Inside Samar Island Natural Park - looking all around

February 21st, 2011

Once again, I was able to experience the hidden attraction of Samar Island Natural Park (SINP).  Limited not with just bird objective in mind but with the interest to photograph forest-dwelling species and some forest features.

All photographs taken at Samar Island Natural Park.  Enjoy viewing!

moondawn-webStarted shooting as early as 5:30AM.  The good thing of shooting moon at dawn is that you’ll have a colored background compared to a total black when taken at night :)

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with this photo, i was able to proved again to myself that dawn is still my best time of day in photographing landscape :) very challenging that you have to compose, set and click as quick as you can because for a very short time, light temperature changes.

foliage-webas color temperature changes…

leaf-weba healthy green foliage

leaf-on-stream-weblast leaf…?

lagong-webflying lizard at rest

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troides-family-webfrom family of Troides

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forest-moth-weba hovering forest-dwelling butterfly

rhornbill-in-flight-webrufous hornbill last flight for the day….

More photos in my next post…. :)


samar feathered friends

December 2nd, 2010

series I

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Inside Samar Island Natural Park - birding reconnaissance

November 11th, 2010

i intend this to be a series of entries as Samar Island Natural Park has a lot of things to offer!

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stayed overnight in the area, woke up as early as 5AM, finished a mug of coffee first before started shooting the environs and those lovely birds!

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best of eastern visayas photo exhibit

June 23rd, 2010

my entries to the Best of Eastern Visayas Photo Exhibit in Tacloban City, from June 24 - July 2, 2010.   the event is sponsored by the Provincial Government of Leyte  and Department of Tourism-8, in coordination with the Camera Club of Leyte and Samar. Since most of our club members are coming from leyte, i opted to submit images that i took from our beloved Samar Island. ;-)

note: some of these images are just reposted


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forest flood

June 16th, 2010

pinipisakan falls,las navas, northern samar

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