Nature's Touch Monday: The Butterflies

"Everyone is like a butterfly,

they start out ugly and awkward

and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies

that everyone loves."

- Drew Barrymore

 “Life is short
 If you doubt me,
ask a butterfly.
Their average life span
is a mere five to fourteen days.” 

- Ellen DeGeneres

It was really fascinating to see and witness butterflies especially here in our place which is considered suburban already. So when I found one, I try to grab my cam and took some shots.

The Clouds of Pansol

"Clouds and darkness surround us,

yet Heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come,

when justice and truth will be vindicated."

- Mary Todd Lincoln 

"Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky,
are best relieved by the letting of a little water."
- Christopher Morley

These shots were taken during our search for a venue in our company summer outing in Brgy. Pansol, Calamba, Laguna.

Flower Power Tuesday: White Angel in the Sky

“He said that we belonged together because he was born with a flower
and I was born with a butterfly and that 
flowers and butterflies need each other for survival.” 
- Gemma Malley, The Declaration

White Angel Flower in the Sky

"That though the radiance which was once so bright
be now forever taken from my sight.
Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor
in the grass, glory in the flower. 
We will grieve not, 
rather find strength in what remains behind."
- William Wordsworth

White Angel Flower in Sunset

I took this photo in different perspective. This is what I learned in reading photography books. Capture flowers in an unusual angle.

I framed the first white angel flower from under taking advantage of the blue sky as my background while in the other one, I used the setting sun as my background.

Which of the two is more dramatic?

Nature's Touch Monday: One Foggy Morning

"Look deep into nature,

and then you will understand everything better."

- Albert Einstein

One Foggy Morning

One Foggy Morning 2

Everyday, we used to pass on this area. One day, the area was completely covered by fog and the sunrise makes a very nice effect. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to capture it since we will be late in our work. From then on, I always look on this area to be covered by fog again and hope to frame it already. Until one day,  I found these scenes and since we are still early for work, I parked and take a series of shots and got these two as the most beautiful.

I don't need to go to Baguio or Tagaytay to frame something like these, right?

Sad or What?

““Every man has his secret sorrows 
which the world knows not; 
and often times we call a man cold 
when he is only sad.” 
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

This is taken from the Dragon Dance at SM Marilao last Chinese New Year.

Looking at the boy carrying the last post or the tail part of the dragon, he seems to be sad.

Do you think he is really sad or just tired carrying and roaming around the mall?