My Best Photographs Series
Creative Photography
Dr Abe V Rotor
Part 1- My Best Photographs
Introduction to Creative Photography
Dr Abe V Rotor
Go over your album or file of photographs - print and electronic - and select your best shots. Organize them for presentation in class, meetings, workshops, and for publication - or simply compile them into memorabilia, and other purposes. You'll be amazed to discover your talent in photography with today's versatile camera. Provide the essential data about each photograph. You may like to pursue your skills in this new field of humanities - creative photography.
Little Mackie listens to the talking Mynah bird, with her
Tito Leo in Tagaytay Zoo, Cavite
Anna and her mom, Cecille feed parakeets in an aviary
in Bangkok, Thailand
A bird perched on a side mirror of a parked car watching
its surroundings in Lagro, QC
Hantik ants attack a huge hairy caterpillar
at UP Diliman campus, QC
Silhouette of a house lizard (butiki) hiding on the nether
side of a table lampshade in Lagro, QC
Birds perfectly camouflaged with litter of old leaves.
How many birds can you see? Singapore Park.
Can you catch a butterfly with a steady hand?
San Vicente, Botanical Garden (SV Ilocos Sur)
Moth perfectly camouflaged on a tree trunk is safe from
potential predators in Tagaytay, Cavite
Aestivating toad in a rock crevice wakes up to
an early rain in Peñaranda, Pampanga
A make-believe scene of a curious boy catching a kalaw
on a wall mural in Lagro, QC
A brood of glowing caterpillars feed on fresh
leaves of ilang-ilang in Lagro, QC
A child playfully kisses a pair of fish in a glass
aquarium in Lagro, QC ~
Part 2 - My Best Photographs
On Children and Grownups
Dr Abe V Rotor
"In the world of photography, you get to share a captured moment with other people." - James Wilson
Candle man plying his humble trade in a town fiesta.
San Vicente, Ilocos Sur. ~
Weaning time for baby Mackie with a spoonful of
porridge. Lagro QC
“What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that's gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” – Karl Lagerfeld.
Young artist initially experiences a hard time blending
colors in an art workshop at SPU-QC.
"Who is there?" Biggest helmet - it's one for
the Book of Guinness. Lagro, QC
“Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field.”
– Peter Adams
Halloween lady symbolically confronts death
in celebration of All Saints Day at NFA QC.
Harvesting rainwater is work and fun for the
members of the author's household. Lagro QC
Motorist follows a load of balloons enroute to a party
for kids. Commonwealth Avenue, QC
A country lady attests that Ilang-ilang is purportedly the
most fragrant flower in the world. Lagro QC
A Philippine eagle poses with author's wife on a family
outing in a zoo in Montalban, Rizal
Loafing you may call it as these UST graduate students
of the author are apparently enjoying a field study
in Peñaranda, Pampanga
A PWD student seems meditating and reflecting on a landscape
painting by the author at St Paul College of Ilocos Sur.
Part 3 - My Best Photographs
The Art of Leisure with Nature
Dr Abe V Rotor
Anna wears a butterfly, Bohol
Take the backseat jewelry,
how costly you may be;
priceless indeed is to wear
Nature's living luxury.
Floor-to-wall mural by the author
Living with Nature Center
A make-believe scene of the sea
in its ebb at its rugged shore,
a place to be happy and free
for two friends in their leisure.
Parakeets in courtship, LNC
Don't disturb the couple, don't;
if you were in their place
as people onto you, won't;
instead, give them solace.
Head of a deer reconstructed, LNC
Angry and scared for both,
as a deer hangs on the wall;
it's a sad message in thought,
a reminder of the Fall.
Catching the sunbeam on a mural, Lagro QC
It's a dream world to this child;
to us, in art and fantasy.
Would she ever catch her dream?
Guide her to the true story.
Playing with the waterfall on a mural, LNC
She used to play with the falls
in situ in her younger days.
Today, by reminiscence,
in thanksgiving and praise.
