OUR INDIGENOUS FOOD, IN PLASTIC. Whenever I find myself in my native La Union province (northern Philippines),
the first place I visit is the local market to buy foodstuff that I've relished since childhood. The vegies are still as fresh as ever,
being sold barely a couple of hours after leaving the farm. But alas, everything is now packed in non-biodegradeable plastic bags,
which will eventually clog up our waterways. No wonder flooding has worsened in recent years. :(

Shooting info - Bangar market, La Union, Philippines, October 16, 2011, 7D + Sigma 10-20,
10 mm, f/7.1, ISO 320, 1/60 sec, hand held, available light, uncropped full frame.

Corrected for lens distortion

Uncropped/unprocessed/uncorrected full frame from ACR resized to 900x600.

40D + Sigma 10-20, bulb exposure for 524 sec, 455B tripod/410 geared head

[20D + Sigma 10-20, tripod/geared head/remote switch, resized full frame]

SIGMONSTER HABITAT - Here's one of the places where the Sigmonster shoots wild birds in Zambales, Philippines.
A grassy area in a mini-plateau up the mountains of Masinloc is a goldmine for grass birds, coucals and kingfishers.
The sweet early morning sunlight is captured well by the 300D + Sigma 10-20.

Another pic of the Sigmonster on location.

FUN WITH AN UWA LENS. With framed bird photos in the background, I try to paint my name onto the sensor with candle light...:)

SWEET LIGHT, SPECTACULAR PLACE - This is an early morning view from the top of "Bitukang Manok"
(literally "chicken intestines"), the winding road leading to the highest highway point
of Quezon National Park.

[20D + Sigma 10-20, hand held]

Members of the WBCP, led by president Mike Lu (center, in dark shirt and glasses), pose for posterity after the successful event.

Mt. Arayat stands as a silent sentry over the Candaba wetlands, sanctuary to many species of water birds.

The sun sets in the west, and the last shreds of golden light is taken away from me.
I pack my long lenses, snap on the Sigma 10-20 and try to record in pixels the sweet scene
of the wetlands retiring into the night.

The rainforest is bathed in glorious, golden light moments before the sun disappeared under the South China Sea's horizon.

[350D + Sigma 10-20, resized full frame]

[20D + Sigma 10-20, hand held, resized full frame]