Moth: Up Close

In August, I joined a photo hunt which had "butterfly" in the list. It was really rare for me to see butterflies in the neighborhood because our place is urbanized, so when I saw this critter in our garden, I was ecstatic.

Unfortunately, it wasn't butterfly, but a moth.

Still, I took delight in taking pictures of it, and it was a very willing model; I took my camera real close, and I did use the flash to capture this, yet it stayed there the whole time. This was originally shot in color, I just converted it to black and white using GIMP.

*** Jenn ***

Christmas Village

Well, it's the Christmas season... so obviously my posts for Ruby Tuesday until the end of the month, or possibly until the first week of January (because Christmas season ends on the first Sunday of January here in the Philippines) are connected to Christmas.

When I went to buy some food items to take home from Iloilo during my recent travel, the store didn't have much decorations, but they were playing Christmas tunes and on one corner of the store was a Christmas Village. I love looking at Christmas villages, because I know each piece has to be bought, and the village is somewhat up to the creator's imagination.

It wasn't the most beautiful Christmas village I have seen, but it was really pretty. Actually, even if the store crew has already packed the goods I bought, I stayed in the store for a few more minutes because I was watching the figures dance and yes, I also took pictures.

*** Jenn ***

Flowers at Fort Santiago

When K and I went to Fort Santiago, the place looked bare; maybe because it was the day boxer Manny Pacquiao fought Antonio Margarito that most Filipinos were in the comforts of their own homes, watching a history making event. Anyway, even if there were very few people, we still took delight in roaming around, while telling K bits of the country's history.

While walking, this flower took my interest. We have a similar looking flower in our own garden, only that ours are orange, and the leaf of the flower different to this one. Obviously, I don't know what the name of the flower is, but I do find it pretty.

*** Jenn ***

Nail Lacquer

I blogged about a food picture, so my share for SOOC Sunday is something I took from the same folder.

My sister went for a pedicure and while waiting for her, I entertained myself by reading magazines and taking pictures. When the staff handed her the basket of nail polish and my sister made her choice, I asked if I could have the basket so I could take pictures of it as part of my "documentation."

There were three divisions in the basket - one for Orly nail polish, the other for locally manufactured nail polish, and the other one for OPI. I lined up for from each division, and I was happy about this shot - the one I did for Orly wasn't as good as this.

As always, I set my camera to macro and I used the "center weighted average" for the focusing. I was glad it blurred the fore and back grounds, making one of the bottles sharp.

*** Jenn ***

Sunset at Baroro River

This picture was taken last March, I was in La Union for my dad's death anniversary, but since I went there after the Panagbenga Festival in Baguio City a few days earlier, I just couldn't see myself being at home. I went out for some church hopping, something I always do whenever I was there.

I took this from the window of the bus. Buses in La Union were slightly smaller than the ones here in Metro Manila, and majority of those mini buses had no air conditioning system, so all the windows are open, which allowed me to put part of my hand out to take this picture. Of course, I did it with caution, as there were other vehicles passing by.

The body of water is the Baroro River, by the way.

*** Jenn ***