The church of Bulacan, Bulacan, though beautiful, is quite a challenge to photograph. Even with a big front fenced space and my ultrawide angle lens, a Canon EF-S 10-22mm (16-35mm fullframe equivalent), one can’t still get a good architectural shot. Because of its bulk, width and height, framing the church in its entirety results to a tapered look, keystoning, as one is forced to tilt the camera up at an angle.
One of the beautiful churches in the province of Bulacan is found in the former capital with the same name: Bulacan that is located by the banks of the Bulacan River (yeah, it can get consfusing at first). An imposing site it is, the architecture is said to be a mixture of Baroque and Muslim. The construction of the church and convent started about 1578 and finished before 1762. It was occuppied and later burned by the British during their brief stay (when they also desecrated and looted San Agustin in Intramuros) which was then rebuilt.
While doing a shot of the church of Angat in Bulacan, I was just slightly distracted by a moving thing along the church ground and, lo, and behold, a not so common male prionid (Subfamily Prioninae, Family Cerambycidae, Coleoptera) struggling to get back on its feet after perhaps falling to the ground and landing on its back. Unfortunately for this insect, its now in my collection.
By the way, I’ll be in Iloilo this morning (0500H flight!) and then on to Bacolod City for the the Masskara Festival that I’ve always been wanting to see and now’s the time. After that, back to Iloilo for a day before going to Cuyo Is. and Culion Is. in Palawan for the Palawan leg of my photo assignment.
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