Sunday, May 19, 2013

Photo Journey/Vacation: Trip to Bataan

This is our first time to go to a beach as a family this summer. We are to go to Mactan Beach before school starts.

Going to Bataan from Manila isn't that long compared to going to other beaches in Luzon. For me, this is the nearest beach so far from Manila. I got the chance of photographing the beach, sunsets and the like.

On the way from Clark to Dinalupihan via SCTEX you have the scenery of Clark Airport (DMIA), Omni Airfield and most of all, agricultural land. I got lucky with this shot, with us traveling at 100kph. Shooting these subjects aren't as easy as you think even if the road is smooth. Nature at its best. Cow Breastfeeding. Belated Happy Mothers Day!

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Originally, we were not supposed to go to Dambana ng Kagitingan but thankfully we were able to drop by...

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This monument is something for us to thank former President Ferdinand Marcos for, although I'm not his supporter...

We went on to the beach in Bagac, Bataan after paying a visit. I saw a sign pointing to Jaime Hilario Integrated School- La Salle although we weren't able to pass by that school.

Upon arriving at the beach (Montemar Beach Club) I started taking pictures. Thank God the weather is perfect... Perfect for swimming, perfect for picturing.

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I started to wait for the sunset by five o'clock. Soon enough, it has paid off! If you can notice it, the inoperative Bataan Nuclear Power Plant is at the right side of the picture...

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Here's another shot. Now with shades of red, yellow, orange, blue and violet!

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Dusk! If you notice it, you can see the sun's rays... Sunset's over at this time, though.

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I happened to wake up at around 4:30 in the morning so I took the chance of doing long exposure shots. Unfortunately for me, I can't manually focus the lens so there's a big chance that it'll look blurry. And sure enough, this one's quite blurred. Another problem was the moisture in the resort room. Upon opening the camera the lens became foggy so I had to wipe it off carefully using my sando. The pictures got clearer somehow. Fortunately, though, the stars are visible. Looks nice! You can see the wave at the left.

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I hope you enjoyed!

2 comments:

  1. Love your blog Diego! keep it up! :)

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    1. Thanks as usual :D This blog became more of photography other than planespotting although if there's a writeup on planespotting then it'll be written here. The other one's purely planespotting pictures only :)

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