A shot I took while visiting my mom’s (and apparently mine…doh) relatives in the Island Garden City of Samal. Samal is known for a variety of it’s fruits and one of them is the sereguelas. My mom and I love them very much and since I am no tree climber (Heaven forbid if I should attempt such a thing) and my mom’s not exactly the young bukid girl that she was, we opted to ask this little boy to do the climbing for us. We are evil, lazy, fruit-eating people. I know. For the record though, we didn’t force the boy. Actually, we just asked him if there were still any sereguelas left since it was already 2 weeks after it’s season when he said yes and suddenly bolted up the nearest sereguelas tree. We were shocked but delighted nonetheless. Evil, cruel, selfish people. I know.
Anyway, I post processed this shot (obviously) and converted it to BW. I think the filter effect I chose was BW with a yellow filter something… I forget the name at the moment. I PP’ed it since I am a bad photographer who takes stupid ugly poorly composed shots who just happens to know how to use editing programs. Really, the shot was terrible. I cropped, changed levels, added the BW effect and I still end up with this. You must be wondering why I even bothered to put it up. Well, sue me. Kidding. Not. Really, I’m kidding.
Camera: Nikon D60
Lens: 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 VR
Shutter Speed: 1/125″
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Exposure Compensation: ±0EV
Metering Mode: 3D Matrix
Focal Length: 18mm
White Balance: Auto
Picture Control: Normal
hahahaha. the last time i checked… that’s child labor
SSSSHHHH!!! ‘wag maingay… Bigyan na lang kita sereguelas next time…
great story within the pic.
I love the expression of the kid. So focused on his little adventure.
Thanks! Di talaga ako magaling sa mga human subjects and capturing emotions. I must work on it. Di tulad sayo, kahit stolen, maganda! (worship)