Posing before a wall mural of nature, Lagro QC
"I 'm part of Nature." she proclaims,
in a city where she lives.
Seldom had she the time and chance
to take what Nature freely gives.
Gagambang Hari, Lagro QC
Its kingdom of this spider
- a web hanging in the air,
to snare the unwary prey
- or to birds, itself the prey
Orangutan in a zoo, Rizal
Friendly primate, its roots unknown,
forgotten to oblivion,
save in the wild and the zoo,
and some undiscovered zone.
Two of a kind pets, Brisbane
Submission to the larger
kind, a Darwinian theory,
even within the same breed,
is basic biology.
B&W ducks on parade, LNC
Quack, quack, quack, one-two three,
keep pace with their company.
Ducks of the same feathers
flock together, is true story.
Owl in captivity, La Union Botanical Garden
Owl - longingly sad and lo!
Freedom is just a step or two
and be with its kind again.
Oh, what can we do, brethren!
Black cat by a waterfall mural, LNC
Complete the scene, break the spell,
that bad luck and emptiness
are but creation of the mind.
You're a sentinel of goodness.~
4 - Bring Nature Home in Paintings
"Nature resides in the soul of art." - avrotor
Paintings and Verses by Dr. Abe V Rotor
Living landscape in the sala.*
If you can't go to Nature;
in the magic of art,
bring her home instead,
and never depart.
Befriending wildlife on a wall
Wonder if wildlife be tamed,
touch them like friend,
keep them pets at home,
faithful to the end.
Prince Neptune in a Passing Review, Lagro QC
Mythology is alive in us,
it will never depart,
as long as Nature resides
in the soul of art.
Violin and Sailboat. Author plays Beyond the Sunset
Play with the breeze
and sail at ease.
Nature at Living with Nature Center
Nature in the living room
with happy children -
what more shall they ask
from this great friend?
Siargao Falls mural by the author and daughter Anna
(second from left) at St. Paul College Surigao
Tame her on a wall mural,
she roars into whisper,
prayer, verse and song;
in thanksgiving
we awe and wonder.
Dolphins on the run
Capture the dolphins on the wall,
befriend them and their kin;
ask them before they're gone
where in the world they've been.
Travelogue on wheelchair, St. Paul College of Ilocos Sur
Take the backseat, reason;
give way to imagination.
right brain over the left,
in a sacred moment.
Soldiers of Nature at the Living with Nature Center
"One for all and all for one;"
these musketeers pledge
soldiers of Nature,
to protect her always
to the very edge.
Living room, Living with Nature Center sala
Queen of the sea and sky,
titular yet well-meant
commitment as guardian
of the environment.
Travelogue into the Coral Reef Painting by Lyn 9 and JP Reyes 7,
Get your paintbrush and dive into the coral reef,
the great forest of the sea;
Re-create through colors on canvas nature's gift
of biodiversity;
Edge of land, where the blue sky and sea meet,
and man with the Almighty.
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* Courtesy of Mr and Mrs Elmo and Remy Jimenez
5 - My Best Photographs at the Living
with Nature Garden
San Vicente, Ilocos Sur
Capture the moment, share the story.
Dr Abe V Rotor
Angie, 18 and her pet greet morning at the garden.
Hugging a heritage tree is therapeutic.
Farm hands find leisure after work.
Alokon (Alleaenthus glaber) is a favorite Ilocano vegetable.
Markus and Mackie stroll among heritage trees
with their Lola Veny+.
Coed Angie, 18, harvests tops of talinum (Philippine spinach).
Two-layer bunch of banana is indeed a bountiful harvest.
A coed poses with the icon of Philippine hero Emilio Aguinaldo.
University of the Philippines students on a study tour
"emerge" from the Center's arboretum.
Ornamental pandan or screw pine is an example
of radial symmetry in Nature.
Palmera makes a natural blind against searing sunlight.
Bunga de Jolo (Adonidia merrillii) bears the reddest nuts,
Garden shadows make a fine art in Nature.
