Philippines favourites

Some of my favourite images of the Philippines.

Patawan island - Philippines
Patawan island near Bancalan at the Balabac region, south Palawan, Philippines. This gorgeous deserted island is a short boat ride away from Bancalan island and is a popular destination among the locals who like to stay overnight during a full moon. We went here during a island hopping tour, left at 5am, went fishing for a few hours, stopped at this island where our 2 local friends cooked us the fresh fish and we ate it 'cowboy style'. Great people and a great day! Aerial photo shot with DJI Mavic Pro.
Tankahan Beach - Philippines
Tankahan beach near Bancalan island at the Balabac region, south Palawan, Philippines. Another gorgeous island in this region that is just filled with gorgeous island, inhabited by only a few locals. The waters look especially nice from the sky, swimming was good here, but as in most of the country, waters are shallow, fish are few and corals are dead.

Batad, Philippines (aerial panorama)
The Queen of rice terraces and man-made landscapes: Batad, Philippines. Panorama shot with DJI Mavic Pro drone. Created by shooting 3 rows of images, stitching up to 60 photos. Built over 2000 years ago by the Ifugao people at 1500m above sea level. Built higher and on steeper hills than any other rice terraces, an intricate irrigation system harvesting water from the forests of the mountain tops, elaborate farming system, make this amphitheater of rice terraces an accomplishment like no other. They are rightfully named as a UNESCO world heritage site. Batad would be one of the highlights of my trip around the world, I knew this before I was there. It lived up to its expectations and I dedicated 11 days to capture this place to my best of abilities in photo, time lapse and aerial video, dealing with all kinds of setbacks as a non-cooperating mother nature and 4 brownouts.

Batad, Philippines (aerial panorama)
The Queen of rice terraces and man-made landscapes: Batad, Philippines. Panorama shot with DJI Mavic Pro drone. Created by shooting 3 rows of images, stitching up to 60 photos. Built over 2000 years ago by the Ifugao people at 1500m above sea level. Built higher and on steeper hills than any other rice terraces, an intricate irrigation system harvesting water from the forests of the mountain tops, elaborate farming system, make this amphitheater of rice terraces an accomplishment like no other. They are rightfully named as a UNESCO world heritage site. Batad would be one of the highlights of my trip around the world, I knew this before I was there. It lived up to its expectations and I dedicated 11 days to capture this place to my best of abilities in photo, time lapse and aerial video, dealing with all kinds of setbacks as a non-cooperating mother nature and 4 brownouts.

Batad, Philippines
The Queen of rice terraces and man-made landscapes: Batad, Philippines. Built over 2000 years ago by the Ifugao people at 1500m above sea level. Built higher and on steeper hills than any other rice terraces, an intricate irrigation system harvesting water from the forests of the mountain tops, elaborate farming system, make this amphitheater of rice terraces an accomplishment like no other. They are rightfully named as a UNESCO world heritage site. Batad would be one of the highlights of my trip around the world, I knew this before I was there. It lived up to its expectations and I dedicated 11 days to capture this place to my best of abilities in photo, time lapse and aerial video, dealing with all kinds of setbacks as a non-cooperating mother nature and 4 brownouts.

Batad, Philippines
The Queen of rice terraces and man-made landscapes: Batad, Philippines. Built over 2000 years ago by the Ifugao people at 1500m above sea level. Built higher and on steeper hills than any other rice terraces, an intricate irrigation system harvesting water from the forests of the mountain tops, elaborate farming system, make this amphitheater of rice terraces an accomplishment like no other. They are rightfully named as a UNESCO world heritage site. Batad would be one of the highlights of my trip around the world, I knew this before I was there. It lived up to its expectations and I dedicated 11 days to capture this place to my best of abilities in photo, time lapse and aerial video, dealing with all kinds of setbacks as a non-cooperating mother nature and 4 brownouts.

Batad, Philippines
The Queen of rice terraces and man-made landscapes: Batad, Philippines. Built over 2000 years ago by the Ifugao people at 1500m above sea level. Built higher and on steeper hills than any other rice terraces, an intricate irrigation system harvesting water from the forests of the mountain tops, elaborate farming system, make this amphitheater of rice terraces an accomplishment like no other. They are rightfully named as a UNESCO world heritage site. Batad would be one of the highlights of my trip around the world, I knew this before I was there. It lived up to its expectations and I dedicated 11 days to capture this place to my best of abilities in photo, time lapse and aerial video, dealing with all kinds of setbacks as a non-cooperating mother nature and 4 brownouts.

Batan 2: Rolling Hills with UFO cloud (panoramic)
Batan Island (Batanes), Philippines View on Mt Iraya from the Rolling Hills, see the UFO cloud that appeared the day I arrived. For 18 days I was hoping to witness it again, but never did. Glad I arrived when I did. I had only ever witnessed this on other photos and felt so lucky to see it, especially at this beautiful place.

Batan 6: Mt Carmen
Batan Island (Batanes), Philippines The famous stone church building Mt Carmen. It was actually quite hard to capture this at the right time with a nice sky and especially with no one around, as constantly people seemed to pop up here that would stay forever.

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