A Different Way To Be

The Peculiar CreΔtive 😬Land-Sea-scapes / PH Culture /From wondering to wandererYou can contact me for HiRes✉️ [email protected]

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< Buntun Bridge \> the steel, concrete bridge that connects Solana to Tuguegarao City, it was considered to be the longest bridge in the Philippines, before San Juanico Bridge was constructed. It does however still hold the title for being the longest River bridge. . An eight minute exposure shot. I made the mighty Cagayan River soft and calm.

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< Buntun Bridge \> I’ve never thought I’d ever be this close to a bridge, let alone be beneath it.

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< Buntun Bridge \> I drive on her streets ‘cause she's my companion I walk through her hills ‘cause she knows who I am, she sees my good deeds and she kisses me windy. . 6AM, alone under the bridge. I was too focused on getting this right, after about three variation exposures, I stood up, pag lingon ko “haaa!” I wasn’t alone after all, the whole thirty minutes, a kalabaw was few feet from me, chewing his breakfast, staring at me like I was dessert.

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< Santa Juana de Cuza \> Saint Joanna, wife of Chuza, she is among the eight myrrh bearer along with Mary Magdalene and Mary the Mother of James who found Jesus’ tomb empty and testified to his Resurrection. She is recored to have been cured of evil spirits and infirmities by Jesus, she is also mentioned in the Gospel of St. Luke twice. Her feast is celebrated every 24th of May.

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< Saint Augustine Parish Church \> is a two hundred eighty five year old Church established by the Augustinians in the center of Baliuag Bulacan. A Baroque style pilgrimaged Church, historically part of the first Philippine elections under the American colonial period.

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< Prusisyon ng mga Santo \> Good Friday procession held at Saint Augustine Parish Church of Baliuag, with at least 117 “carrozas,” it is one of the longest procession in the Philippines.

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< Pindangan Church Ruins \> “Pindang” an Ilocano word for drying fish. A symbol of unity between the coastal village, and foothill village, the Church was built on May 6, 1786.

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< Barasoain Church \> named after the Municipality Barásoain, in Navarre Spain. It is the site of the First Philippine Republic.

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The Temple as a whole is elevated seventy feet above sea level facing a scenic South China Sea, built by Architect Thomas Diokno with Taiwan laborers, on September 11, 1975. The Temple is dedicated to the Chinese sea-goddess Mazu, a revered deity of seafarers, fishermen, sailors. Mazuism is a popular practice in Taiwan, with almost a thousand Temples enshrined for her, registered as Taoist Temples. One of the largest Mazu temple is located in Melbourne, Australia. Ma Cho, architecture is holds massive carved stones of Deities, Lions, and Dragon.

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The beautiful one. A glimpse of Mayon Volcano with a little tantrum at five in the morning. This trip has been on my mind for weeks. Should I not go, or should I go and cure my shutter itch. Also I’ve been down a bit recently, with a little dose of self doubting. This trip certainly made me feel better, feed my soul.

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< San Juan, Urbiztondo \> the perfect surfing waves of La Union makes for perfect silky water long exposure techniques.

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Was walking along the port, trying to set up at 4AM, saw this wonderful stairs with the waves just kissing the bottom steps. With the lamp light creating a fantasy look. Testing some long exposure times, before the Sun says hello.

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A popular site for Photographers both professional and those who want to experiment with their long exposure, seascape Photography. I came here with a mind set of a need to create a unique shot from all existing materials out there. Rock formations can be found around the beach, and I found a spot with an angle I can work with, going low to create the illusion of tall grasslands, when in fact they were only a few inches high.

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< Cape Bojeador Lighthouse \> peeking through a window from the structure below the Lighthouse. Trying to give this Lighthouse a different angle shot.

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San Fernando Point Lighthouse. First time playing around with random foreground laying around everywhere. It was so sunny I almost can't see what I was shooting.