A man seeks shade under the fire tree on a clear Saturday. (By the way, blue and orange are complementary colours.)
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Month: May 2016
Post 085a
Why not try a freshly pressed lemonade? The rind also goes into your drink.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Post 084b
No matter how melancholic a place is, there is always something beautiful to counter it. Here, a flower lies in a bleak and empty street.
Photo by Wata Dugayo
Post 084a
Life in monochrome: a brown dog playing an orange Frisbee on a sunlit sand by the sea. (Brown is orange of a darker kind.) This one was taken in El Nido, Palawan.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Post 083b
With the Philippines having a predominantly Catholic population, seeing a sculpture or an image of a saint, like the Santo Niño, is commonplace. This one is in a church park, though.
Photo by Wata Dugayo
Post 083a
As the branches of kápok (cotton tree) eclipse the sun, the cotton fibres sticking out the pods create their own eclipses, like the corona seen during a solar eclipse.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Post 082b
The Lady of Lourdes Grotto Shrine in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan is a popular destination for pilgrims especially during the Lenten season.
Photo by Wata Dugayo
Post 082a
Live vandalising: these children are abrading the wall, perhaps etching some figures or texts perhaps. Vandalism is pretty common in public places. To many such markings are an eyesore; to some, they can be an expression of a message, angst, existence, deviation, individuality, you name it.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Post 081b
Children happily participate for a dancing activity at school. Summer classes provide a good way of developing children’s skills and personalities.
Photo by Wata Dugayo
Post 081a
Photographing proves to be difficult inside the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, a.k.a. Underground River. But somehow I managed to capture local tourists with the tour guide paddling at the back.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Post 080a
Roadside food carts like this one are popular with city workers going home from work. Here sisig, made from minced pig head, is prepared before waiting customers.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Post 077b
Like a palette of orange hue: the sky is most beautiful during sunsets. It doesn’t matter where you are; when you see the sun setting, stop and appreciate its glory.
Photo by Wata Dugayo
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