Thesserie
the world from behind her camera
WS # 25: Munt Toren
Apr 13th
Husband, our pug and I spent yesterday in Amsterdam. The city was busy with tourists, locals and the likes of us from neighboring city who jumped on the chance of visiting since we had a dry weather yesterday.
We were waiting to cross the street when I looked up and saw this tower before us. It’s called the ‘ Munt Toren’. The date 1620 caught my eyes, not the clock. I quickly took some shots before the light turns green.
” The clock belongs to the Munttoren at the base of Muntplein, close to the renowned flower market of Amsterdam.
The polygonal base of the Munttoren (mint tower) formed part of the Regulierspoort, a gate in Amsterdam’s medieval city wall. The gate was destroyed by fire in 1618, but the base survived. In the following year, Hendrick de Keyser added the clock tower, capped with a steeple and openwork orb. The carillion was designed by Francois Hemony in 1699, and rings every 15 minutes. The tower acquired its name in 1673, during the French occupation of Amsterdam, when the city mint was temporarily housed here.”
Infos are from Dorling Kindersley’s Eyewitness Travel Guides (Amsterdam)
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LP #2: Tatsulok
Apr 10th
Ang bilis talaga ng panahon, Huwebes na naman. E di syempre, L.P. na ulit. Kung mahilig kayo sa pagkuha ng larawan, sali na kayo! Click nyo lang ang button sa ilalim.
Nahirap akong maghanap ng tatsulok sa totoo lang para sa entry na ito. Buti na lang, tyempo at bumaba ang presyo ng Geomag, puzzle ito na puro magnet. Ilang taon ko ng gusto bumili nito kaso lagi akong namamahalan, pero dahil sa L.P. napagastos na ha ha! Nag-enjoy ako sa pagkuha ng mga larawan na ito kasi sumikat ang araw ng mag ‘shooting’ kami ng mga magnet, ito resulta:
Itong una ay ipinatong ko sa rebulto na naka display sa bintana namin , pinaglaruan ko ito sa photoshop kaya kung gusto nyo makita ang resulta, paki-click lang itong larawan…at makikita nyo hindi lang alikabok sa rebulto, pati na rin yuong sinag ng araw na parang nagbigay ng dramatic effect sa kanilang halik. At pagkatapos ng pagkuha ng larawan na ito, nilinis ko na ang rebulto ha! ha! ha! nakakahiya ako!
ayun ulit sya, gusto daw nya sa mabulaklak mag pose eh , e di pagbigyan ang modelo di ba?
2 sets ng Geomag ang nabili ko, ito naman ay sa set ng may pastel colors…ipinatong ko sa putol na sanga ng puno-ng-peras na nasa likod ng bahay namin.
sila naman ang mga kasamahan nung dilaw na tatsulok, isinabit ko sa kapiranggot na sanga yuong kulay ube at ibinalanse ang dilaw at rosas sa ilalim nito
silang tatlo ulit, nakasabit lang ay yuong kulay ube…nakita nyo ako? 
Hindi nyo lang alam kung gaano ako kasaya dahil sumikat ang araw, malnourished kami sa Vitamin D dito eh.
Salamat po Lord at hinayaan Nyong sumikat ang araw!!
To be honest, I had a hard time finding my triangle for this theme. I got lucky when Geomag (magnetic puzzle) was put on sale. I’ve been wanting to have this so when I saw the chance to use it for this theme I finally bought me a puzzle…and since the sun was shining, I had a great time using the pieces as subjects.
For the first shot I used a statue displayed on our window. I played with photoshop and if you’ll just click it, you’ll see not just the dust but also sun rays which gave a dramatic effect on the kiss. After the shoot I cleaned up the statue. Second shot was the same triangle this time I placed it in the middle of a plant. 3rd shot, the yellow triangle came from another set of Geomag – pastel colours. I just placed it on a tiny twig of a pear tree located behind our home. 4th, purple triangle holding onto the yellow and pink underneath and 5th shot, still the 3 of them balancing on the short twig.
I can’t explain how happy I was because the sun was present that day. Thank you God for the sun!
WS# 24: Spikes
Apr 6th
It’s almost the end of the weekend on my part and I must honestly say that I did not had the chance to do much outside photography yesterday even though it stopped raining for few hours. I guess I
Litratong Pinoy #1: Bilog
Apr 3rd
Nagsimula na ang Litratong Pinoy, isang Filipino photomeme na nilahukan ng mga bloggers na mahihilig sa pagkuha ng mga larawan. Kahit hindi Filipino basta’t marunong magsalita ng tagalog (kahit kaunti) ay maaring sumali , kaya…sali na!
Here’s my round entry. Round plastic (not pearls) hanging on my bracelet which I think is kind of cool since people always thought they’re pearls. It’s a combination of brown, blue and white. Tagalog: Ito ang aking bilog. Mga bilog na plastic na palawit sa aking pulseras. Gustong gusto ko sila lalo na laging napapagkamalan ng ibang tao na perlas. Kombinasyon ito ng tatlong kulay, kayumanggi (tama ba ito as brown?) asul at puti.
Now I am sure that I need to brush up my tagalog language, ha ha!
Featured Friends
Mar 30th
It was a pure delight when Willa, a blogger friend and forum chum I know for few years now, has decided to include me on her Featured Friends post, thank you Willa! It took me a while before I was able to post this but as they say, it’s better late than never *wink*
Willa was also creative enough to include a graphic so please feel free to use it as well when you get tagged. This blog was chosen so now I will do the same for 5 other friends. When you feature your friends’ blogs, you will help increase (hopefully) their page rank and yours. You can read more on this here and here. So keep the ball rolling, make your own 5 featured friends. To return the favor, make sure you include the name of the person who recommended you.
So here’s how it goes:
1.Willa is one of my featured friends.
2. So when Willa will make her featured friends for the week, she has to include my name and she will pick 4 or 5 more from her own list of friends.
3. She will inform ALL her featured friends to keep the ball rolling.
If you use Blogger, you can add your featured friends using the new page element ‘Link List’. And here are my Featured Friends: ZJ, Ate Marie, Meeya, Girlie and of course Willa.
Happy tagging, friends!
Dress me up!
Mar 20th
This cutie wasn’t our pooch. I saw him walking with his boss one day and I just had to take his picture so when the boss gave an okay nod, that’s exactly what I did. wasn’t he a cutie?!
The temperature that day was quite low thus I thought it was but appropriate for the pooch to be protected from cold. But my husband is opposed to this. Friends, even I, have bought shirts and jacket for our pug but he can never wear them. Why? Because my husband says it’ll cause any dog to be sick because it’s unnatural to clothe them. I think that’s not true! We totally have opposite views in this matter. Why would wanting to clothe your pooch during winter, and when walking outside, cause him death?! I said to my husband that if you wrap your dog 24/7 then that’s unnatural, that will kill your pet. But for a short time and during winter, I feel that it’s a sign of love and protection for any pooch.
‘Bah!’ says the husband.
I said: ‘ you just don’t want to walk the dog when he’s wearing his jacket because he definitely looks hotter than you!
-I won the argument, but jackets and shirts stay in the closet.
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Mar 17th
I actually have no idea for the title of this entry so I just used the first word that came to my mind. We’re deprived again by natural light (too gray and rainy outside) thus I’ve to content myself finding something to shoot from inside our home.
Happy WS everyone…and I hope you’ll all have a great week ahead!
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