I don’t know what kind of owl this is. But I just love to look at one of God’s creation especially since I don’t always see one. I took this photo in a resort owned by my cousin in my home province.
Here are two more shots below.
As I was driving along the MacArthur national highway last May 19, 2013, my eyes were captivated by the beautiful sunset view that was before me. I just had to stop and take a sunset shot!
My sister was with me whom I fetched at the Manila airport and we were on our way home when this beautiful sunset view emerged before us. I love sunsets and I love to take sunset shots when the opportunity presents itself.
During a retreat which I attended last May 31 – June 2, 2013 at the Oasis House of Prayer in Silang, Cavite, I happened to wake up early in the morning and to my surprise when I opened the window curtain, this magnificent view filled my eyes. What a rare opportunity! Still in my pajamas and without wasting time, I grabbed my camera and went out of the cottage to shoot this wonderful view! How wonderful are God’s paintings! He is my Master Artist!
As my wife and I got off the car, we noticed a praying mantis (I’m not sure if it is but it looks like it) on top of the car. I took a shot. Why do I take interest in such things? Well, I guess God has wired me to love photography—and take shots of his creation—showing the wonders of what he has created.
I thought it was interesting that this mantis didn’t take off and leave as I pointed my camera and took several shots. It posed for my camera. I really have no idea how it got there. Did it cling on to the car while I was driving from our home to the mall? I don’t know. I’m not so sure if it can do that. Anyway, it was an opportunity not to be missed for photography enthusiasts like me haha!
Back in 2003, I had the privilege of attending a leadership seminar organized by Haggai Institute in Singapore and while there, I was able to buy a simple Mercury digital camera with 3.1 megapixels. The price was within my reach so I bought it. It was not just a camera, it was also a webcam—very handy. This was during the time when laptops did not yet have built-in webcams. It was also able to record sound—audio only—if you want to, aside from being able to take videos as well. It was a great camera until it finally gave up on me after several years and its features began to become obsolete with the coming of newer digital cameras.
Above is a sample of a close-up shot of my wife’s waling-waling. She had several varieties of this kind of orchid when we were still living in Davao City. I was amazed myself that it was able to take a very sharp, close-up photo of this flower. It has a close-up feature by the way. I took this shot when this camera was still very new. I did not use any tripod—just hand-held and I kept myself steady. And yet the photo came out to be very sharp.
Here’s another shot of a dendrobium just after the rain—another variety of my wife’s orchid collection in Davao. Not as sharp but still quite lovely just the same.
Mercury is a camera brand name which I think is unheard of unlike Canon, Sony or Nikon for example. But I’m glad I was able to enjoy my Mercury digital camera for a good number of years from the year 2003 to about 2010—some seven years! It’s now part of my old camera collection.