If you personify elements of nature, you suddenly don’t feel alone. The sun, the wind, the other living things all accompany us.
6 - Animals - Tame and Wild
Applied humanities in creative photography and poetry.
Dr Abe V Rotor
Marsupials at Brisbane Museum
Marsupials - animals with pouches,
second womb for their premature babies,
only in Australia and New Zealand found -
it's one among evolution's mysteries
Predation - key to survival of the fittest,
so said Charles Darwin in his theory;
only the strong with claws and wings,
in reality and in bedtime story.
Kangaroo in Brisbane Museum
Know him more in the wild, at least, in the zoo.
It seeks either company or food,
a test if you're kind and good.
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Camouflage or mimicry?
I, the artist of this mural,
amazed and happy.
St Paul University, QC
By a glass pane one morning
I found this loving couple.
Indeed it's a great wonder:
crepuscular - somewhere
between nocturnal or diurnal.
Cat on her lap
Sun bathing this duo I found
in the garden early one morning
when others are in the rush hour,
in silence and prayer.
Brooding hen in a broken jar
Whatever use this jar has,
all ruined, save its crown,
yet a mother hen found it
a haven for her young.
Preying mantis
Executioner - that's his brand,
this terror with built-in sword,
all gentle or feigning dead
to survive in this cruel world.
Long horned grasshoppers feeding on the flower
of balibago, Tagaytay
You share the beauty of your host -
and beauty itself the cost. ~
You can't hide behind mask;
with thin lips and sleepy eyes,
I know where you've been. ~
7 - Floral Photography
Living with Nature Center
San Vicente, Ilocos Sur
Dr Abe V Rotor
"Two things come to the scene,
with a camera in a garden:
art and science,
photography and botany." - avr
Staminate flowers of squash (Cucurbita maxima) are gathered for
vegetables, rich in antioxidant properties, vitamins and minerals.
“What I like about photographs is that they capture
a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.”
– Karl Lagerfeld
Make-believe flowers of thorny acacia (Acacia auriculiformis)
are red petals of Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis)
“Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything
that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening
is an instrument of grace.” ― May Sarton
Female flowers with seeds of Mickey Mouse plant (Ochna serrulata)
The male flowers are yellow and are borne on the same plant.
“Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field.”
– Peter Adams
Red gumamela (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) is a common ornamental
plant in the Philippines. In comes in various varieties and cultivars.
“Photography helps people to see.” – Berenice Abbott
Chinese sampaguita (Jasminium sp)
“You can get attached to plants when you lose faith in people.”
― Manuele Fior
― Manuele Fior
Red Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis)
“There's something satisfying about getting your hands in the soil.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Vocation of a Gadfly
Caballero (knight in Spanish) or Caesalpinia pulcherrima
comes in two colors - red and yellow.
“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.”
– Robert Capa
Abanico or fan plant (Scaevola albida)
“Spring time is nature at its best.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Inflorescence of spurge - Euphorbia multifida
False Bird of Paradise (Heliconia rostrata) flower meets sunrise
“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every
hundredth of a second.” – Marc Riboud
Sabawil plant or Velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens)
Peace Lily or Lírio-da-paz (Spathiphyllum cannifolium)
“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer
and the viewer.” – Ansel Adams
“Each of us is like seed, planted by the Good Gardener
so we might grow into something majestic.” ―
Seth Adam Smith, Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern ~
8 - Nature in Photography and Poetry
in 16 Scenes
Dr Abe V Rotor
"On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it."
- Jules Renard
It must be Pavlov's conditioned learning,
they come at the time of feeding,
and we, delighted of their friendliness
believe we are kind and loving.
In each leaf a fountain
stored from cloud and dew;
I won't thirst on my travel
even days without rain.
"Nature is not a place to visit, it is home." –Gary Snyder
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."
–John Muir
"My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner
of nature." –Claude Monet
Beauty begets beauty,
but only for a time;
sooner of later fades,
with its scent divine.
