The Dubai Chronicles

Thursday, August 17, 2006

e m i l i o

while busy finishing the "stuff" (that's a hint), i'll give you a little history and photography... :P


shutter speed: 1/60 secs, aperture: f/8, iso: 200, focal length: 70mm, wb: auto, af-s nikkor 18-70mm dx, kaiser 67mm uv filter, kenko extension tube, manual focus, flash fired (wireless mode) using nikon sb-800

general emilio aguinaldo (1869-1964) was the first president of the philippine republic. he and his men fought for freedom and independence of the country against the spaniards and americans.

for more info, click here. also, see the large version.

this photo is a five-peso denomination of philippine currency. emilio was used to be in green paper and being transformed into coin due to the devaluation of its currency and poor economy. now, our country has a new enemy... from overwhelming poverty, corruption of government, dirty politics and mother nature's wrath.

if he was alive today, he is now too small to fight for it...

taken from the top, i mounted the extension tube and focused 2cm close to the subject. i used tripod to avoid the shake and fired via remote with wireless flash pointing on the upper right of the coin at 5-10cm.

no further pp work done except crf.

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