I have
decided to write this Blog in order give people a place to learn more about the
photograph they are thinking about purchasing, have already purchased or have
enjoyed viewing on my website larrypannellphotography.com.
My thoughts
are to post a Photograph of the Week and include the location, photographic
data and insight on what I was trying to convey with the image. Essentially the
story behind the photograph.
I specialize
in Landscape, Travel and Fine Art Photography. If you are viewing my blog
before you have seen my website please take the time to browse the photographs
there as well. I have been fortunate to have travelled many places and you will
find photographs of Alaska, Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, French
Polynesia, the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, the Philippines and Vietnam. You
may also enjoy my photography of the Western United States and my recent
photographs of Yosemite National Park where I currently reside.
Thank you
for your interest and all comments would be greatly appreciated
Larry
Enjoy.....
TIE DYED IN PI…
Location: Negros
Island
Philippines
When: March
24, 2012
8:48am
Camera: Canon
60d
EF
18-200mm
Focal: 24mm
Shutter: 1/640
sec
Aperture: F/16
ISO: 800
TIE DYED IN PI…
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When the Rhapsody of the Seas pulled into drydock for a month
in Singapore my contract had just ended a couple days before and I left the
ship in Bali to start my vacation where I spent a few days on the island of
Lembongan. Then I flew to Vietnam for three weeks after which I flew to Negros
Island and Apo Island in the Phillippine (PI) for a week before returning to
the ship and another seven month contract.
While on Negros Island I stayed at a small "resort"
named the Monarch Bay Resort. It was about a dozen thatched huts which had
bamboo floors and a layered palm frowns for the roof. Each hut also had running
water, flush toilets, air conditioning and wifi. All this within 150 feet of
the waters edge on a beautiful private beach.
There was also a restaurant/bar within a stones throw of the
ocean to enjoy a cold San Miguel and escape the heat. The bartender told me
that just before I arrived a group of motorcyclists were there for a week and
every cabin was taken. As luck would have it during my four day stay I was the
only person and had the place to myself.
One morning when talking to the owner about photography and
the interior of the island he offered to rent his motorcycle to me for $4 a
day....that was too hard to pass up. So the next day after breakfast I grabbed
my camera gear, kick started the 500cc motorcycle and off I went.
As I traveled the islands main road between two villages I
noticed a dirt road that headed towards the mountains. After traveling six or
seven miles through the countryside I saw a farmer plowing his field behind a
water buffalo wearing a brightly colored tie dyed shirt. I got off the bike,
grabbed my gear and headed towards him about a half mile away. Looking up he
noticed me when I was about half way walking down a muddy trail that wove
through the rice paddies. I smiled and waved showing him my camera; he just
nodded and kept plodding through the mud as if I wasn't there.
I carefully checked my settings putting the camera on
aperture preferred to maintain the greatest depth of field and noted the
shutter speed while shooting to avoid camera shake. I framed the image taking
various shots from wide angle to encompass the countryside to zooming in tight
getting intimate. I stayed in the field and kept shooting for about an hour and
at times putting the camera down to take everything in. For myself I find that
it is important not to get too wrapped up looking through the viewfinder, to
stop for a few minutes and enjoy the surroundings.
After reviewing the photographs I decided on a shot that told
the entire story. One where the myriad shades of vibrant green from the vast
fields of rice lined by the dense jungle overwhelm you. One where the sky is
filled with clouds threatening rain as the ruminants of a storm pass overhead.
For me what really makes this photograph is combining these elements with the
tie dye shirt and it's bright array of colors as the farmer struggles through
the dull, brown mud preparing the rice paddy for the next planting.
I
have a handful of photographs that I took in the Philippines that I really like
that encompasses the feeling of being there whether it is in a muddy rice paddy
or watching boys dive off of a bridge into a river or the solitude of a lone
fisherman.
My beach hut at Monarch Bay
Negros Island Philippines
Thank you
for your interest and all comments would be greatly appreciated
Larry
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