There's always a monkey on my back,
asleep or awake,
I lead the evolutionary track
for all creatures' sake.
What tells you this owl this hour of day?
" I can't join you at night," the owl seems to say,
"with my hunting adventures around the bay,
and you on the computer night and day."
"What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?" –E.M. Forster
I won't pity you my friend
having reached your end,
if worth a museum piece,
to disturb man's peace.
"Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine
are hard to beat." –Laura Ingalls Wilder
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You are made of jelly, third state of matter:
colloid pulsing in the computer.
But I would rather make you a prism
in search of an unknown realm.
"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet
and the winds long to play with your hair." - Khalil Gibran
Let him be among the sand pipers and crustaceans;
to grow up unlike us away from sea and sun;
I wonder how we survived not having as much fun,
in modern caves, concrete jungle, always on the run.
Whiling away before a wooden frame;
sungka played wild and tame,
turns friend to fiend; to loot and burn;
all's fair in this ethnic game.
Tame, though its gene is wild;
sans its own kind in the wild,
human its master and king,
and every guest its friend -
but in a little while, one by one
until the species is gone, and lo!
the hero in the last hour,
would he himself follow.
“What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” – Karl Lagerfeld
Extinct beasts come alive in our midst,
challenging faith and tradition;
seeing is believing yet how nil these are
to the realm of understanding,
a God before and now, near and far,
makes man's awe and thanksgiving.
Desert ship, the camel tame and dumb,
why of all places you have come?
is it a new wasteland that you found
from forest and pasture land?
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Nothing beats the native chicken's taste,
and for the convalescing patient;
the karurayan all in immaculate white,
to the herbolario, an angel sent.
“The best thing about a picture is that it never changes,
even when the people in it do.”– Andy Warhol
Who can tell a beast from a baby?
all babies though are in a bind;
and like our own it needs TLC,
orphaned from its own kind.
A baby elephant with sultry eyes
feeling the touch of a lovely lass;
for a mother's love is also weaned,
as childhood soon will pass.
Stars of the sea were once
stars in heaven that fell
to bring joy in the deep blue
which was thought as hell. ~
“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life
by holding it still.” – Dorothea Lange
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9 - My Best Photographs
“Photography helps people to see.”
Dr Abe V Rotor
“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”
– Ansel Adams
“The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.” – Andy Warhol
“With creating, we are literally bringing something into existence that didn’t exist before.” – Montana Dennis
“Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field.”
– Peter Adams
“Photography helps people to see.”
– Berenice Abbott
“Photography has no rules, it is not a sport. It is the result which counts, no matter how it is achieved.” – Bill Brandt
“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.”
– Dorothea Lange
“What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” – Karl Lagerfeld
The photo that you took with your camera is the imagination you want to create with reality.” – Scott Lorenzo ~
10 - My Best Photographs are
those with my Family
“The family is one of nature's masterpieces.” – George Santayana.
Dr Abe V Rotor
"They may not be the best, but they are forever
indelible, sweet memories old kept always young,
in thoughts alive, through time nor age neither,
masterpieces through the lens and beyond." - avrotor
Playing Home Sweet Home as a family.
"Home sweet home. This is the place to find happiness.
If one doesn't find it here, one doesn't find it anywhere." -M. K. Soni.
Family poses with Ulirang Ama awardees,
“Family is not an important thing.
It's everything.” – Michael J. Fox.
Strolling leisurely in Disneyland, Hongkong
"My dream wouldn’t be complete without you in it."
— Tiana, The Princess and the Frog
"Love is a song that never ends." — Bambi
Posing under a blue sky on the wall.
“I never get tired of the blue sky.”
– Vincent Van Gogh
“Only from the heart, can you touch the sky.” – Rumi
Reunion of a clan of three generations.
“In time of test, family is best.” – Burmese Proverb.
“Family is family.”– Linda Linney.
Dining enhances family togetherness outside the home.
