Captured Memories

[hb_designer]

My last post for today. Shot taken in Ras Al Khaimah , United Arab Emirates.
Happy new Year to all.

[hb_designer]

A Chasing Light photo safari with my friends jay Jallorina and Raymond Santiago patiently waiting for the sunrise.Shot taken in Imnajbu, Batanes , Philippines.

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As I stood on a wave cut platform , I was at awe when I saw the last light and colors of my final sunset in Batanes , unknowingly about the danger getting hit by a tidal bore in my exact location. In front of me, i am a witness to the sun's glorious light show, how the colors of sunset is more intense than sunrise. I have visualized this scene from the very start and hoping for a comeback...and it happened on my last day.

After framing this shot , I was ready to pack my gears when all of a sudden I didn't notice that there was a big wave coming .......when the wave hit the wave cut platform , it was higher that the sea stack and all I have to do is just stand still, hold my gear and pray for my safety. I don't have much time to run..literally I did get wet including my gears.

EPHEMERAL LIGHT

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Whenever I am reviewing my images that I have taken from this place, it doesn't look like I am in the Philippines. Rakuh a Payaman commonly known as Marlboro Country is one of the best views in Batanes, with cows and carabaos grazing, rolling hills, waves crashing on the shore, with a view of another quaint lighthouse built in the distinct Batanes style. One could stay here the whole day just thinking about nothing, savor the scenery and pass the time away.

[harold.britos]

My first time to use a CITIWIDE 850nm B&W IR filter.
Exposure 80 secs on F8 , ISO 100. Shot taken in Botanical Garden , Singapore.

It was a bit cloudy that day, I was hoping that the sun would come out ...unfortunately it was covered with the thick cloud formation , but still I insisted to take the shot .



Singapore Botanic Gardens (Chinese: 新�*坡植物�*; Malay: Taman Botanik Singapura or Kebun Botani Singapura) is a 63.7-hectare (157-acre) botanical garden in Singapore. It is half the size of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew or around one-fifth the size of Central Park in New York. It is the only botanic garden in the world that opens from 5 a.m. to 12 midnight every single day of the year, and does not charge an admission fee, except for the National Orchid Garden. The garden is bordered by Holland & Napier Road in the South, Cluny Road on the East, Tyersall Ave & Cluny Park Road on its West and Bukit Timah Road in the North. The linear distance between the Northern and Southern end is around 2.5 km (1.5 miles).

[harold.britos]

We were planning to have a sunset shoot... unfortunately it was a cloudy afternoon, after taking several frames on the desert
we decided to call it a day....On our way home we saw this camels crossing the streets ......

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Here's an Infared shot of PORT OF IVANA , BATANES taken during a high noon on our last day in this place.



The municipality of Ivana has four (4) barangays (Radiwan, Salagao, San Vicente, and Tuhel). The municipality of Ivana is located on the southern part of Batan Island which is about 14 kms from Basco, the provincial capital. It is bounded by the municipalities of Mahatao on the north, by Uyugan on the south, by Imnajbu on the east, and by the South China Sea on the west. Located on the northeastern part of the municipality is the Mt. Matarem which has a slope of 15% to 31% and which is classified as forest land.

[harold.britos]

Talikud Island lies in southwest coast of Samal Island has excellent scuba diving sites and a handful of quiet but rudimentary beach resorts. Talikud Island has a wide variety of soft and hard coral gardens that is home to numerous exotic small tropical fishes. Not only small tropical fish, larger marine life can also be found in here like barracuda, tuna and jacks. Divers can also see fusiliers, sea horse, morays, sea urchins, garden eels, wrasse and parrotfish.

[hb_designer]

Mahatao Lighthouse

The Mahatao lighthouse dates back to the 1700s, it is located on high ground near the San Carlos Borromeo Church in Mahatao near the coast of the South China Sea. It is a two vertical structure about 30 meters apart. The lighthouses are constructed cal y canto, they have a rectangular opening on the upper portion of the structures, here the lamps were placed in the evening to guide fishermen during the Spanish colonial period.

Let me share an Infrared image using HOYA R72 , Nikkor 17-35 on a Nikon D700 @f8 , ISO 100 , 96 seconds.I have a colored version of this image but I got addicted with Black and white lately. Shot taken in Mahatao Lighthouse, Batanes .



The Mahatao lighthouse functions like an ordinary modern lighthouse, but one thing separates it from the modern ones, it provides a simple but very ingenious means of guiding boats to port during night. From the sea, the boats from the sea follows a course in which the two lighthouses signals though merging their lights as one. This would be a path in the sea that have no coral reefs of rocks. When the light of the two lighthouses go separately, this means that the boat is going the wrong direction and in danger of running aground on the reefs or could possibly smash into huge boulders that litter the in coastline of [Batan Island]

[cosmicma]

why 2 accounts ???

hb designer and harold britos are the same person yes ???