Twilight from the hill/Sky-watch Friday

around 4:45 PM

I was at the beach in Cebu on Wednesday afternoon taking pictures of sea creatures while my friend's kids were picking sea urchins.  I was waiting for the sunset until my friend told me that the sunset can be seen from the hill where we walked on earlier on the way to the beach.  We retraced our steps and upon reaching the slope, I realized with a tinge of disappointment that we missed the sunset.

We got here around 6:30 PM and the horizon was not as colorful as I expected it to be.

But in a matter of seconds, orange "flames" started to get through the clouds.

In a span of  2 to 3 minutes, the sky turned fiery.

I was mesmerized.

This looks like a ball of fire falling from the sky. 

It felt like the sky waited for us to be here at the right moment.

What a spectacle!

Definitely, the greatest show on earth!

 "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, where the sea's asleep and the rivers dream, people made of smoke and cities made of song..." ~ Sylvester McCoy

Linking to Sky-watch Friday

Go for it!

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. ~ T.S. Eliot

Linking to Watery World Wednesday

Grass silhouettes/SWF

Grasses silhouetted against the changing moods of Coron sky.

My beloved is the sun
And I am the earth that thrives only in her warmth. 

My beloved is the rain
And I am the grass that thirsts for her quenching kiss. 

My beloved is the wind
And I am the wings that soar when she fills me with her gentle strength.
My beloved is the rock
Upon which rests the happiness of all my days.

The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. ~ Henry Miller

Linking to Skywatch-Friday

Gratitude/SWF

The world is so exquisite, with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better, it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look Death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides. ~ Carl Sagan

Linking to Sky-Watch Friday

Bare tree/Watery World Wednesday & NF Waters

like an old woman's boney fingers

the tree's bare branches stretch out

in gnarled twists

swollen and knotty with time...

~ by Hank Kalet

Linking to Watery World Wednesday and NF Waters

Amber sky/SWF

We ask God to forgive us for our evil thoughts and evil temper, but rarely, if ever ask Him to forgive us for our sadness. ~ R.W. Dale

Linking to Sky-Watch Friday

Shelter [Watery Wednesday]

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 "Weeping Willow with your tears running down, why do you always weep and frown?  Is it because he left you one day?  Is it because he could not stay?  On your branches he would swing.  Do you long for the happiness that day would bring?  He found shelter in your shade.  You thought his laughter would never fade. Weeping Willow, stop your tears, for there is something to calm your fears.  You think death has ripped you forever apart, but I know he'll always be in your heart."

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Looking down [Photo Hunt]

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I wonder what Kyle was day-dreaming about. He was probably thinking about Jack Sparrow and the pirates...looking down to see if there were mermaids.:p

"I don't have a fear of heights.  I do, however, have a fear of falling from heights."                         ~ George Carlin

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Punta Bulata: Poignant in its simplicity

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Una sa lahat, congratulations sa mga bumubuo sa Litratong Pinoy---tatlong taon na tayo, mga kapatid!  Tinataas ko ng tasa ng aking kape para sa ating lahat. Cheers!

At dahil freestyle tayo ngayong Huwebes, pagpapatuloy ko ang mga silhouettes na kuha ko sa dalampasigan ng Punta Bulata.  Makulimlim ang langit at akala ko babagsak ang malakas na ulan.  Pero nakisama naman ang panahon, umambon lang ng konti at nanatiling nakatago ang araw.  Nagpakita lang ng kanyang ginintuang kinang nang ito'y palubog na.  

Halata bang mahilig ako sa silhouettes?  Sinasabi natin o naririnig, "ang ganda, simple lang pero maganda."  Ganyan ang palagay ko sa silhouettes---nakikita ako ang kagandahan ng mga simpleng bagay. Walang maraming kulay na gumugulo sa paningin.  Isa itong malikhaing paraan para maisalarawan ang drama, misteryo at iba't ibang lawak ng ating damdamin. Ano sa tingin mo?:p

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First of all, my congratulations to the Litratong Pinoy team---it's been a wonderful and interesting three years!  I'm raising my coffee cup to all participants of this weekly photo challenge.  Cheers!

To celebrate the 3rd anniversary, we're free to post whatever we like.  So I continue with the series of silhouettes I took at the shores of Punta Bulata. It was a cloudy afternoon, and  I was expecting a downpour. But nature was kind...it drizzled and the sun stayed hidden behind the clouds all afternoon.  It showed its golden brilliance at sunset.

Obviously, I love silhouettes. Our eyes are used to the colors of everyday life that when we see light and darkness, it evokes a whole range of emotions, drama and mystery.  I believe that silhouette photography is a creative way to convey the beauty of simplicity. What do you think?

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For Thursday 2 Questions - you are invited to answer and join:


1)  How do you deal with new ideas?

• I embrace new ideas, have fun playing with ideas, and enjoy the controversial ones.  Everything is possible.:p

2)  What stresses you out?

• Expectations, deadlines, doctor consultations, early morning flight, sickness in the family, slow internet connection, bumper-to-bumper traffic, waiting

Punta Bulata: Silhouettes

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"Life is like a good black and white photograph, there's black, there's white, and lots of shades in between."

~ Karl Heiner

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Shades of grey wherever I go

The more I find out the less I know

Black and white is how it should be

But shades of grey are the colors I see.

~ Billy Joel

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Posted for Watery Wednesday and Outdoor Wednesday