the banaue rice terraces, a photo from Ifugao, Cagayan Valley

Photographer's Note

the 2000-year old banaue rice terraces, carved with the mountains of ifugao by the indigenous batad ancestors. built with minimal pieces of equipment, largely by hand. it is approximately 5000 feet above sea level, a UNESCO world heritage site. constant reconstruction and care are needed to correct the gradual erosions that are characteristics of the "steps".

zokakelt, stego, fserajian, henrytf, cuneyt-sb, paura, VeeJayCee, flory, AnaRita, Greg1949 has marked this note useful

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zokakelt (1157) 2006-08-12 8:38

Very good photo with excellent composition and sharpnes. Beautiful view.
Bravo
Zoran

Sue77584 (0) 2006-08-12 11:53

This beauty took ... my breaths!
I hope to see more of your shots from this area. Thanks.

Sue

babakale (169) 2006-08-12 12:24

Very nice shot. Congratulations! lights, lines and the tones of green were very nice processed.

muscovado (1566) 2006-08-13 18:26

Hi Ben, Smart composition, the serpentine lines and the vibrant green makes a good impact.
Czaldy

bazal (7900) 2006-09-01 3:12

Hi Benedict.

A very nice picture of these amazing rice fields. I like the POV and the perspective that make the picture dynamic.
I'm not so sure for the frame you added. This progressively whitish border makes me feel as if the limits of the picture were overexposed and I don't really like it. But, it's just a personal opinion!
Thanks for sharing.

mphotographies (1976) 2006-09-04 4:22

Hey Benedict,
For some these are "stairways to heaven", this vast rice terraces are truly magnifiscent. Great POV, would be so perfect if the house was cropped. This is one of your best landscape shots!
Cheers!
Jom

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stego (22556) 2006-10-02 12:07

Amazing!
Very well exposed and nice compo. The DOF is perfect. That makes me wonder why you used only f2.8. Did you want anything blurred?
A little bit more sharpness would improve, but nothing so heavy as BitemeJack's WS.

fserajian (2293) 2006-10-03 1:01

Hi Benedict,

This is a fantastic POV, and breathtaking. The weather has not helped, otherwise a blue sky would have made it much more effective. Thanks for sharing,

Regards,

Fara

Emiel_Skyfreak (3002) 2006-10-08 6:46

Lovely shot of these rice fields!
The repeating lines of the terraces work very effective in this frame. What also is effective, is the border of the terrace, that starts in the lower left corner and curves nicely into the distance. Now that I look closer, same for the terrace below that one, which border is emerging from the right. In general all tose curves make a nice image. Nice colours, good contrast and sharpness here aswell.
I like the hills/mountains in the distance being a bit fainted, that way the rice terraces really pop out.
I also like the soft frame you made.

Well done, very nice result!
tfs

saeedabbasi (294) 2006-10-10 2:10 [Comment]

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henrytf (985) 2006-10-17 4:30

Hello Benedict
I had never heard of Banaue.
Thanks to your superb photograph and Trek Earth I have now.
Regards
Henry

PixelTerror (0) 2006-10-19 4:17

Hi Benedict,
Superb landscape, I like these snaking leading lines starting from the corners, framed tightly but well, however your fading frame spoils the corners.
Have a nice day,
JEan-Yves

Vamos (40) 2006-10-24 17:18

beautiful landscape in a great frame!
vaggos

cuneyt-sb (6559) 2006-11-02 14:01

Hi Bro,
I didnt see that scene of ur wonderfull shot,
Werry good , very good
Best regards

DragonAngel (280) 2006-11-09 21:11

Great and beautiful photo Ben, Gratzz!

This is the great engineering by the farmer. Think how to channel enough water to all the field and to maintain it for 3-4 months.

This place always amaze me.. Thanks a lot for Sharing Ben.

Regards,
Da

paura (47166) 2006-11-10 13:13

Benedict,
Nice shot from this rice level curves plantation. Very beautiful POV. The diffuse water reflections appears interesting.

REgards

Paulo

VeeJayCee (2410) 2006-12-09 15:07

Super composition and colours Benedict, and all those wonderful lead-in lines! Excellent.

lelson (0) 2007-01-13 14:20

Good composition with the terrace making levels down the hill. Maybe the house is out of frame but it's a nice shot. Felicidades.

silycat (611) 2007-01-16 2:59

Hi!
This photo has been chosen by me to represent country in which it was taken in thema "Around the world", it is a very good and sucesful capture and excellent photo!

flory (4848) 2007-02-08 0:44

ciao Benedict,
this one have an interesting effect created by all those lines...fine details/natural colours..I'm impressive to see something like that,it's a unique place there..
nice day,
flory

AnaRita (1741) 2007-04-06 5:51

What a great POV this site is amazing it sure deserves the "title" of UNESCO world heritage site. It's just beautiful. :)

Greg1949 (9011) 2007-05-20 6:18

Benedict, This is certainly a sight to behold. It is amazing to see the photo and even think about what it takes to keep it functionong, tho actually see it must be really great. Nice shot

Greg

Tango7174 (0) 2007-05-30 21:58

Beautiful landscape. I like the POV where the foreground shows full details of the ricefields, leading gradually to the mountains far away...
Congratulations Benedict!

Thành.

giorgimer (34512) 2008-01-10 15:08

Hi Benedict,

I'm always very fascinated by this place, good perspective from this POV.

TFS

Gio