My first ever macro shots...

I wouldn't say that these are 100% macro shots. My Sigma 10-200 OS lens can only take a maximum of 1:3.5 lifesize ratio. These are some of it.

About to be eaten...

Well, they are just funny and cute!

Pahiyas Festival 07

Some of the beautiful faces seen during the parade.

Pahiyas Festival 05

It was raining the whole day. We spent more time hiding from the rain than taking pictures.

Pahiyas Festival 04

Pahiyas Festival 2008-23 (Large), originally uploaded by brianherradura.

He is actually a beggar. He just aligned his wardrobe to the current theme to blend in. I bet he earned a lot more this single day than a month's worth of asking for alms.

Pahiyas Festival 03

Pahiyas Festival 2008-46 (Large)
Originally uploaded by brianherradura

This is a sample of how people in Lucena decorate their houses during the Pahiyas Festival.

Pahiyas Festival 02

Pahiyas Festival 2008-47 (Large)
Originally uploaded by brianherradura

These are some of the decorations that people in Lucena put on their houses during the length of the festival. The whole day it was raining. This photo was taken just when the rain had stopped and the sun peaked a little before it started to rain again.

Pahiyas Festival 01

Pahiyas Festival 2008-17 (Large)
Originally uploaded by brianherradura

I had the opportunity to take a snapshot of this group before the parade started.

Puerto Galera

Puerto Galera is a beautiful place but a bit over crowded. I'll just post two pictures in here. I took the first one when I was in the banca waiting to leave for Puerto Galera. The second photo is a picture of the bancas waiting to leave for Batangas pier.

Ayala Greenfields

Every Thursday, we usually have a fun basketball game at Ayala Greenfields basketball court in Calamba, Laguna. That day, we had a meeting in Batangas city and it finished early. Since I had my camera with me that time, I went straight ahead to Ayala Greenfields to take some shots. Here's one.

Summer Skies

This was the first summer that I started observing the changes in my surrounding with my photographic eye. The summer skies during sunsets in just plain spectacular. One can see colors such as red, orange and gold. In this photo, I asked myself how can I make the summer skies more interesting. By mere taking a picture of it may result in boring compositions. So what I did was to take a photo of this tree against the bright summer sky to form a silhouette.

Twilight in Tagaytay

This is not what I originally imagined when I composed this shot. I shot this hand held at ISO 800 (I think). It should be a little bit better if I shot this with a tripod.

Turtle (Close focusing kit lens)

I was testing the close focusing capability of the Nikkor 18-55mm 3.5-5.6 Kit lens and here's what I got. This lens is sharp and very light weight and it can focus really close. This is the only lens that I brought with me to Macau. It's an excellent walk around lens if I'm only planning to shoot during day time.

JET

After church my brother asked me to take some portraits of him. These are my amateur approach to it. I used my 50mm 1.8 Lens and the thing we put on our windshields to block the sun when we park our cars as the reflector.