"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving... "

 30 Photographs that convey joy, awe, reminiscence, lesson...  

“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.” — Aaron Siskind

Dr Abe V Rotor 

  

1. The biggest taingang daga (Auricularia polytrichia) mushroom, 

one for the Book of Guinness    

2. Bamboo xylophone sounds mellow and natural,

Vietnam

3. Coconut midrib broom for environment crusaders on wheels

4, Re-inventing the wheel by kids to protect the environment 

5. Mudflat of a dying estero is a dangerous playground

6. Coconut frond for Palm Sunday palaspas contributes to thinning 

of coconut trees.

7, There's no bathtub happier and fuller than this earthen version in the province.

8. Too many cartoons make a fantasy world for kids and adults - 

and reality a dream. Leo, author's son, at home

9. Global warming demonstration before museum guests and students,

former SPUQC Museum

10. Mask of anonymity may be reversed to ward off the "tiger in the forest." 

UST Parade.

11. A sea of humanity swept by faith and hope - a social barometer

Quiapo church, Manila 

12. Headless doll on a pay parking sign exudes surrealism.

Manggahan, QC

13. Pabitin (a trellis of goodies) - life of games and celebrations

 - is back,  but in malls and fast foods

14. Tunnel of time and tradition. Pahiyas in Lucban Quezon

15. Young musicians - indeed they are today.

At home, Lagro QC

16. Biggest janitor fish looks like the submarine in Jules Verne's

 fiction novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

17. Stage's on Fire, artist HR Ocampo's obra maestra, PICC Pasay MM

18. Where to? (Quo vadis?) - inquiry to the future of man in

 a highly industrialized society.

19. Singing with heart's content a dirge for a dying environment

20. Kin and clan make a family - Filipino version.

Bacnotan, La Union 

21. Modern day peddler of traditional products, QC

22. Listening to the sea in the city, Manila

23. Twin falls in Patapat Cagayan - a perfect background 

for tourists and environmentalists.

24. Playing with saints and angels in a shrine, Our Lady of Manaoag, Pangasinan.

25. Lady teachers play the loves me, loves me not game in a Calatagan resort.

26. Most prolific tree - nangka, even its roots bear fruits. Agoo, La Union

27. Lady Butterfly.  Butterfly garden in Bohol

28. Bugsy's expression is all but want for food. At home 

29. Robot-like fish (parrot fish) is a popular marine aquarium pet.

 

 30. Love birds perch for food and company. Bangkok Zoo, Thailand.