The Angelus




There's something about trees and sunsets and lakes that always mesmerizes me. I can't explain it. So I just let my camera do the talking.

These couple of shots were both taken on lakesides but on two different lakes. One was taken in Rotorua and the other in Taupo. Both were taken at about the same time but the hues were very different. Perhaps it's because one was taken looking towards the east and the other towards the west.

I am always awe-struck by the simple, serene, yet powerful beauty of sunset. Somehow it seems like a daily sign, constantly reminding me to stay still, close my eyes and pray the Angelus, just like when I was in school when I hear the pealing bells at around 6 o'clock in the evening:

"...Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen..."

Rotorua
This was taken from the west looking eastward.




Three at Six
This one was taken from the east looking westward.

Comments

  1. Faith & Gari kaintulogbyaheSeptember 12, 2011 at 10:04 PM

    Ang masasabi lang namin, kapag maganda ang kukunan at nagkamali ka pa...;-P
    Beautiful, beautiful!

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  2. louella alixSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:04 PM

    Ang ganda naman ng shots na ito!

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  3. Ateneo de Naga Batch HS 1969September 13, 2011 at 1:12 AM

    yellow....obviously the French impressionist painter would love to be in your place right now...or the poet Gerald Manley Hopkins, S.J.,..'shaken with the glory of God' .....roms

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  4. Tochie **September 13, 2011 at 5:27 AM

    Salamat KTB. Ang camera ay isang kagamitan lamang. Ang isip ang siyang tunay na tagpag-likha. But we see things through our own personal filters. One can choose too show the ugly side of a beautiful thing (e.g. the notorious paparazzi) or vice-versa. Perhaps due to inexperience, puede magka-mali. Pero minsan, ito ay sadya depende na lamang sa mensaheng gustong iparating.

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  5. Tochie **September 13, 2011 at 6:33 AM

    Sabi nga ni KTB, nasa subject talaga yan. Pag maganda and scene, maganda din ang kalalabasan na litrato.

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  6. Tochie **September 13, 2011 at 6:35 AM

    Hi Romy. I'm sure NZ has it's own homegrown poets both contemporary and classic. The scenery in this part of the world is truly inspiring. In my own version of "poetry" though, I'm more in the area of "try" than in the area of "poet." Hehehehe...

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  7. camera *September 13, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    what a beautiful way to see the world! and you take awesome pictures. ako din, enamored ako sa sunsets. :)

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  8. Boboy YonzonSeptember 13, 2011 at 5:54 PM

    lovely shots Tochie!!! May Dyos talaga.

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  9. Tochie **September 14, 2011 at 5:43 PM

    Thank you very much for the kind words. Hope to see more and share more beautiful sunsets.

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  10. Tochie **September 14, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    Ay, sinabi mo Hugz. Ang kagandahan ng larawang yan, bagama't galing sa isang gawa ng tao, ay talagang gawa ng Taga-paglikha. I do not know or cannot imagine any artist who is able to paint the sky in a different hue, shape and perspective everyday and always a beauty to behold since the beginning of time.

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  11. Joe SamboSeptember 14, 2011 at 11:36 PM

    Chit, you got the eye or it buddy. Great shots!!!

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  12. Tochie **September 15, 2011 at 8:37 AM

    Hi Joe. The message is "Life's great!" And I am just the messenger. I'm sure you guys there in Arizona have far more magnificent views. I'll check my archives if I can find one of those photos taken in your 'backyard' (The Grand Canyon).

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  13. Tochie **September 15, 2011 at 8:50 AM

    Hi Joe. Here's a couple of shots taken from your 'backyard' during a visit there some years back.



    and



    The images are highly pixelated. I'm still looking for the originals.

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  14. Joe SamboSeptember 15, 2011 at 10:43 AM

    Yes, they said that the picture was always there, you framed it well amigo.

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  15. Tochie **September 15, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    Thanks Joe.

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  16. Joe SamboSeptember 15, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    We do have some amazing landscapes here, just look at the Arizona highways magazine they have some amazing photos there. You should have been here that year, looking at some of John Wayne's movie locations they were truly grand. You and your family are always welcome.

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  17. Tochie **September 16, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    Yup, should've been but I was a working man back then, and worked beckoned. There's always a next time, Joe.

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