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As is our tradition when the current year rolls to an end, we went forth to stalk our last sunrise of the year, in a place we've never been. We wanted to be around a body of water to multiply dawn's reflections. Check. We wanted to shoot into the horizon perpedicular to first light, an ingredient for dramatic landscapes. Check. And it needed to be no more than an hour away, so we don't have to wake up to early! After all, who knows if it'll be worth our while?</div>
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In truth, any talk of a trip's worth had never been an issue. To be out at dawn, throwing our lot into the wind, for the privelege of stalking twilight with equal parts of trepidation and hope, has been the hallmark of every twilight photographer's craft. And we normally do just fine.</div>
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Similarly, as the current year comes to a close, we look forward to the new one with the same courage and resolve as we did the last. No matter the uncertainty the future brings, take heart that we will do just fine. Enjoy.</div>
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(Pixel-peepers: Landscape twilight photography isn't only about experience and skill. A lot has to do with sheer luck. I saw this lone tree around a bend, silhouetted against a rapidly developing purplish sky. I knelt and took a few shots, but thought it wasn't a consumate composition. I needed a human element. Then suddenly and as if on cue, a fisherman started to row his way across my composition. Just as in life, things do turn out just fine.)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523927707099641899noreply@blogger.com3Ambulong, Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines14.0907591 121.0593086999999714.059957599999999 121.01896819999997 14.1215606 121.09964919999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641967276485896571.post-63434424693050334082016-11-23T07:30:00.000+08:002016-11-28T21:30:42.012+08:00#329 Colorful Watermelons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523927707099641899noreply@blogger.com0Biri, Norway60.9592581 10.60772150000002535.437223599999996 -30.700872499999974 86.4812926 51.916315500000024tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641967276485896571.post-47785401838190499972016-11-16T08:28:00.000+08:002016-11-16T08:28:11.718+08:00#327 Pareidolia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523927707099641899noreply@blogger.com0Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines13.5848627 124.206584413.3379417 123.8838609 13.8317837 124.52930789999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641967276485896571.post-57663360336941436622016-11-13T08:34:00.000+08:002016-11-13T16:39:34.219+08:00#326 Off the Beaten Track<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523927707099641899noreply@blogger.com23Pandan, Catanduanes, Philippines14.0382044 124.1623008999999913.9149669 124.0009394 14.1614419 124.32366239999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641967276485896571.post-89161777343514648372016-11-11T07:47:00.002+08:002016-11-11T07:55:18.931+08:00#325 A Gentle Wind<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Earlier this week, we lost someone very dear. He was a simple man, yet strong, pious, and inspiring. He touched many from his pulpit. He loved his family. But most of all he loved life. He will be dearly missed. A gentle wind had come and passed. Where do we go from here?</div>
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I took this photograph from atop the town of Pandan on the northern tip of Catanduanes. At that time, standing at its highest point, at the trail head with the sea on the horizon, I simply wanted to find out how far I can see, that is, if I could actually see tomorrow. Well that day has come. What does tomorrow bring? </div>
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When we lose someone we love, we never really heal completely. But somehow, some way, we need to get on with our lives without them, with the hope that tomorrow brings a new day. That's how generations before us had managed. And I guess that's how we will too. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were in Anunang in Kalinga, a community of tattooed women well past their 70's. They sport full body tattoos all the way to their arms and wrists. Sadly, it's a practice succeeding generations no longer indulges. In as little as 20 more years, all proof of this cultural expression will vanish. So head to the hills with a camera and a good hat. Because posterity demands it. Enjoy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were in Lubuagan in Kalinga, somewhere along the winding road <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">between Tabuk in Kalinga and Bontoc in the Mountain Province. We </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">drove out in the dead of the night... just to be at this point on the road at exactly this time... to stalk twilight. When we saw the </span></span><span style="font-family: "\22 helvetica neue\22 " , "\22 arial\22 " , "\22 helvetica\22 " , sans-serif; font-size: large;">moisture snuck into the valley below us, and the sparesly-clouded night sky that was clear all the way to the horizon, we knew the ingredients for something awesome was at hand. Enjoy. </span></div>
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As a kid I'd seen photographs, even paintings of Mayon Volcano, with quaint rice fields and carabaos at its fore. I had always wondered if such a scene still existed, considering huge strides in population and progress since. But shortly after sunrise, while driving inland from the coast where we stalked dawn, we found exactly such a scene, and almost to the letter!<br />
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We were across the bay in Manito in Albay, southeast of the majestic Mount Mayon, searching for foregrounds worthy of her majesty. The goal was to photograph her from the north and the south, and then again from her east and her west. To see her in 360 degrees is to discover how life in these parts have come together around her.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523927707099641899noreply@blogger.com2Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines13.1390621 123.7437995000000212.8916366 123.42107600000003 13.3864876 124.06652300000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641967276485896571.post-23276642399267560572016-03-28T19:53:00.000+08:002016-04-04T19:22:07.155+08:00#315 The Soul of a Place<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In my travels, I'm always on the lookout for that one scene that captures the soul of a place. It can be a grand landscape, local folks at work, or portraits of real people. It's a bonus if I can capture two or more of these elements in a single photograph.<br />
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Still along the coast in Culasi in Antique, the sun was starting to set, bathing the landscape with a warm and romantic light. On the horizon I can see the sea on one side and the mountains on the other, the signature characteristic of this place. I can see fishing boats strewn everywhere, and in the distance, fishermen are pulling their nets to shore, all suggesting how they live off the sea here. Just then a bare-foot mother and child, in affectionate embrace and engaged in lively banter, walked past me and right into my composition. A gentle people who live off the sea in this beautiful place embraced by water and mountains. Click. Enjoy.</div>
