Giving mother earth a helping hand

Earth Day Bakawan Planting Originally uploaded by Jepster In celebration of Earth Day yesterday, some people from work went out to the shoreline nearby to plant mangrove propagules and seedlings. OK I admit I did not plant a single mangrove that afternoon since I was the self proclaimed official photographer of the activity and I did not want to get mud and seawater on my camera and gear. I actually had more fun than I thought I would. There is something about walking at the beach (even if it was a muddy beach and my shoes kept getting sucked into …

Natural Pearls

Natural Pearls Originally uploaded by Jepster I bought this pearl necklace for my mother during my trip to palawan last February. i was actually looking for a seed pearl necklace but I did not see anything I liked and this particular piece caught my eye. It was also a perfect opportunity to play around with my macro lens filter. Taken with my Canon EOS 350D with a Canon EF 22-55mm USM lens with a +4 Canon close up macro filter. See the full EXIF data on my Flickr page.

Dragon Ergler

dragonpaul Originally uploaded by Jepster My nephew drew this sketch a few years ago presumably as a character to one of his "computer games". You see my nephew has dreams of becoming a computer game designer, building characters, levels and maps. I was planning to render his creations in 3D using Blender3D but never actually found the time to do it (I find the task a bit daunting and all my creations so far are limited to 3D models of furniture and appliances). A few weeks ago I was talking to a friend of mine and he told me that he just stu…