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Entries from May 2008

Macro Photography using Extension Tubes

May 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I would consider macro photography to be my biggest frustration, I tried using close-up filters before, although the results were good but not that satisfying.
Here are my latest macro shots using a manual extension tubes:

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Tags: Gears & Gadgets · Macro · Photography

Ladies of the Flag

May 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments

As promised, this will be the second part of my Wagayway Festival post, this time I’ll be featuring the “Ladies of the Flag”, each of the lovely ladies will represent a symbol in our National Flag, the first of which are the three stars representing the 3 island group of our archipelago, namely Luzon, Visayas [...]

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Tags: Cavite · Events · Festivals · Photo Ops · Photography · Pilipinas

1st Wagayway Festival

May 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The Wagayway Festival of Imus, Cavite kicked off yesterday with a street parade. Wagayway is a Filipino term meaning wave, obviously because it’ll be the National Flag Day on May 28th. It was May 28, 1898 when the Philippine Flag was first waved by the troops of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo in a battle [...]

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Tags: Cavite · Events · Festivals · Photo Ops · Photography

Ako ay may pusa

May 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Natural na sa pamilya namin ang pagiging mahilig sa mga pets, lalo na sa mga pusa. I remember the time na almost 20 ang alaga naming pusa.
Meet the newest member of our family, his name is “Miming”, naku! kaya ganyan ang pangalan n’yan e dahil yan lang ang kayang tandaan ng mga pamangkin ko.

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Tags: Personal · Pets

Tag-ulan na?!!

May 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Mid-May pa lang pero binabagyo na dito sa Pilipinas, tropical depression “Cosme” passed by the northern part of the archipelago & wrecked havoc on it’s path. Even before Cosme, ramdam na yung pagbabago ng panahon, last week when we covered the Karakol & Bacoor Town Fiesta we were exposed to both heat & rain.
Rain [...]

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Tags: Daily Rants · Personal · Talk About the Weather

Higantes, Street Dancers & Floats at Ayala Avenue

May 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The roads of the Makati’s Central Business District was congested last Friday 09 May 2008, instead of the PUV’s & other vehicles plying the Ayala Avenue, it was closed to traffic to give way to the opening salvo of Makati’s 338th Founding Anniversary Grand Parade.
Higantes (Giant paper mache), Marching Bands, Street Dancers, Floats & Delegation [...]

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Tags: Festivals · Photo Ops · Photography

4 Years of Blogging

May 13th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Yeps, you heard (read) it right, I’ve been blogging for 4 years now, after 1,461 days of blogging, this blog has had 2 domain names (http://southpawlife.com & http://masterbetong.net), 754 posts, 5 pages & 2,335 comments (thanks to all of you). I had interacted with several people, met some of fellow bloggers & made friends [...]

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Tags: Daily Rants · Personal · Site Update

Ooops!

May 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Almost a week na pala since the last time na nag-update ako, parang sobrang tamad kong magsulat ngayon, hehehehe! Wala namang masyadong activity the past days besides kanina. I went to shoot the Makati’s 338th Founding Anniversary grand parade. I will share the photos in the next few days.

Bukas (Saturday) & Sunday I [...]

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Tags: Daily Rants · Personal · Site Update

Wet Aliwan Fiesta!

May 4th, 2008 · 6 Comments

It was raining cats & dogs last Friday, which, made me contemplate on covering the Aliwan Fiesta.
But Saturday came & the sun was high up in the sky & it was hot, I went on with my plan of covering the event. It was noon when I arrived at the Quirino Grandstand, the event’s [...]

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Tags: Events · Festivals · Photo Ops · Photography

In quest for the best camera bag

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Finding the best camera bag is a never ending struggle.
There are a lot of considerations, like, the number of gears that you have, is it easy to carry, etc. etc. I myself passed through that kind of struggle, I ended up buying Tamrac Pro 8, I have no complain with it, the bag can [...]

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Tags: Gears & Gadgets · Personal · Photography · Site Update