“Nothing is better than going home to family
and eating good food and relaxing.”–Irina Shayk
Outing brings grownups and children closer to nature.
“The memories we make with our family is everything.” – Candace Cameron Bure.
Nearest of kin, yet seldom meet
“Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.”–Anthony Brandt
“When did you start making your feelings smaller for other people’s benefit?”― Hannah Bonam-Young, Next of Kin
Guests feel at home with nature.
"What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind,
if they do not enter into our daily lives?" - E.M. Forster
"Break time with relatives, neighbors, and friends.
"We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes
our next door neighbor."- Gilbert K. Chesterton
A time with the parish community.
"The Church is the only society that exists for the benefit
of those who are not its members."- William Temple ~
Author's late sister Veny, and grandchildren - Markus and Mackie,
to whom this article is dedicated.
“The most important thing in the world is family and love.”–John Wooden
“Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.” –Lisa Weed ~
Part 11 - My Best Photographs
The Photographer as Subject of Photography
“Photography is the art of making memories tangible.”
– Destin Sparks
Dr Abe V Rotor
Baby Orangutan prides herself the center of attention of author and his spouse.
Haring Gagamba (King Spider) rules the air.
Discovering the secret of legumes to fix nitrogen
in their roots.
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Hanging roots of balete make author
look amusing.
Papaya or papaw helps reduce the risk of
heart disease.
Basi, traditional wine of Ilocanos from sugarcane,
Author receives Fr Jose Burgos Award for Excellence,
at Vigan Ilocos Sur. With him is his wife, Cecille.
With Dr Anselmo S Cabigan, author's classmate,
co-worker and best friend.
Author examines rare mushroom specimens at the
Museum of Natural History, UPLB Laguna.
Author and Dr Romualdo M del Rosario on the latter's birthday.
Playing the violin before a wall mural of nature
underground runner.
Ulrang Ama awardee poses with family and co-awardee,
Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, after the awarding ceremony.
Author celebrates his 81st Birthday
The author as fishing enthusiast in his younger years. ~
"The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
12 - My Best Photographs
"The Human Touch"
Dr Abe V Rotor
"Wearing a pair of butterflies that alights on the hair
is indeed very rare."
A moment of peace with the living world on the wall.
Children's music with the xylophone brings Christmas
early to the doorsteps.
Birds in captivity - where is freedom, where is love?
Creativity in drawing nature is spontaneous and
virtually limitless.
A delightful and bountiful harvest of Caulerpa seaweed.
Green ladies - defenders of nature.
Smiling with nature on the wall.
Flowers are forever in the garden
Father-and-Son, counterpart of Mother-and-Child
What a joyous company with nature!
A make-believe waterfall on the wall reminds
of the mythical Pierian Spring.
Follow and catch the sunbeam before it is gone.
Whale in the sky - one for the Book of Guinness.
Museum of Natural History, UPLB Laguna
A cat purring in the comfort of her lap makes
the bronze icon seem alive.
Bring home and listen to the sea hiss and roar in a large shell.
Tententen - the dog that found a home and company
on the 10th of October 2010
Painting the floor a huge mural with the innocence
and originality of a very young artist.
Teacher-and-Pupil in a Kinder School
A bunny "at home na at home."
Nature, Nature on the wall and floor,
who is the fairest of all?
The art of eating with the hand on the beach
Brain Coral of the Sea
Classroom under the mango trees. ~
13 - My Best Photographs
Radial Symmetry in Plants
When any plane passing through the central axis divides the body of an organism into two equal halves then the symmetry is Radial symmetry.
Dr Abe V Rotor
Menacing terminal spikes of maguey (Agave cantala)*
Brisbane Lily (Eurycles nervosa) also called Northern Christmas Lily.
FILIPINO: tonuar, tanual, tambal, talaunur, pana-bor, osol, katungal.
Anahaw is the national leaf of the Philippines. The palm tree’s scientific name is Saribus rotundifolius (formerly Livistona rotundifolia). It’s called the round-leaf fountain palm or footstool palm in English and serdang in other Southeast Asian countries.
