pets, Phyton, sky, Sky Watch Friday, Sunset, zoo

We dropped by in Mansod Wall…one of the scuba diving sites in Talicud Island located in Davao. Just around the “trench” are beautiful corals in different kinds, sizes and colors. Everybody was thrilled to see such wonder. My sisters, BIL and Ace had fun snorkeling while I was taking photos of the corals from the boat. Our DSLR has no underwater casing so I can’t take photos of the corals under the water. Our youngest, Che2x, was ecstatic to see blue starfish. She got it from the water, took photos of it and put it back in its habitat before we left the place.

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Tags: blue, dive sites, DSLR, Mansod Wall, scuba diving, scuba diving sites in Davao, sea creature, starfish, Talicud Island

I have noticed I am only consistent in posting for one meme in this blog. I think I never failed to post for Sky Watch here. For the most obvious reason, I don’t fail to take the opportunity to show my piece of sky because I love taking sky photos and I am enjoying this meme so much. Anyway, here’s a photo I took days ago from our yard. I remember ranting about how unlucky I am to not have a very clear view of the sky from our place because of the coconut trees around the yard and the bananas of the neighbors. They are all blocking a very beautiful view of the sky especially during sunset. Anyway, here’s a photo I took one afternoon. Rain clouds are forming in the east but I noticed a different color of sun’s rays peeping through our main door so I went out to check what’s happening. I was really awed at the sight of different shades of clouds in the west and the deep blue sky. Hurriedly I took the camera inside the house and aim it in the sky….regardless of the banana leaves that are blocking my view. 

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Tags: Clouds, Sky Watch Friday, Sunset

Photography has become my passion and my favorite subjects, anything in nature. Frankly speaking, I had a hard time taking photos of people. I felt like I don’t know how to properly shoot human subjects because I am more into landscapes and nature. Hence, I am always looking forward for this day so that I can share my photos. Here’s one of the best photos I took last sunrise shoot in Sta. Ana Wharf, Davao City. I say one of the best because I have numerous BEST photos.LOL. It’s really hard to choose which photo to post. So here’s one of the photos I had printed for the mini exhibit we will be doing in a friend’s coffee house. Wanna see my other photos? Just let me know.

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Tags: Davao City, photography, Sky Watch Friday, Sta. Ana Wharf, Sunrise