beyond visible impression

i’ve been stuck at home these past days because of the incessant rain… no birds, no landscape either…  so i “traveled” within my hard disk drive to perhaps felt like i went out and revisited some places here in samar  here are the photos from the first stop of my virtual travel,  capul.

the historical lighthouse

the church’s belfry and wall built by the Jesuits in the 18th century and renovated by the Franciscans in the late 19th century

facing mt. bulosan of sorsogon

more photos coming from the second stop of my virtual travel

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!

Started 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

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.

as color temperature changes…

a healthy green foliage

last leaf…?

flying lizard at rest

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from family of Troides

forest fungus

a hovering forest-dwelling butterfly

rufous hornbill last flight for the day….

More photos in my next post….

am greatly honored to be part of the core group tasked to prepare a book for the centenary celebration of Diocese of Calbayog. the team is composed of writers, photographers and researchers. our first research and photo assignment was in northern samar, particularly the towns of catubig, palapag, laoang, catarman and capul. these places were considered to have the oldest churches in the north, erected during the first mission of the jesuits in samar island.

here are few of the images i created during our 3-day travel.

palapag church - built during the 1600’s by jesuits missionaries

a portion of the walls of catubig church

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few images from my latest photo assignment in northern samar for a travel magazine. this set is taken in Capul Island.

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- daybreak -

tech data:  .8sec, f22, iso100, 21mm, cloudy white balance, ND grad filter

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