Akasya trees or raintree (Samanea saman) are towering above other vegetation in this side of the highway. It is untypical canopy for this tree, but they are regularly pruned to behave that way. Fruit trees below them need partial shading for proper growth and development.
This is a scene in one of the toll gates. I like the combination of the hedge colors here.
It would be very nice if the bus will just stop here for me to take nicer shots of this landscape. I love the white sugarcane flowers in the foreground. They glisten with the afternoon sun, but they gently sway with the wind, producing the blurry effects.
The sun here is already hiding beyond the tall bamboos. How i love to have a long zoom lens on the ground to take this scene. Never mind, a private car one of these days will solve this wish.
I am joining Tina's PicStory to give them some deviation from the winter grey skies at the other side of the world. Our tropical skies seldom get grey in the whole year.
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I love the photo of the sugar cane fields with the blooms swaying in the evening breeze. Come to think of it, I've not being to a sugar cane for decades. Must make a trip to the farm one of these days.
ReplyDeleteThat is the only sugarcane fields i've seen nearest me, as normally they are out of the way. This is a new expressway, so the old fields were bared.
DeleteSamanea Saman = Raintree not equal to Acacia sp.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, the common name is raintree. Acacia is our local term, but it is not acacia, i didn't say it is Acacia sp!
DeleteI do miss the rural sceneries of the Philippines, especially on bus rides going out of Manila. It's a lovely country :)
ReplyDeleteIs this Mark? If you are, i can understand. You should come back often.
Deletethanx for your tropical piece of heaven! i feel little bit more warm now :)
ReplyDeletehahaha Tina, I hope you do! Keep warm.
DeleteWhat lovely scenery! I like the sugar cane flower photo. I never thought of them having flowers. Great photos. Thanks for sharing your part of the world.
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Thanks Loraine, I always wish i can just stop and get better shots of what i see, but i am not privileged to do that yet. How are you now?
DeleteGood job taking those pics from a moving bus! I like the sugarcane field. Must be a beautiful country.
ReplyDeleteyes Jason, it is beautiful country, that even I who always see these scenery still keep my eyes wide open on the road.
DeleteHI Andrea, You have a fabulous ride on the bus... AND--you managed to get some great pictures.. I liked them all, but of course, the sunset is my favorite one.. Thanks for sharing.
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Betsy
Betsy, taking shots on a fast moving bus makes my back ache, as i cannot sit properly while always looking sideways. My seatmate might be disturbed too! thanks for appreciation.
DeleteI love those raintrees and the beauty of the bamboo in silhouette
ReplyDeleteYes Donna, it is actually so beautiful looking at those tall bamboos, how i wish i can put the beauty of their greenness here in the posts. They are amazing in normal view!
DeleteAndrea, beautiful shots of the raintrees and the sky shots are lovely. You did a great job taking the photo from a moving vehicle. Have a happy day and weekend!
ReplyDeleteThank you Eileen, it is really difficult and from the so many shots i can only get very few ones! How i wish i can have shots like yours.
DeleteHi Andrea, I am glad that you stopped by and am sorry to be so slow to return your visits. My hubby and I both came down with a terrible winter flu. I still am coughing and coughing. Anyway...One good thing about your bus ride is that it leaves you free to let your mind wander, to look out and observe something other than the road. I used to compute 40-45 minutes each way to my job. Traffic in a big city takes all your attention and there were many times I wish that I had that commute time to think about something else besides driving! Of course the great thing about having a car is that you are free to stop, get out and take pictures. I love your description of the sugar cane flowers. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteJennifer, i hope you are well now, it seems many from the winter climes got it. I've long wanted to have a private car drive me along our highways, but it takes so long.
DeleteAmazing photographs! And such a lovely countryside.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your visit and appreciation NC mountainwoman.
DeleteI think you did grrat taking shots. You were lucky too that the bus had clean windows :)
ReplyDeleteHahaha, actually the windows are not clean, but the magic with DSLR telefoto unlike the point and shoot models is that the dirt near the camera are not seen. That has been my problem before with PnS, window dirt, haha! thanks.
DeleteWhat wonderful views Andrea! Such beautiful sunsets. Great shots!
ReplyDeleteHi Lona, i have a lot more beautiful sunsets, so you better come over soon! Thanks for the visit.
DeleteIt is amazing that you get such great shots from a moving bus! These are beautiful and give me a good idea of what your country-side is like. I almost feel like I was on the bus with you. Had to laugh at the idea of the bus driver stopping so you could get a better picture. Ha...I am lucky if my husband will stop the car for me to get one! ;)))
ReplyDeleteThank you Sallie, I also visualized the bus stopping to allow me get a nice photo and i laughed too, hahaha! I have always been posting photos while in the bus going home and back. I never nap at all like other travelers.
DeleteA wonderful romance of colour and light in these beautiful scenes! Especially love the atmosphere in the last two photos!
ReplyDeleteThank you Gemma, i always love your choice of words, "poetic-romatic-artistic-mystical".
Deletemy big problem taking a pic from my car is that the windows are so dirty - blame the dog....nice collection of tropical landscape
ReplyDeletehahaha, lower the window wipe it from inside while the car is moving, then shoot!
DeleteHi Andrea, don't we at times simply have to think out of the box.
ReplyDeleteAlistair, i didn't get what you mean, is it within the context of this post?
DeleteHi Andrea, I am now expecting you to be a mind reader. I was just thinking, how interesting to not only think of taking pictures from a moving bus and also getting such good results. Something I would not have thought of, hence, thinking outside of the box. Told you I sometimes make rubbish comments!
DeleteThanks for the clarification Alistair, as i've been thinking of unusual things bordering on something that will be unjust for you. I didn't know that is supposed to be a complement, haha, i thought you meant that my mind is very predictable and ordinary.
DeletePretty shots... esp. that of the sugar cane flowers...
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely, warm scenes!
ReplyDeleteNice shots -- love the sunset shots. It is definitely not easy to take a photo while the bus is speeding ahead. I love acacia trees too. :)
ReplyDeleteOh yes Jean very frustrating. But this acacia looks different that what we use to see, because they are pruned like that.
DeleteBeautiful!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteYou got some very wonderful photos from the moving bus, which is not at all easy to do. I really like your picture of the sun behind the bamboo.
ReplyDeleteYes George very difficult to do and very frustrating especially because most of the time my shots are bad, the reason i almost asked the driver to stop the bus!
DeleteThose are great shots. You are a photographer extraordinaire!
ReplyDeleteOh that's too much for me Melanie, haha, but thanks!
DeleteI am amazed how good the shots are from a moving bus. Well done and thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Fun60, my neck gets stiff for always looking sideways, LOL
DeleteThat last shot is lovely!!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic shot at the bottom! The trees on the top shot somehow remind me of the acacias in Africa.
ReplyDeleteHi there - I do like the bus shot - it manages to give a look of movement without being too blurred.
ReplyDeleteYes, we do have a small population - but it can still be hard to find a bit of solitude, because most people live in a small part of the country.
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Beautiful pictures! You are a good photographer!
ReplyDeletePs: My religion is Christianity.
I know how you feel:) Frustrating to be on a bus while passing all the gorgeous views. This happened to us on Sunday! A bird flew next to the bus and I wasn't able to get clear views. I just knew it was different. Frustrating!
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