terraced fields Photo

Photographer’s Note

One of the many rice terraces in Sagada, part of the Cordillera Mountain range in the Northern Luzon in the Philippines. These terraces are man-made and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Cordillera’s rugged mountainous backbone contains many peaks exceeding 2,000 meters in height, with rolling hills and stretches of river valleys along its flanks. The Cordillera is both the highest and the single largest mass of mountains in the entire Philippine archipelago. Indonesia, China, and Vietnam also have beautiful rice terraces.

I have included in the WS an image of another rice terraces from a nearby province.

cuneyt-sb, Gerrit, Aeroby, riclopes, kiwi_explorer, siolaw, Dragonheart, Emile, ChrisJ, Rosa_d_MonteLua, Silke, plimrn, singuanti, isabela_sor, sevman13, daddo, jan515, MLINES, atus has marked this note useful

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hay_kes (28554) 2007-02-11 10:22

Hi Danilo,
What an amazing view.Great colours and POV.Nice perspective.TFS.
Cheers!

hAyAti

Budapestman (40866) 2007-02-11 10:24

Hi Danilo,
This is an interesting and very spectacular place. Impressive POV and fine atmosphere. I like the particular and attractive details. Very good shot!
Thank you, nice days
George

Richard1 (0) 2007-02-11 10:39

"Indonesia, China, and Vietnam also have beautiful rice terraces but the terraces in these regions are not situated up in the mountains.

Your photo is an artwork by a photographic expert but your note is incorrect. Please take a look at the photos of Yuanyang, China.
You may want to joint this trip to verify your information.
Regards,

Richard

cuneyt-sb (6559) 2007-02-11 12:21

Hi Danilo
This is amazing, How they do that incredible really, also your shot is amazing too, very good and clear image,
TFS,Regards

saylan-cb (12726) 2007-02-11 12:42

Hi Danilo
Nice compo and interesting.I like this image
Well done
TFS/Regards

Gerrit (35417) 2007-02-11 15:29

Hi Danilo,
Dazzling view. The fields look real tiny but I guess they're just far away.
Great tones and depth.
Regards, Gerrit

Aeroby (230) 2007-02-11 16:41

Hi danilo,
Very beautifull picture. And waouu, what a view !!
Do you try to shape your picture only on the terraces to see what it could be ?
Thank for this nice landscape :-)
regrds,
Robin

prezntime (3945) 2007-02-11 21:12

Hello Danilo.
I am always amazed to see these terraces...the sheer size is outstanding, but to think of the engineering that took place to create these plateaus is great. Such texture from your vantage point...seems almost as if the mountain is melting in molten waves. Great, detailed photograph.
Regards,
Chris.

John_F_Kennedy (30545) 2007-02-12 2:49

A great point of view gives a dynamic composition! Lovely details and colours.
Achim

sebcz (2345) 2007-02-12 3:03

Hi Danilo!
Those terraces always cacth my eye, I am amazed by the shapes, curves and reflexions they produce. Fine, high PoV.
Seb

riclopes (32823) 2007-02-12 3:47

Olá Danilo, I absolutely love the visual effect of the these terraces on the landscape. It's a really beauty and I allways smile everytime I see one photo of them here. Excellent capture from above with great colors and well managed lighting. Love the graphism and the WS is also a very good one that could be easily been the main post.
Greetings,
Ricardo

kiwi_explorer (12195) 2007-02-12 4:34

Hello Dan,
Spectacular view and well captured/composed. This one does not have the visual pollution that some of the rice terraces I've seen wherein residential housing is very prominent. Hope they continue preserving this heritage. As usual, the quality of your picture is outstanding. Nindot kaayo, Bay.
Cheers,
Renier

vincz (19039) 2007-02-12 8:55

Great picture from these ricew terrasses. I especially like the reflection of the light in the water on the left hand side.

Greetings from Kathmandu!

siolaw (25692) 2007-02-12 10:28

Hi Danilo
A great POV on the valley and terraces with sharp details and wide range of greens...nice flowers inclusion in FG
Laurent

noogy (1026) 2007-02-12 18:57

danilo strikes again! :) your capture of the rice fields is a tribute to the age-old practice of Cordillera farmers to plant rice on steep steps of this hill. beautiful greens can be seen in your photo, yet it also shows the brown soils where the terraces are being worked on. no other rice terraces in asia are situated on the hills, this is truly a marvelous photo. two thumbs up!

jhm (81637) 2007-02-13 12:44

Hi Danilo,

This is almost a relief on the hills of the mountain, splendid how jou the rice fields show at us, almost a satellite picture, nice composition and lovely colourful, very well done. Very well done!