Talisay (Terminalia catappa) is commonly called umbrella tree, because
of the unique radial symmetry of the branching arrangement of the tree.
Multiple pockmarks of the leaves are caused by bagworms (Cryptothelea
fuscescens and C heckmeyeri)
Mature nuts of Adonidia merrillii Becc. Family Palmae/Arecaceae, also
known as Bunga de China, Bunga de Jolo, Christmas palm, Manila palm.
Lemon grass or baraniw (Ilk) - Cymbopogon citratus - luxuriantly
grows multiple stalks emanating from a central axis
Katakataka plant (Kalanchoe pinnata) is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. The species is distinctive for the profusion of miniature plantlets that form on the margins of .the leaves. Top view of the plant show a neat alternate arrangement of the leaves which generally appears as whorl. ~
Garden ornamental plants such as these display various radial shapes,
many of them genuinely considered as radial symmetry.
*Ethnobotany of maguey (Agave cantala Roxb.) in the Ilocos ...
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by AB Rotor · 1983 · Cited by 1 — The ethnobotany of maguey traces its origin, its beginnings as an industry in the Ilocos region and its importance as an indigenous substitute for imported ...
The ethnobotany of maguey traces its origin, its beginnings as an industry in the Ilocos region and its importance as an indigenous substitute for imported synthetic fibers. The possibilities of restoring the maguey's importance as an income generating crop are obvious. The maguey farmer presently must depend on other means of livelihood but the terrain and the agro-climatic conditions are right for the plant and its commercial prospects. From the journal Journal of Graduate Research (Philippines) ISSN : 0047-5742
Part 14 - My Best Photographs
On Human Nature, the Lighter Side
"We are making photographs to understand what our
lives mean to us." - Ralph Hattersley
Dr Abe V Rotor
Be like the windmill and be free of worries and cares in life, even only
for a moment. Bangui, Ilocos Norte
Author and children pose at the edge of the mudspring,
fumarole of a sleeping volcano. Mt Makiling, in Laguna
Towering kapok (Ceiba pentandra) with massive buttress
roots dwarfs a curious visitor at UP Diliman, QC
Author in a make-believe staghorn deer on a river bank
of Banaoang, a not-so-pleasant scenario to think of
the endangered wildlife species. Caoayan, Ilocos Sur
These boys take a break from their ball game to visit the Living
with Nature botanical garden in San Vicente, Ilocos Sur
Visiting student researchers in a symbolic kanpai, meaning
“empty the glass you're drinking” at the Living with Nature
art gallery. San Vicente, Ilocos Sur
Markus 6, author's grandson plays a young taho'
ambulant vendor in a school presentation in
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
A ghostly Genie watches over commuters and
pedestrians in downtown Bangkok, Thailand.
Top, author's wife and daughter are dwarfed
by the huge statue.
Dried flowers forever preserved by nature.
UP Los Baños, Laguna.
Anthers for real, all right, in lieu of the real owner.
Living with Nature Home, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur
Cryptobiology
House guest at author's residence holds a driftwood
in the shape a fish in San Vicente, Ilocos Sur.
Part 15 - My Best Photographs
Of Ruins and Relics
“There is one thing the photo must contain –
the humanity of the moment.” - Robert Frank
Dr Abe V Rotor
Giant billboard frame and high tension power lines create a
scary skeleton against the gray sky along EDSA, Makati MM
Limbs of dead trees (Samanea saman or acacia) cast a silhouette
of gnarled fingers in the sinking sun along the national highway
in La Union
Goodbye to a heritage tree - Camachile (Pithecolobium dulce),
This legume tree bears edible pods, dehiscent when ripe, a
favorite of Ilocanos. The dried bark is an ingredient in making
basi wine. San Vicente, Ilocos Sur.
