Loess gully area in the Loess Plateau Photo

Photographer’s Note

Loess gully area in the Loess Plateau of China. Taken on a flight, in the 10,000m air over Shanxi province. Shanxi and Shaanxi are neighboring two different provinces in China, they are bordered by Yellow river/Huanghe.

A typical agriculture and forestry landscape, the ecological conservation has been well done there in recent years. For the people who convert steep-slope farmland into forests or grass land, the government will compensate them about 2,250kg grains per hectare per year.

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feather (50154) 2008-05-20 6:19

Amazing landscape taken from the plane. All the terracing shows up clearly making it look like a relief map. Maybe a bit more contrast at the top would help. Well done
Kath

Miha2ou7 (4955) 2008-05-20 10:05

Hey Zhongyi

Well, you`ve had the perfect POV there. Beautiful, almost mystic scenery, with an interesting selection of colors. I would just contrast it a bit perhaps and sharpen it a bit.

Regards.

CMJC (3168) 2008-05-21 7:00

aerian view is the best to understand a place; here agriculture want place but erosion must also be a problem, so this governement compoensation is a good way.
what is the agricol production plaease, riz or cereals?

noborders (14201) 2008-07-16 11:42

I saw these landscapes many times from the train, it looks much nicer from the air ! The photo could be a bit sharper but the view is fantastic, you probably zoomed quite a lot from that altitude !
Compliments, TFS,
Cath.