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May 11 - Up Close and Personal

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May 11 - Up Close and Personal

Canon EOOS 550D 18-135mm lens
1/100 sec. at f/3.5 ISO 100
focal length 18mm

Just one of the neighborhood goats grazing on a cloudy afternoon.

May 6 - Super Moon 1

This was supposed to be the super moon weekend, when the moon is closest to earth and would appear the largest. However, there was heavy cloud cover for the whole evening.
This was shot just past 2:00am. 
Canon EOS 550D 18-135mm lens
ISO 400, 5 sec. exposure, f/14.1

April 30 - Park Flowers

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project

Canon EOS 550D 18-135mm f/4-5.6 lens
1/40s at f/5.7
ISO 100
135mm focal length

Canon EOS 550D 18-135mm f/4-5.6 lens
1/40s at f/5.7
ISO 100
31mm focal length

Day 45 - Happy Valentine's Day everyone. Have a heart...

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project

Day 45 - Happy Valentine's Day everyone. Have a heart...
Canon EOS 550D 18-135mm lens

I shot these around the neighborhood.

Day 44 - Tricycle Ride

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project

Day 44 - Tricycle Ride
Canon EOS 550D 18-135mm lens
f/12.9 at 1/50 sec.
ISO 800, various focal lengths

Day 43 - Paperbacks and Tech

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project

Day 43 - Paperbacks
Canon EOS 550D 18-135mm lens
f/5 at 1/40 sec. with flash
ISO 200, 57mm

Day 43 - Technical
Canon EOS 550D 18-135mm lens
f/5.7 at 1/60 sec. with flash
ISO 100, 69mm

A bit of topic recycling as I didn't go out today due to the weather.

Day 42 - Pots and Cacti

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project

Day 42 - Pots and Cacti
Canon EOS 550D 18-135mm lens
f/5 at 1/30 sec.
ISO 400, 53mm

Day 41 - Boiling Water

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project

Day 41 - Boiling Water
Canon EOS 550D 18-135mm lens
f/5.6 at 0.8 sec.
ISO 200, 67mm

Day 40 - Motocross

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project

Day 40 - Motocross
Canon EOS 550D 18-135mm lens
f/5.0 at 1/60 sec.
ISO 100, 42mm

Day 39 - Ricefields

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project

Day 39 - Golden Snail Eggs
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
1/250 sec., f/5.6
ISO 400, 135mm focal length

Day 39 - Dragonfly
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
1/125 sec., f/5.6
ISO 200, 135mm focal length

Day 39 - Dragonfly
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
1/250 sec., f/5.6
ISO 400, 135mm focal length

Day 39 - Ricefield with Cranes
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
1/125 sec., f/8
ISO 100, 135mm focal length
Photos stitched with Hugins Panorama Creator


I tried to go back to the rice field and get a shot of the cranes. Unfortunately, they were a bit too far away, and if I tried to get any nearer, they would get spooked and fly away. I just got a set of pictures to create a panoramic shot. That's is a sizeable flock of birds.

Day 38 - Dusk

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project
Day 38 - Dusk

Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
f/5.6 at 1/80 sec.
ISO 100, 106mm focal length

Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
f/11 at 1/40 sec.
ISO 200, 18mm focal length

Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
f/5.6 at 1/40 sec.
ISO 400, 39mm focal length

Day 37 - Pusit at Danggit

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project

Day 37 - Pusit at Danggit
Nikon D80, 50mm
f/1.8 at 1/40sec., ISO 400

Day 36 - Wing Bean Flower

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project

Day 36 - Wing Bean Flower
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
f/6.3 at 1/125 sec.
ISO 100, 135mm focal length

Day 35 - Riverland Express

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project

Day 35 - Riverland Express
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
f/10 at 1/40 sec.
ISO 200, 18mm focal length

This train is permanently on display at Riverbanks in Marikina City. The Riverbanks Complex was formerly the Universal Textile Mills plant, but I have no idea why they would have a train inside the compound.