A pair of kissing rocks make an arch that frames
a lone fisherman in the distance, a rare romantic
scene for lovers and artists. Kaohsiung, Taiwan
World War II Memorial, made of three steel columns and
several concentric rings stands meek and peaceful in
the blue summer sky at St. Paul University QC
Radio transmission towers dwarf trees and buildings
at several spots along the national highway. Ilocos Sur.
Ruins of vats and cistern used in making indigo or añil during
the Spanish colonial period. The natural dye from the indigo
plant (Indigofera hirsuta) was a major export of the Ilocos
region during the 200-year galleon trade between Manila
and Acapulco, Mexico. The set is located in San Vicente,
Ilocos Sur
Ruin of the eastern wing of the Palacio del Gobernador
complex has been standing undisturbed for more than
a century. San Vicente, Ilocos Sur
Hanging adventitious roots of balete (Ficus benjamina)
curtain the entrance gate of the old Palacio del Gobernador,
a Greco-Roman architecture building, occasionally
attracting tourists. San Vicente, Ilocos Sur
Defoliated camphor tree (Camphora officinarum) casts a
pathetic view on the University of Santo Tomas campus, Manila
Full moon rises on treetops at the San Vicente Botanical Garden,
San Vicente, Ilocos Sur
“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.” – Aaron Siskind
“Photography is the art of making memories tangible.” – Destin Sparks ~
“Photography is the art of making memories tangible.” – Destin Sparks ~
Part 16 - My Best Photographs
Bring the Sea Home and Let the Children Play
Dr Abe V Rotor
Floor-Wall-Ceiling Mural Complex,
by the author in his family residence
San Vicente, Ilocos Sur
The sea all day and into the night,
sings and tells a beautiful story,
to a child in endless awe and wonder,
to treasure it in sweet memory.
“The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.” – Rachel Carson
Laugh with the sea, roar and hiss,
but be still in its silence;
when calm rules the world at peace,
in respect and reverence.
“In still moments by the sea life seems large-drawn and simple.
It is there we can see into ourselves.” – Rolf Edberg
“Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought
of which the sea would not be part.” – Hermann Broch
Part 17 - My Best Photographs
Capture the Happy Moments
“A good life is a collection of happy moments.”
― Denis Waitley
Dr Abe V Rotor
Happy moments are fleeting like passing cloud,
hovering with hope of rain falling;
though at times they come along like a shroud,
full of surprise or just sweet nothing. - avr
“A happy moment can last a lifetime if you remember to smile when
you think of it.” ― Anonymous
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what
you do are in harmony." —Mahatma Gandhi
Smile makes the world smile, too;
weep, and you weep alone, they say;
while playing or whatever you do,
create an aura of love to stay. - avr
Little things mean a lot may be a simple phrase,
yet no deed is too small to deserve the praise. - avr
“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends
will leave footprints in your heart.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Each to his or her own, goes the saying;
perhaps in quiet moments and prayer;
but not when others are around sharing
the joy of the occasion altogether. - avr
"Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget
about it." - Jaques Prevert
“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” – Elisabeth Foley
Who is brave, who is humble,
matters not in peace or trouble;
the world will little note the joy,
the innocence of a little boy. - avr
"The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us." —Ashley Montagu
“Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend,
as you will always find me yours.” – Ludwig van Beethoven
We don't outgrow sweet memory,
whether real story or fantasy.
Oh! how time flies - and today -
it seems to be only yesterday. - avr
18 - Weirdest photographs I Took
Dr Abe V Rotor
Driftwood comes hauntingly alive resembling the head of a
wild beast complete with snout, jaw, nostril, and an almost
real eye. On display at the Living with Nature museum.
San Vicente, Ilocos Sur
Shelf mushroom emerges from the trunk of a dead tree in
concentric pattern, with the outer ring resembling the halo
of the sun, and other heavenly bodies.
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Glowing caterpillars crowd a branch of ilang-ilang stripping the
leaves to the midribs overnight. The phenomenon involved
is known as phosphorescence, Here high concentration of
phosphorus glows in the dark, a common observation in
nature particularly among coral reef organisms. ~
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