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Pixel-peepers: Much had been written about photographing during the golden hours, where the warm sharp colors can make your pictures pop. It's showing every afternoon at a landscape near you, don't miss it.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523927707099641899noreply@blogger.com0Culasi, Antique, Philippines11.433122 122.1064668000000210.935167499999999 121.46101980000002 11.9310765 122.75191380000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641967276485896571.post-87452918174097353212016-03-21T19:53:00.000+08:002016-03-23T07:33:40.421+08:00#314 Tuba<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We were in Pandan in Antique, marveling at this grove of coconut trees dotting its shore, when this farmer climbed up a tree to harvest coconut wine, or Tuba. It's an apparently simple process. Instead of allowing the tree to flower and bear fruit, they cut the efflorescence and direct the sap into small bottles. Within a day, the bottles will fill with a sweet fermented liquid that pack a light alcoholic punch! If only they can do the same with money. Enjoy.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523927707099641899noreply@blogger.com1Pandan, Antique, Philippines11.74214 122.0994209000000411.4934015 121.77669740000005 11.990878499999999 122.42214440000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641967276485896571.post-403351407353759412016-03-14T19:53:00.000+08:002016-03-22T06:58:33.463+08:00#313 Cycle of Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br>Everyone knows habitats are sustained by the evaporation & precipitation cycle of water, but seeing is believing. <br>
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Along the coast in the town of Culasi in Antique, that cycle was at work. The distant clouds hugging the mountain slopes provide the humidity and rain that nourishes its primary forest cover, before collecting in mountain streams that eventually find its way to the sea. Along the way, the same water irrigate the rice fields we saw earlier, keep wide expanses of thick beach forests possible, before tip-toeing past mangroves and nipa groves along marshes that flush out to sea. Seeing is believing. Enjoy.</div>
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Most everyone loves dried fish, but here in Culasi in Antique, I discovered a special type few knew existed.<br>
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After joining other villagers in dragging a taksay net ashore, this woman immediately laid-out her share of the catch on a net-lined bamboo tray. She will water them with sea water, and then leave them to air dry overnight along the shore. A key difference in using just-caught fish is that their tiny stomachs will remain intact when dried, unlike traditional tuyo whose stomachs bursts open. And because the fish is fresh, with plain seawater as the only preservative, the final product isn't too salty, allowing more flavour notes to come out. They call them one-day tuyo. Hunt some down and give it a try. A very clean taste. Enjoy.</div>
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I recently started to collect native trees, both in an effort to understand why many are under the imminent threat of extinction in the wild, and to do my share in preserving specimens for future generations.<br>
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We were documenting the lifestyle of folks along the coast in San Jose in Antique, minding our own business, when we chanced upon this master boat builder at work. With my new eyes and interest in native trees, the type of wood he used for each part of the boat naturally piqued my curiosity. The massive keel is made from half of a huge Antipolo tree's trunk, a relatively soft wood. The ribs jutting out of the keel are mahogany. The horizontal top beam securing all these mahogany ribs together is a single piece of White Lauan, selected for its strength and unusually long length. And the boat's stern is cut from one of the hardest woods available here, the trunk of a full-grown Kaimito tree. Each type of wood had been selected for the properties important for a boat. Naturally. Let's just hope they've been harvested in a sustainable manner. Enjoy.</div>
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Much like many other places in our country where the coastline is shallow, fishermen carefully lower a long floating net in a circular arc across the bay. A team of villagers would then slowly heave both ends of the long net until it is completely pulled ashore. This is called Taksay here in Antique, aptly named after the net that is used.</div>
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In Culasi in Antique, up to 10 teams work the shore every day. On good days, they'll fill up to 7 pails of small fish. This evening, most teams collected only five each. Not too shabby for a few hours work. Life is simple here. And they will be back at it tomorrow. Enjoy.</div>
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Those unfazed by inclement weather must be prepared to accept a sunset sky without a clear view of the horizon. Sure, the sun's crepuscular rays found their way to earth, but we needed more than that. We needed an interesting foreground. We needed a miracle.<br>
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A cool morning breeze... the musty scent of salt in the air... the soft and gentle glow of a resurgent sun... these are just some of my favorite things when photographing along our coasts. But like a tune you can't get out of your head... they haunt you no end... in your dreams and daydreams... until you capitulate and find your way back... to re-live the moment and surrender to its siren call. I'm back.<br>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00523927707099641899noreply@blogger.com0San Jose de Buenavista, Antique, Philippines10.7489069 121.9412608000000110.6241159 121.77989930000001 10.8736979 122.10262230000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641967276485896571.post-36253287009612570852014-11-24T21:15:00.000+08:002014-12-30T15:53:54.239+08:00#306 Spectacle in the Sky<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In golf, it's called a hole-in-one. In baseball, a home run. And in basketball, a decisive three-pointer just before the closing bell. But for twilight photographers, today's postcard was all of the above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We were in Sorsogon City, much too late to get to our vantage point at sunset. We have to stop somewhere or we'll miss it, I thought. Soon we chanced upon a rice field with paddies filled with water. That will multiply the light in the sky. It's worth a try. The ground was much too soft and muddy, so there was only a few places where we can plant our feet and tripods. But in the end, it was enough to score a hole-in-one, a home run, and a three-pointer all at the same time, before all light disappeared from the sky. Enjoy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Pixel-peepers: When the horizon is clear enough to allow the departing sun to light-up the underside of clouds in the sky, dusk will be most interesting.) </span><br />
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