Wooden Fishing Boats in Sisiran Bay, Philippines - Chill 4K Video + Photos

I crossed the sea with ‪@Raqslifetv‬ aboard the Happy Madison, a small Banca (Indigenous Outrigger Canoe) while on vacation and took the Olympus, GoPro and DJI Drone out to travel between small villages across the Sisiran Bay, Philippines - from bgy Bahi to bgy Burabod.

Along the way, near Burabod, we found a small fleet of large Banca Fishing Boats resting in the Sisiran Bay before returning back to the Philippine Sea and Pacific Ocean - so before we ported in Burabod, we took the banca around to get a closer look at the vessels along with getting some nice pictures in the process.

The photography was somewhat challenging as I only had the 12-45mm lens with me, so I did not have the reach I would have liked to have to get some better details. Also the light was changing rapidly with a lot of clouds and early morning sun changing position as we approached. Additionally, carrying a lot of equipment while also trying to keep the camera still while the boat was moving and rocking was not the easiest.

At one point I switched to shutter priority to ensure I was maintaining a relatively high shutter speed of at least 1/500+ - lots of photos were taken with the electronic shutter of the EM5.3 so I could rapid fire but also maintain more control without switching to burst mode - I find my ability to rapid fire maually with the electronic shutter is my prefered method of shooting when I need to take a lot of shots and hope one is a keeper. In the end, between Aperature priority and Shutter Priority, almost all of the photos ended up coming out tack sharp. The overcast skies were a challenge in some photos - I could have replaced the skies but I prefer not to ever do that, so I did what I could in lightroom to improve them a bit. So out of about 73 photo's, these are the 11 I kept. Out of the 11, I really like 2-3 of them, but wanted to share the 11 I kept as I think they are all interesting.

Equipment Used

OM Systems EM5 Mark III with 12-45mm f/4 Pro M. Zuiko lens
DJI Mini 3 Pro
GoPro Hero 10

Audio: Epidemic Sound

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