In my photography, I am very fascinated by the clear blue sky. Growing up in the Philippines, in the center of Metro Manila, Big Bright Blue was usually occluded by the brown of city smoke, and by tall buildings, whose placement and eclectic architecture and all, hardly made the view as breathtaking as I usually see here and now. Climb up on a tall tower and you see the city, an expanse of brown and gray on the ground, a brown haze at the horizon and the blue of the sky. It was beautiful it its own way, but I grew up seeing it, getting used to it, that I couldn’t care less.

Landing into Detroit, I saw the scenery and the first thing I thought to myself was: “it’s so green!” Not that the Philippines doesn’t have its own share of green, no. There places minutes from the fringes of the city that are breathtaking as well, but I have not seen so much green, and so much pure, immaculate blue — Big Bright Blue as I now call it — until I have lived here. Maybe it is something that not everyone appreciates; I’m guessing that if you’ve grown up to this kind of scenery no comparison would be available. I hope my little account helps y’all appreciate the Big Bright Blue a little bit more.

Enjoy the photos. They’re clickable, and link to a 480 by 360 pixel larger version.