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There is a roosting tree for fruit bats 100m from Sulu Garden, Miagao. Every night at 6:30 the bats leave the tree in groups until the whole sky is filled with them. They don't make a sound as they fly. They feed on the fruit in the surrounding jungle. How do people live with so many bats? They are harmless and the tree they roost in is considered mystical and over 200 years old. On misty nights Princess Ulayra's golden ship docks next to the tree. Many mysterious sightings of bright lights and white ladies are reported. Some say that they have seen Kapre smoking in the branches of the roosting tree. The Kapre are mythical giants that are half man, half beast. I was also told that people have seen mansions appear and disappear next to the roosting tree. Needless to say, no one here will harm it. One day, though, big money and business will come here and with out regard for, or perhaps because of, the hundreds of creatures that make a home here, cut down the roosting tree.


This photo was captured at sunset with Canon 5DII and 24-70 lens at various focal lengths then composited in post process using photoshop.

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