ORTIGAS SKYLINE
Ortigas Center - 02/16/10
Ortigas Center is the second most important central business district after Makati. It is a 4,000 hectare land known as Hacienda de Mandaloyon in 1930s. It was a virtual wasteland when acquired by Ortigas & Company but now a home to many skyscrapers, famous offices, shopping malls and restaurants.
Ortigas is sorrounded by of Pasig, Mandaluyong, San Juan and Quezon City.
Photography Gears: Nikon D80 + Nikkor 18-70mm
Settings: 18mm, 30 secs, f8, ISO 100
MAKATI SKYLINE
Makati Central Business District - Makati City - 12/09/09
Makati is the financial center of the Philippines. It was Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, the first Governor-General of the Philippines who spotted the area in 1570′s. The name “Makati” came from the word “kati”, which means tide, referring to the tide of Pasig River located north of Makati.
Photography Gears: Nikon D80 + Nikkor 18-70mm
Settings: 18mm, 30 secs, f7.1, ISO 125
FARO DE PUNTA CAPONES
Capones Lighthouse - Zambales - 10/23/11
It was my third time to overnight camp in Capones Island last month but I always keep coming back. Why? One of the reasons is that I don’t have decent shot of the lighthouse. I don’t have an UWA lens on my first camp and the UWA lens that I borrowed during my second camp has a problem.
Faro de Punta Capones or Capones Lighthouse is one of the few remaining old Spanish lighthouse in the country. The lighthouse became operational in 1890. It has been operational for more than 100 years guiding vessels entering and leaving Subic Bay.
Photography Gears: Nikon D90 + Tokina 10-20mm + CPL Filter
Settings: 12mm, 1/200 secs, f8, ISO 200
NEOCLASSICAL EDIFICE
Manila Central Post Office - Manila - 01/17/10
It was a failed sunset shoot at Manila Bay with my friend Allan when I took this photo. We walked from Cultural Center of the Philippines up to the Jones Bridge looking for a good subject but we ended up eating dinner in Binondo.
The photo above is the Manila Central Post Office. It is the post office of Manila and the head office of Philippine Postal Corporation. The building was designed by Juan M. Arellano and built in 1926. It was rebuilt after the worldwar in 1946. It is one of the beautiful neoclassical inspired building in Manila. Located in Intramuros along Pasig River, fronting Liwasang Bonifacio / Plaza Lawton.
Photography Gears: Nikon D80 + Nikkor 18-70mm
Settings: 70mm, 92 secs, f8, ISO 100
SUNSET MAGENTA
Sisiman Lighthouse - Mariveles, Bataan - 02/26//11
This shot was taken at Brgy. Sisiman in Mariveles, Bataan. I already been to this place as early as 2003 because some of close friends live near the area. I never thought that this place would be a photographer’s destination especially for landscape photographers.
Photography Gears: Nikon D80 + Tokina 12-24mm + ND8 & GND Filter
Settings: 12mm, 13 secs, f8, ISO 200
EARTHQUAKE BAROQUE
St. Augustine Church - Paoay, Ilocos Norte - 06/12/10
Paoay Church aslo known as St. Augustine Church is part of UNESCO World Heritage List. A three-storey coral stone bell tower stands a few meters away from the church. The Church is a unique combination of Gothic, Baroque and Oriental designs. Its facade reveals Gothic affinity, its gables show Chinese elements, while the niches topping the walls suggest Javanese influence (reminiscent of the famous Boroboudur Temple).
Earthquake Baroque is a style of Baroque architecture found in places like the Philippines and Guatemala, which suffered destructive earthquakes during the 17th century and 18th century, where large public buildings, such as churches were rebuilt in a Baroque style.
Photography Gears: Nikon D80 + Nikkor 18-70mm + CPL Filter
Settings: 18mm, 1/100 secs, f9, ISO 100
GUIDING LIGHT AT NIGHT
Basco Lighthouse - Basco, Batanes - 10/15/10
Basco Lighthouse is located in Naidi Hills in Baranggay San Antonio, Basco Batanes. It is one of the three lighthouses in Batanes. The structure is a 6-storey building with viewing deck on the fifth floor. The viewing deck is a perfect location to see the whole Batan Island. The lighthouse was completed in 2003.
Photography Gears: Nikon D80 + Sigma 10-20mm
Settings: 10mm, 30 secs, f8, ISO 100
THE OCTAGONAL LIGHTHOUSE
Mahatao Lighthouse - Mahatao, Batanes - 10/10/2010
The Mahatao Lighthouse dates back to 1700s. It is located on a high ground near the San Carlos Borromeo Church. 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.
Photography Gears: Nikon D80 + Sigma 10-20mm
Settings: 10mm, 1/160 secs, f9, ISO 100
BASILICA’S GOLDEN FACADE
- Basilica de St. Martin de Tours – Taal, Batangas – 01/01/11
Basilica de San Martin de Tour or Taal Basilica is considered to be the largest church in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. It was founded in 1572 near Taal Lake shore. In 1754, it was destroyed in the largest eruption of Taal Volcano. The present site of the Basilica is atop the elevated hill facing Balayan Bay. The ruins of the original church can still be seen in San Nicolas.
Photography Gears: Nikon D80 + Tokina 12-24mm
Settings: 12mm, 1/30 secs, f8, ISO 320