Have a nice day,
John.

MIG13 (0) 2007-02-13 13:17

Hi, Danilo! What a spectacular POV! A very nice composition, showing a typical asian rural landscape! Great colours and sharpness! TFS! Greetings from Rio! Miguel.
P.S.: You got a Latin name... Do you speak Spanish? I'm thinking about the Spanish heritage in the Phillippines...

Gustaw (21670) 2007-02-13 13:39

Hallo my friend!
Very interesting view, interesting place. Good composition and good colours. I like your perspective.
Marek

berek (28750) 2007-02-14 1:27

Hi Danilo,
interesting view with beautiful green my friend. good composition and note. greetings.
Burak
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Cretense (54654) 2007-02-14 5:23

Hi Danilo!

Excellent landscape with a very impressive POV and composition. Incredible colours, sharpness and contrast. Rice fields are a favourite subject and you have captured it magnificently! Congratulations!

Hercules

Dragonheart (8393) 2007-02-14 7:44

Hello Danilo,
Beautiful shot, good high POV, these rice terraces are magnificient.
Well done
Thanks for sharing
Best wishes
Vivek

Emile (19775) 2007-02-14 23:43

Hola Danilo.
Beautiful panoramic view, you captured very well the terraces with a very good high POV.
The colors and sharpness are great, excellent composition.
Well done.

Rosa_d_MonteLua (1504) 2007-02-15 13:58

Hi Danilo!
Lovely composition with this green and that fabulous formations on the ground.
Good depth of field and perfect clarity.
TFS and best wishes,
Rosa

plimrn (19552) 2007-02-15 21:42

Hi Danilo,
I almost think I like the WS better because of the more close-up detail. Of course this one is very interesting as well. I wonder where you were when you took the photo. It almost looks like it was taken from a plane with the flooded fields looking like little chips of mirrored glass. HLJ, Pat

singuanti (15240) 2007-02-15 23:07

Hi Danilo. It's amazing how intricate the terracing is here. I'm willing to bet these fields have been used generation after generation. I might up the contrast to enhance the clarity. tfs Danilo.

AiresSantos (41220) 2007-02-16 3:30

Great effect of these terraced fields !
Excellent POV, depth and colours.
Have a nice weekend

ChrisJ (69430) 2007-02-16 3:38

Hi Danilo

A superb & expansive view of the rice terraces with excellent repetition, colour & sharpness. Tfs!

feather (49848) 2007-02-16 5:47

This is a good time of year to take this when the rice fields are flooded. The light reflected on the water makes a wonderful pattern. Your high POV works very well.
Kath

Silke (3023) 2007-02-16 14:31

Isn't it amazing that something that is essentially utilitarian can also be beautiful. I love the POV of these terraces and the gentle colours and details that work their way up the slopes to dissolve into simple wild.
TFS
silke
:)

isabela_sor (41881) 2007-02-17 3:29

Amazing view!!This place looks like an imposible puzzle :) with all these rice terraces!Hard to see something like this view in Romania.A good picture,Danilo
A nice weekend
Isabela

pablominto (39872) 2007-02-17 3:38

Hello Danilo,
An awesome point of view, really showing what this magnificient site is about!
I like how the light reflects off the rice pads, and the lines are as always attractive...
Beautiful shades of green in this well framed scenery!
Greetings,
Pablo -
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sevman13 (553) 2007-02-17 17:06

hi,
you really work hard to show us all beautiful nature aspects of yuor country.
well done for this great shot.

Serdar

daddo (11263) 2007-02-20 5:38

Hi Danilo. Impressive scenery, effective Pov. One cannot but wonder at the number of generations and the ceaseless toil that went into creating something like this- functional and beautiful at the same time.Regards. Klaudio.

jan515 (545) 2007-02-22 15:11

Awesome green colours and interesan note dear Danilo, wonderful perspective and beautiful sharpnes detail oof your picture.
Best wishes.
Janusz

MLINES (10824) 2007-03-05 20:59

Hi Danilo. Good POV and DOF to see this famous area in Luzon Province with all those terraces. It is a marvel that they do not wash away. Good colours and clarity. TFS. Murray.

atus (15452) 2007-03-20 12:59

Hello Danilo,
what an amazing landscape captured here from a fantastic high pov. The perspective is absolutely great with the puddies among all these thick green vegetation. Very nice one! Tfs and best wishes.
Attila