Chasing Light in Buagsong

In photography, to "chase the light" would mean to wait and to watch out for the best lighting conditions and capture the dramatic effect of this light in pictures.

Most of the time, this phrase is always paired with landscape photography. Some would also pair this with night and low-light photography, wherein there is minimal light and so capturing images at night and at low light conditions would literally mean chasing light.

It was in this spirit that my friends and I have decided to do some low light shots in Buagsong. It was not clear though if we chased light in terms of landscape or low-light photography.

Buagsong is a fishing community in the island of Cordova in Cebu. I am a frequent visitor of this place due its beautiful sunset views (here's my previous entry).

And Buagsong has not yet failed me. The following shots may not be the standard and typical "chasing the light" pictures (with foreground, subject, background and all), but I love them just the same. In fact, I have made this set as my animated wallpaper.

A patch of mangrove with the clouds reflecting the orange light...




Here's a 30 second exposure. A protruding rock, enveloped in waves, now flattened due to the long exposure. Blue light has become prominent in the receding sunlight.




The light now slowly receding, with vestiges of warmth lightly spread in the sky and the cooler blue hues enveloping much of everything, even the waves.






Cooler blues eventually won, with the warm colors slowly fading in the sky...




And I have saved my favorite for last...



For a few minutes before the sun dipped into the horizon, the sky turned red, draping most of those in the sea with crimson hues... For a time, red won over blue...