Tali Beach Nasugbu Batangas sunset – God’s canvass
these pictures were taken on December 29, 2013 at Tali Beach Subdivision at Nasugbu, Batangas sometime between 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm.
thought the best way to enjoy this sunset at this spot is some chilled wine, soft jazz and a book of poems by Pablo Neruda. sunsets are very tricky to shoot, each moment lasts only for a few seconds as the colors change rapidly as the sun disappears at the horizon. good thing there are cameras to capture such fleeting moments.
what caught my attention here was the bright light concentrated on the seawater coming from the sun that was peaking through the clouds. it felt like someone great and almighty was coming down the skies to settle on the water.
the house was impeccable, the lawn and the trees were all perfect. this is the most beautiful property on the whole of the subdivision. we can only imagine how it feels to stay in that house and enjoy the sea, wind and clouds.
the problem and the joy of taking sunset pictures by the beach is you need to choose only a few, two to three elements at most to focus on. being selective is what gives the picture drama. lines are very important as that gives the picture grace and movement.
sports photography – just one or two more seconds for the money picture shot!
the alternate title – damn it’s hard to take sports shots! sub-title – specially if you do not have the camera and lens for it.
those are things we knew before but got confirmed when we actually tried it.
the football match was between the juniors teams of Ateneo and FEU at the Ateneo football field for the UAAP. given that we did not have the right camera and lens for sports shots, the expectations for great pictures were intentionally set very low.
sports photography is probably one of the few types where you do need really specialized cameras and lenses. you need a fast camera, a fast and very long lens (telephoto or zoom) and one that can take many multiple shots one after the other with each shot perfectly focused. these types of cameras and lenses will cost easily more than $100,000 versus the camera and lens we used which was a fraction of that cost.
but we took the pictures anyway.
we wanted to capture a a specific shot – one that an Ateneo striker kicking a ball past the FEU goal keeper. i was hoping that the picture will show the ball just passing through the goal keeper. the shots we got were multiple shots and resulted to some nice pictures of the ball getting kicked, sailing to the goal keeper and then passed the goal keeper down deep into the net for a goal.
but no shot where the ball just passing the goal keeper. we missed that shot by a mere one or two seconds!
nice try, better luck next time.
photo #3 : well in this space is supposed to be the shot we wanted to record – the ball sailing just past the goal keeper. but the camera motor failed me as it was unable to take the shot. we swear our finger was continuously pressing the shutter button!
the other thing we experienced was the need to stalk the play of the game. we intended to take a goal shot and we needed to read the game and get ready to take the shot when the goal was supposed to be made. looking at the viewfinder the whole time to follow the flow of the game didn’t work. we needed to remove the camera from our eye to watch the game. and as soon as a developing goal was about to be made, that’s when you put the camera up to your eye.
these were lucky photo shots as we were able to read the play correctly and a goal was made. but, those one to two seconds delay didn’t allow us to achieve our goal.
oh well, that is what happens to amateur sports photographers with amateur cameras and lenses. (insert laughter here)
boston on the cold and snow, deep snow
just how bad was the snow storm that hit boston and other parts of the northeast in the US? these pictures show it, one day after the storm left and it became safe to go out.
ultimate disc – giving the frisbee a sexy sport name
it is not for the faint of heart. a strong heart, legs and arms and lots of stamina are required for this new sport called “ultimate disc”. its no surprise that it is played mostly by teenagers. it used to be called the frisbee but when played as a sport, it is called a disc.
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wawam photo : makati skyline in gray
this view came to me while driving over the skyway on the SLEX close to the magallanes exit. looked sort of like gotham city in the batman movies but with a much less sinister feel.
i thought this was a once in a lifetime shot. aside from i was on a busy skyway with a high risk of getting run over by speeding vehicles – very light rain went on and off for most of the afternoon, it was late in the afternoon and there were thick clouds across the whole frame behind the buildings, conditions for a perfect shot.
makati skyline you may have never seen – rockwell condos and buendia buildings
we don’t think many have seen these scenes. they were taken on top of the rockwell flyover on EDSA. few people would have walked on top of the flyover and take these photos. most of us just zip by at the flyover on the way to rockwell or mandaluyong or san juan.
we were on the flyover and took these pictures just before sunset. it was a difficult shot because you ran the risk of getting run over by cars on that flyover under approaching darkness.
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