Marlboro Country, Sabtang

Posted in Photography, Travel on 25/02/2008

Batanes Marlboro Country

Batanes Marlboro with friends

Marlboro Country

It’s been what … 15 years since my last visit.

Batanes is as beautiful as ever. Although some of the areas have been modernized (read: cemented streets, electricity and w00t — Internet!), the rolling hills, whistling wind and crashing waves still take center stage as the islands’ splendor.

Batanes looks so much more beautiful than my last visit. I’ve gotten so used to city life, I don’t see sprawling hills and cliffs this unbridled. If ever I do, its usually part of some commercial attraction in some residential resort or beach. This is virgin.

Made friends with the cows.

I’ve uploaded the Batanes photoset for everyone to view. Pardon some of the shots that are a little over exposed or grainy - this was a road test for one of the lenses I inherited. The fish eye needs some cleaning and I’ve actually sent it to this convenient place in the south (there’s a guy who sells old cameras in Tropical Hut Grocery, BF Homes). The prime f/2.8 Tamron came out OK but the fish eye needed to be sent back.

This was a special press conference in line with EPSON’s new photo printers. I am covering this for 2BU. To the bloggers and photographers who went on the trip, please send me one or two of your best shots so that we can include it in the article with photo credits. :)

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  1. wish i was there!!! hope you guys had fun :-) thanks for joining the trip!

    2. Sara on February 25th, 2008 at 1:09 pm

  2. [...] We would like to thank Epson Philippines and Geiser-Maclang team for the wonderful opportunity and for the printer Mimi won in the photo essay contest. Also please visit the Batanes blog entries of our travelmates: Markku, Joey, AJ, Juned, Ferdz, Eric, Rain, Jayvee [...]

    3. Mimi and Karl - Wedding Photographers » Blog Archive » How I got to be known as the Hero of Sabtang. on February 25th, 2008 at 3:00 pm

  3. I’ll pick up my Horizon 202 panoramic shots tomorrow, lets hope something comes out of that, so I can contribute to your article.

    4. rain on February 26th, 2008 at 2:25 am

  4. w00t! rain, ang ganda ng horizon mo :)

    5. Jayvee on February 26th, 2008 at 6:10 am

  5. [...] Photo #2 in his winning photo-essay. Hana, who won a special prize for her series as well. Roommate Jayvee. We were told we stayed in the room where the Batanes moviestars were. Juned, who took several film [...]

    6. raincontreras.com – Batanes, Day 2 on March 2nd, 2008 at 4:10 am

  6. inggit ako sa horizon ni Rain :P

    7. Jayvee on March 3rd, 2008 at 11:39 am

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