Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Embutido

A Spanish/Filipino type of meatloaf consisting of ground pork, minced vegetables and hardboiled egg wedges or hotdog, traditionally rolled in pig intestine but now aluminum wrap is commonly used.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Red Sunrise

This looks like a volcanic eruption but is actually a cloud illuminated by the red sunrise, aligned vertically to me.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Incoming Squall

One side of a coming squall.  The wind was howling and behind this cloud is heavy rain which after hitting this place lasted only for 20 minutes.  

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Intentional Camera Movement


Just learnt from a blog that these kinds of picture are still acceptable as intentional camera movement types.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Picniked Photo

I ran my photo of the Cagayan de Oro River in picnik. com and got this watercolor effect. It's a combination of effects, myself I couldn't remember exactly what I did, hehe.

Pyrolympics

Fireworks contest.  The first time I tried the fireworks setting in the camera, I got only white; it was daytime.

Ripe Durian Fruit

The fruit that "smells like hell, but tastes like heaven." This is a Puyat variety, with yellow pulp.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Wild Flower


"Jathropa curcas"

Called "tuba tuba" here, is a poisonous plant.

Sunset

Sunset in September. Waiting for red sunsets this summer.

Rambutan


 Red ripe rambutan in the tree.
Evergreen ripe rambutan in the tree.

Vine

Fruit of a vine, about an inch across, hollow except for tiny seed inside, that if you press it, it bursts.

Cagayan de Oro River Viewed From Ysalina Bridge

 The Riviera Hotel, the ZCX Convention Center and the Paseo Mall can be seen under construction up river
Carmen Side

Horses

Taken early morning

White Horse

Licoan Flyover and Centrio

 Going down the Recto-Velez flyover
Centrio Mall and Condominium

Primavera Residences at 7th floor

Photo taken from the back of a jeepney, waiting for passengers.

Primavera Residences (under construction) at sunrise

Eye-catching insects

Colorful but bad smelling insects on an okra plant.

Grasshopper

I went into the garden, just looking for something to shoot. It was late afternoon, the colors were glorious, saw this hopper on a pandan leaf, got into macro mode, went closer, insect didn't hopped, still got closer and jabbed.

Hibiscus

My first nice shot and first blog entry: