Panglao Nature's Resort, a photo from Bohol, Central Visayas

Photographer's Note

Located in the Island of Panglao in the Central Visayan Island province of Bohol, a must see place for anybody visiting the island.

This resort is in abundance of white powdery sand that covers the circular coastline of the island. This foto says it all.... :-)

Panglao is proud of its name in the Philippines Tourist Map that indicates fantastic paradise beach Resort and dive spot.

This might be my last posting from the Philippines. I'll see you all in LA.

ioannis58, elmec, belido, dareco, rigoletto, tomauer, cunejo200, stego, kiwi_explorer, plimrn, ALIRIZA, nivaldo, riclopes, testmaniac, parbo, lucasgalodoido has marked this note useful

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Bruno40 (6662) 2007-11-13 5:44

WOW Philippines!!
you should sell it to DOT.
Is this Alona beach?
I think that tehe fisheye is maybe too much for this landscape, IMO.
cheers and have a nice trip back
Jorge

ioannis58 (94) 2007-11-13 5:55

Hello Benedict

lovely colours, nice POV

Ioannis.

elmec (12210) 2007-11-13 6:09

Hello Benedict!
This is real paradise!
Perfect colours and light makes paradise atmosphere with typical things - white beach, palms, old style boat...
Perfect work!
Best regards!

seb_p (498) 2007-11-13 6:17

Hey benedict.

Great scene, great colors, great quality of the picture. I'm not sure I like the fish eye... Same for your last post the horizon is halfway between round and straight. I have seen picture from a friend (not TE) with a really exagerated fisheye... the picture was almost round. Then I could really understand what was going on and saw the artistic qualities behind the composition. Here well I'm not sure. Still a great shot since I think it is simply a question of taste.

Seb...

belido (19934) 2007-11-13 6:23

Ol� amigo,

what a great place to take some rest! Unfortunately I didn't have time for those beauties in my visit. Sunny day, blue sky and a boat on the foreground. The result? very nice image! Well done!
Abra輟,
Carlos
PS: have a safe flight back second home!

dareco (17136) 2007-11-13 6:47

I haven't seen you for a long time :) Hope you've had a great time!! A very beautiful beach! The colors are very nice and I like the boat in the foreground. Wish I was there right now:) TFS

aralda (1240) 2007-11-13 9:58

Hello Benedict!!
Great sky!!
The light is a bit too bright and there's too much contrast in the greenery on the left.
Great place!
Have a safe trip back to the States!
Raluca

rigoletto (34279) 2007-11-13 10:44

Official fish eye on duty again!
I like the way you make use of it, as it was nicely used to make the world smile in the previous photo.
And now, looking at the photo, we can claim that the world is round really, and not flat as the inquisition claimed...
The boats and the hut... Ohh...
Why do you go back? If i were you, i would never go back...
See you then...
Rigsaw

efi (5303) 2007-11-14 11:44

hi benedict;
your shot is also FANTASTIC..the kayik ,the sea and its blue tones,the hut..perfect..tfs..

tomauer (316) 2007-11-14 22:58

Absolutely Amazing and inspiring Image. The Details and colours are amazing. The scene has been captured perfectly, the balance between the sea, the coast/beach and the Bangkas are great! Every little detail here is perfect, I really feel like im back home.

Have a Safe trip back, I hope you can get back to the Philippines sometime again (who wouldnt).

A Very well suited shot for one of your last in the RP.

Mabuhay! Be Safe!

TFS,

-tom

cunejo200 (7281) 2007-11-15 18:03

Awesome Benedict. Your fisheye does wonder for Panglao's natural beauty. I wonder where you stayed here? I always stay at Alona Beach for weeks. I am so jealous. Superb picture. Best regards. Danilo

stego (24132) 2007-11-17 7:11

Hi Benedict,
A dreamy beach very well captured with your amazing toy. I am very fond of really wide angle lenses, because of the amazing perspectives they give and you used very wisely here.
I notice only two minor issues here. One is the inclination - I wonder if it is intentional, but despite it doesn't bother me much, maybe it was better that it didn't exist. The other issue is the excessive ue on the woods on the left.
I imagine how hard it will be returning to work and US after vacationing in such a place.
Regards, Jos�.

Wanda1 (15142) 2007-11-25 20:55

Hi Benedict,
I love your use of the super wide angle here, it has a great effect. Well composed with this boat in the foreground and I like shades of blue and the overall serene atmosphere of the image.
Regards
Wanda

kiwi_explorer (12209) 2007-11-26 0:59

Hi Benedict,
Fisheye lens or the result of stitching ... doesn't matter the effect looks stunningr. You must have based yourself in Cebu for this island hopping experience... hope those 'bibinka' from Taboan did not upset stomach... did you love the smell of dried fish :) Looks like this is shot was from Panglao Beach Resort ... an expensive resort but worth the visit ... especially the fine white sand. A much quiter atmosphere than Boracay, but a ideal refuge from the busy LA lifestyle. Wonderfully captured and composed. And ganda, pare! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

mrcrow (3993) 2007-11-26 10:20

vast super wide shot brings everthing together and creates spaciousness like we never see with our normal vision..even panorama
a bright south sea impact shot with those tropical horizon clouds marching along in fine order
near boat and far boat shed hit it off nicely
cheers
geof

izmirli (3989) 2007-11-27 6:35

merhaba dear benedict
wonderful colours and landscape.wonderful beach and depth.well done.
best regards.
g�rkan ak軋kır.

espanek (1001) 2007-11-28 3:14

Hello Benedict.
Great colors and light. Beautiful view. Very well composed picture.
TFS
Wojciech

plimrn (21344) 2007-11-28 6:28

Hi Benedict,
Great framing, the outrigger invites one to paddle out to that little house in the distance; speaking of living the dream!!

The fish-eye works exceptionally well here; you can almost see Los Angeles as the horizon curves off into the distance. What a contrast between the pristine isolation of this beach and Los Angeles; still there are many worse places to live. That is the cool thing about being a nurse; you can get time off to travel.
HLJ, Pat

jackart (6702) 2007-11-28 13:40

Hello Benedict!

Very nice marine landscape seen through fisheye lens. great colors and contrast. Excellent quality. Well done!

Regards
Jacek

ALIRIZA (16423) 2007-11-29 1:47

Hi Benedict,
Great POV superb wide angle, nice effect.Beautiful beach scene and well composed with boat, colours and cloudy sky. Well done...
Friendly regards...
Ali Rıza

nivaldo (15417) 2007-12-02 3:38

Philippines must be a beautiful country!
A very nice compo, Benedict!
TFS.
A Brazilian hug,
from Recife,
Nivaldo

sothy81 (9646) 2007-12-04 21:18

THis is what fisheye comes to be very helpful. You used it in an appropriate way. Very nice showing details of clouds and overall scene there. Very nice light and colors. Well done. Sothy

zumalife (185) 2007-12-10 6:42

I love the way you captured the sky in this picture. The blue is also very brilliant. Great great shot!

riclopes (35577) 2007-12-12 0:54

Ol� Benedict, although the sand is overexposed, it's still a dreamy image of the paradise and I like the fisheye distortion effect. The sky seems marvellous and I guess that you could have included more of it in the composition.
ricardo

chabela (356) 2007-12-12 1:53

Mabuhay Benedict!!

nice picture of BOhol. I think I will visit it before I lieve the Philippines. Beautifull colors and great compo.

Pahalam kaibigan

Isabel

devimeuxbe (58557) 2007-12-12 11:56

Hi benedict
beautifull light and colors. A real taste of the paradise throughrt the fish eye
Well done
Bertrand

PixelTerror (0) 2007-12-18 3:11

Hi Benedict,
Nice landscape, what makes the shot special and funny is the horizon distortion due to the fisheye, an unusual effect nice too see from time to time.
Have a nice day JY

testmaniac (13508) 2007-12-20 20:41

Hello Benedict, nice photo with good composition and colors. Good use of fisheye. Cool place.

TFS and regards,
Philip

elherbz (0) 2007-12-22 10:10

Wow!!Look @ water! Great pix! Wish I could go to that spot.

parbo (11092) 2007-12-22 10:12

Hello Benedict,

The blue sea, sky and sand colors are creates great view plus your 15mm lens is giving nice effect.

I wish Merry Christmas to you and your family, all best.

Friendly Regards,

Ertugrul

andante (7092) 2007-12-26 6:49

Hi Benedict, love the way you used the bended horizon line to compose the picture and at the same time organized the elements on it to follow the rule of thirds. Great capture,
E

Jepoy (32) 2007-12-31 19:15

What a nice view! the colors are great, the scene is awesome.. gotta go there sometime this coming summer

Thumbs up!

giorgimer (35017) 2008-01-09 0:35

Hi Benedict,

nice wide view (distorsion included). Excellent composition with the boat and magic colors!

TFS

Gio

mikeo (12129) 2008-01-16 1:58

Ohhhhh wow!
What a place! Its a paradise! I love this kind of sandy beaches, with heavenly colours, clear water...
Good shot with perfect sharpness, beautiful colours and interesting compo.

Good job!
Greetings
Aga

MeAT (1174) 2008-01-28 2:58

I think the picture would have been better without the fisheye. Colours are great, display of elements but I think it is a bit overdone here.

MeAT :)

porto62 (2313) 2008-02-11 16:57

Hi Benedict,a great fisheye shoot really love it,great compo and POV a great sky with fluffy clouds,good shoot.

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2008-04-11 10:32

Ol� Benedict,
fant疽tica essa imagem, gostei do efeito distorcido da lente e da captura de cores.
Parab駭s e Abra輟!

levocan (2253) 2008-06-01 1:43

Hi Ben;
I have time to look the old photos in TE.
This photo is well.
POV is well.
TFS

Best Regards

Levent