Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Nature Center

Notes from the Author. Who would have thought that there is a nature park in the middle of Quezon City?

Last September, we held our ad photoshoot with Kuya Kim Atienza at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Nature , located in Quezon Avenue, Diliman QC. The park is government property and managed by DENR.

The park is about 65 hectares of land. It’s a temporary shelter for rescued animals such as birds, reptiles, pigs and deers. It also has a botanical garden and a man-made lagoon.

It’s place to hold picnics and fieldtrips within Metro Manila.

“Behind the scenes” shoot

“ Barkada” chikitings. Our tiny models

This turtle is a family pet. Kuya Kim Atienza brought his pets to the shoot as extras.

This turtle had more attention than anybody else.

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Nature Photography at the Hidden Valley Springs

Notes from the Author. I took a one-day nature photography workshop at the Hidden Valley Springs in Alaminos, Laguna. Subject matter is nature.

Photography classes were held by the Filipinas Heritage Library of Ayala Foundation.

Here are my best photos. A bit amateurish, but I got good feedback on my fern leaf composition. :)

Theses photos were taken using a Nikon D700 and my Casio Point & Shoot digicam.

Hidden Valley is known for it’s natural springs which range from hot, cold and soda water. It also boasts of it’s forest of huge fruit trees, some of which are more than 300 years old. It also has a variety of tropical shrubs and flowering plants. There’s a walking trail to the forest which leads to a medium sized waterfall.