Some celebrity snaps from Panagbenga Festival’s float parade…
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.
Robin “Binoe” Padilla
Shamcey Supsup
Rhian Ramos
Ehra Madrigal
Patricia Fernandez (Solar TV Reporter)
Melai Cantiveros (Pinoy Big Brother Housemate)
Jason Veron Francisco (Pinoy Big Brother Housemate)
Mr. Pure Energy. Gary Valenciano
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Some shots from our trip (Jan 19-20, 2013)…
Panguil River Eco Park:
Spider
Bull Ant
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Spider
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Ant
Upwing Fly
Weevil
Damselfly
Rocks from Panguil River
Brgy Balian:
Jumping Spider
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mating insect. i also don’t know what its name is.
Moth
Spider
Fly (nymph)
Moth
Leafhopper
Salibanda Festival
Jumping Spider
The trip was supposed to be a trek to Buntot Palos in Panguil Laguna. But due to heavy rains before dawn prompted us to decide just to go to Panguil River Eco Park instead hehehe =)
How to go to Panguil River Eco Park? Just follow the instructions from this blog >>> http://www.backpackingphilippines.com/2011/08/panguil-river-eco-park-piit-resort.html
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Monasterio de Tarlac. (http://monasterio-de-tarlac.weebly.com/)
Brgy. Lubigan, San Jose, Tarlac.
In this small church, I have experienced the most solemn and heartfelt celebration of the Holy Eucharist… I can still remember the priest saying “You are not here by chance, you are here because you are called by God”.
If you want to be inside the chapel for the Holy Mass, be sure to be there 2 to 3 hours before the mass.
The Relic of The Holy Cross
Jesus Christ’s statue.
A view from the top of the monastery.
How to go to the monastery?
from http://sensoryreplays.com >>> “from sm city tarlac: there is a mercury drug after the mall building along mc-arthur highway make a left turn going to zamora street. turn left to tarlac state university (right side is mc donalds) along romulo boulevard. turn right when you see the total gas station (left side is agri gas station). you will pass by central luzon doctors hospital and tarlac chinese cemetery, then a small bridge (agana bridge). turn left at st. gerard school. along the way you will see signages of monasterio de tarlac and tarlac recreational park. when you reach the narrow lubigan bridge you are now at barangay lubigan and just go straight going up to the monasterio.”
Some snaps I took on our sidetrip to Wawa Dam in Brgy San Rafael, Rodriguez Rizal.
Still misty and foggy when we arrived there around 6 in the morning.
Cold breeze of air chillin’ my spine while trekking to the Dam.
Wawa Dam was constructed around 1908/1909 by the Americans to serve as a water reservoir for Manila.
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Photographers out there who wants to compete internationally (online), this website is for you! www.dpreview.com
Had a chance to submit 3 of my old photos in 3 of their past challenges and this is what I’ve got hehe:
Challenge Name: Beetle
28th place out of 135 entries.
“Mating Beetle”
Challenge Name: On the Road
139th place out of 175 entries. hehe pretty bad place! 
“Way to Go”
Challenge Name: Ugly
9th place out of 103 entries. yey! not bad! =p
“Planthopper”
Defintely, me and my Kamiko would try again! hehehe.
Ciao!
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Some of my snaps from yesterdays Digital Photographer Philippines‘ 6th anniversary party.
We were there as early as 6am to line up for the registration. We were so early that the lanyards for the event hasn’t still arrived hehe so we decided to eat some breakfast first.
After having our breakfast at The Coffee Bean, we posed for our morning grouphug with the DPP’s Parañaque Photography Team and Team Nikon D90.
That’s me levitating hehehe.
Went back to the registration area for our other teammates who haven’t completed their registration yest. After all of us has registered we went for another bigger grouphug =)
That’s me levitating (again) hehehe.
After attending at miss Sara Black’s lecture about portraiture we went to see Ben Chan’s shoot of some Parkour guys near the ampitheatre.
Grouphug with TND90.
For the 3rd time… I levitate. lols
Went to Sony’s carwash photoshoot at 9th street.
Grouphug with the Parañaque Photography Team (PPT).
Managed to try a cityscape.
7:22PM.
Some of the international models from Xander Angeles’ and Nico Villegas’ lecture.
9:43PM. Hundreds of people were still there patiently waiting to see the Live Judging and of course the raffle hehehe.
It’s almost 12 midnight and some of my teammates from TND90 were still there hehe.
Thought I didn’t won anything from the raffle (Elaine Anne! sell me you 70-300mm hehehe), what’s more important is I have learned a lot from the lectures from different photography gurus I have attended. The party was such a blast and would definitely go back for the third time next year!!! =)
Happy 6th Anniversary DPP!!! See you all on the 7th!!! =)
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Went for a short trek at Mt. Batulao in Batangas last May 12 to shoot some macro. Here are some ‘critters’ I found.
Yellow beetle
Brown ant
Ant-mimicking spider
Spider
Lynx Spider
Praying Mantis
Cotton Stainer
Beetle
Some unknown insects I have found during my short trek…
Hopefully I will be able to shoot some more kinds of insects on my next hike/trek. =)
For those of you asking what setup I use in my macro shots, here it is. My cheap macro setup.
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