{snapshots by harold}

baby bird fallen off the nest…

manoy maniniyot — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:38:26 +0000

we found this little chick on the ground and away from curios kittens from the neighborhood. we placed him on a mini nest we built and placed close to the birdhouse hoping the mommy bird will rescue him. hopefully he survived…

Turtle crossing the street

manoy maniniyot — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:54:08 +0000

Studying

manoy maniniyot — Thu, 30 May 2013 14:11:25 +0000

We went to panera and just can’t resist this image in front of me. Took this with the iPhone…

Chris & Ida

manoy maniniyot — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:15:37 +0000

This is an engagement shoot we did sometime in mid-April of a couple of friends are getting officially married in church in June in the Philippines.

Road Trip 2012: en route to Moran (Wyoming)

manoy maniniyot — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:29:09 +0000

This leg of the trip was after the snowy range scenic byway. We finally reached Interstate 80 and Rawlins, WY and then took Highway 287 to Moran, WY where the Grand Tetons National park is located.

We were driving through some really nice scenic landscape. We made a few stops to snap some photos. The scenery is breathtaking to me, but I have to drive and reach our destination before it gets really dark because we were in the middle of the desert.

here is one of the snapshots…

then in one of the towns we passed through, it started to rain down but before we were able to leave the town, a rainbow appeared, then it became a double rainbow, so we have to stop and snap some more…

how i wished i have a wide angle lens to capture the whole length of the rainbow…so i have to do what i can with what i have so i took another shot of the rainbow towards the other side…

then as left the town, i was looking for a nice foreground along the highway and decided to stop at this location, but the rainbow is starting to fade away now…

and so we continue to drive to our destination…we reached Moran at already dark I can’t see the sides of the roads no more. but here is another picture at one our stops…i tried to capture the landscape together with the road or highway we are going to take…

and here is a take of the beautiful sky as the sun is coming down…

from what i’ve seen along the highway, i can’t imagine what else is out there to explore. when you have the time to select and compose your shot. i believe this is one like an artist’s or a photographers paradise…

thanks for visiting…

Road Trip 2012: more pics from the snowy range…

manoy maniniyot — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:25:35 +0000

here are some more pics from the trip…

while we picnic at the foot of what a beautiful mountain…

I walked a little bit at a trail leading to lake marie…

a dark cloud was looming and we are about 30 miles out to the nearest interstate, we decided to move out. but the next pull out, we had to pull over…

and this one is by the side of the road…

where we parked out…i noticed this one…looks really old and seemed to tell a story by itself…

then we finally moved out heading to Saratoga and eventually to Rawlins enroute to Moran…long way to go…

Du Quoin Halloween Parade

manoy maniniyot — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:15:10 +0000

Halloween parades are happening all over the country right now, I believe. This is the time of the year that kids and kids at heart get to wear a costume of their choice and walk everywhere, generally for the candies…How the tradition came into being, i don’t know…but we just enjoy being outside and watch everyone having fun.

The one we just had here in Du Quoin was no exception. It was a lot of fun…It is one of the reason to get out into a nice warm evening and enjoy it…

Everyone was patient. Roads were blocked and everyone lined on the sidewalks waiting. then the flag bearers started led the parade…

the huge flag was carried…

and then here comes the band…

and everyone young and old…

from the sexy…

to the busted…

to the whole family…

The costumes were all varied…

from the princess…(well she is dressed up but I guess not as a costume, )

to the fairies…

from the scary…

to the shark that swallowed a human…

but of course, these local events would not be complete without…the funnel cakes…

thanks for visiting…

Roadtrip 2012: Snowy Range Scenic Byway

manoy maniniyot — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:33:32 +0000

on our trip to wyoming to see yellowstone national park, a friend suggested we take the snowy range scenic byway. we can supposed to see snow all year round. so we did.

on our stop at the tourist information as we entered wyoming, we asked some people about the snowy range and we heard that there is not much snow if we ever see one because of the warm winter that we had. but we still went anyway.

We have visitors from the Philippines that we want to show real snow…

So, we entered entered the snowy range via Laramie…

and from there, looks like it’s a really long way…

then we entered Medicine Bow National Forest and one of the stops was at the viewing tower in Libby Flats with a peak of 10,847 ft…

then we made a few more stops by the lake and took some pictures…

This was one of the nicest part of the leg of the roadtrip…hope you enjoyed the pictures…Thanks for viewing…

Big Muddy Brew fest

manoy maniniyot — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:45:09 +0000

last weekend I was lucky enough to be gifted with a pass/ticket to enjoy the Big Muddy Brew Fest in Murphysboro, IL thanks to Marilyn and Steve. Here are some of the few shots that I remembered to take while trying to balance the beer cup on one hand and camera on the other…

here is one of the bartender from Cathedral Square Brewery from St. Louis, MO. serving Hail Mary IPA…

look at the menu on tap…

and here is one of the best, one of the strongest i’ve tasted that day…(+ the fact that I’ve tasted 10 or so other flavors already @7.8% alcohol

that was a very nice afternoon, indeed…very refreshing!!!

MBH 5K Walk/Run 2012 – a practice in panning…

manoy maniniyot — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:35:11 +0000

Last Saturday, I volunteered to take some pictures of the annual charity 5K walk/run of our local hospital (MBH or Marshall Browning Hospital). I positioned myself mostly at a spot close to the finish line. I figure that this is the area where most would do their sprint, do their best and all kinds of expressions can be captured…

here is a shot at the starting line…

and here are some of the running shots….

the running shots are taken at 1/60sec with panning…some of the shots are still blurry…i did not use any flash, maybe next time I could use a flash to freeze the runner better and yet get the blur in the background.

and here is the shot of the winners….

and for the volunteers and committee that made it a happen….