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highway by the tea gardens


highway by the tea gardens
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Copyright: Arnab Chatterjee (arnabchat) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 811 W: 144 N: 952] (6268)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-04-21
Categories: Nature
Camera: Olympus C350 zoom Camedia
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): North Bengal- People and Nature [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-04-26 4:45
Viewed: 1723
Points: 12
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The shot is taken on our way to Mirik from Jorepokhri. Velvet green tea gardens flank the roads, and are a trademark speciality of the region. One can get down from the car, get into the gardens and see women plucking leaves.
Darjeeling district grows world class tea, and is why people come to visit Darjeeling, besides having the glorious view of Mt. Kanchendzongha.

For enthusiasts looking for details, this is the garden in the Gopaldhara tea estate, belonging to the Tea producing company Goodricke; the tea produced from these gardens are commercially available by the name "Thurbo".


Before I left for this trip Henk Jacobs (oochappan) told me "bring back some tea". So, I came back with some tea in my camera, my first shot from the gardens today. Well, I also came back with tea to drink, and I sipped a cupful this morning.
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Such a nice landscape, a gentle road climbing up in those tea estates.. I am a big fan of tea fields landscapes... even though I am a big coffee drinker..
I simply want to be there, walking in the middle of the green Ocean.

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  • gaby Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1418 W: 45 N: 1548] (19656)
  • [2005-04-26 5:30]

Hi Arnab,
A superb tea landscape - Splendid compo with the road and the cars on the right -
Thanks
Gaby

And indeed you did bring back tea, nice curving landscape indicating with the clouds that those plants needs the misty humidity to give all their flavour, all about tea... , incredicle sharp texturing on the leaves, you can count them almost, natural colortoning, clouds coud be a tiny bit more textured grey, the cool feeling you could break slightly mayby with a warm filter in the PP for those few.
PS I drink mostly tea in the South as soluble coffee is mostly used in tea-stalls.
Excellent capture Arnab.

nice shot. takes us to the tea estates for a second. wonderfulgreen carpet. natural colour good sharpness. i have visited most of the south indian tea estates but not in the north thanks for showing.
justin

Hello, I love this green color and the round shape of those montains. The highway is nice too. Thank you for sharing. Regards

another good capture of the green arnab!

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