I do have a suspicion about a possible former train line from Pasig City to San Mateo or up to Rodriguez (formerly Montalban). That would be the current Daang Bakal Street. Besides the name which literally translates to "steel" (or iron or metal) street, the Daang Bakal itself is narrow (barely two lanes) wide, and goes straight for most of its length.

I really have to go back to Riverbanks and take a better picture of this train.

Day 34 - Darwi

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project
Day 34 - Darwi

Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
f/6.3 at 1/60 sec.
ISO 200, 113mm focal length

Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
f/6.3 at 1/60 sec.
ISO 200, 135mm focal length

My daughter Darwi.

Day 33 - Fort Santiago

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Day 33 - Fort Santiago (Statues 1)
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
f/8 at 1/60 sec.
ISO 100, 48mm focal length

Day 33 - Fort Santiago (Statues 2)
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
f/6.3 at 1/50 sec.
ISO 100, 69mm focal length

I think these were supposed to represent Pres. Manual L. Quezon and Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

Day 33 - Fort Santiago (Sculpture)
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
f/4.5 at 1/40 sec.
ISO 100, 32mm focal length

Day 33 - Fort Santiago (Stray Cat)
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
f/6.3 at 1/80 sec.
ISO 100, 135mm focal length

This was a stray cat at the Fort Santiago. It was lazing in the shade, and probably sleepy. For a while there, I thought it was posing.

Day 32 - Mirror Sky

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project

Day 32 - Mirror Sky
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
f/6.3 at 1/60 sec.
ISO 400, 18mm focal length

I  wanted to get back to shooting pictures of cranes. Unfortunately, when I got to their feeding grounds, there weren't any. I had to content myself with shooting the sunset and the rice paddies. This shot faced east, and I took the shot while the sun was setting behind me.

Day 31 - Sleeping

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project

Day 31 - Sleeping
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
f/5.6 at 1/60 sec.
ISO 400, 120mm focal length

Stray cat taking a nap.

Day 30 - Fire Ants

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Day 30 - Fire Ants
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
f/5.7 at 1/80 sec.
ISO 400, 135mm focal length

These fire ants form part of a colony which have made their home at a sour sop tree near where I live.

Day 29 - Black Stray Cat

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project

Day 29 - Black Stray Cat
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
f/5.7 at 1/60 sec.
ISO 400, 75mm focal length

Another of the stray cats living in the neighborhood. This one has a pure black coat. Just thought of turning the whole picture into black and white.

Day 28 - Carps on the Roof

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project

Day 28 - Carps on the Roof 1
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
1/125 sec., f/11.3
ISO 100, 60mm focal length

Day 28 - Carps on the Roof 2
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
1/400 sec., f/12.9
ISO 200, 53mm focal length

Day 27 - Clouds

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project
Day 27 - Clouds

Clouds 1
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
1/400 sec., f/11.3
ISO 200, 19mm focal length

Clouds 2
1/50 sec., f/10
ISO 100, 18mm focal length

Clouds 3
1/400 sec., f/10
ISO 100, 20mm focal length

Clouds 4
1/400 sec., f/10
ISO 100, 18mm focal length

Clouds 5
1/400 sec., f/10
ISO 100, 18mm focal length

Clouds 6
1/800 sec., f/7
ISO 100, 18mm focal length

Clouds 7
1/320 sec., f/7
ISO 100, 18mm focal length

Clouds 8
1/1250 sec., f/7
ISO 100, 28mm focal length

This was supposed to come out yesterday.

I took the pictures relatively early. I even tried to setup a panoramic view of the ricefields. Unfortunately, it didn’t turn out that well.

The good news is that the clouds were dramatic yesterday.

Day 26 - Gates

2012 366 Days 366+ Pics Project

Day 26 - Gates (1) 
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
1/40 sec., f/5
ISO 400, 28mm focal length

Day 26 - Gates (2) 
Canon EOS 550D, 18-135mm lens
1/40 sec., f/5
ISO 200, 37mm focal length