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 This image was disqualified from the Landscape II challenge.
Terraced fields
Terraced fields
letuananh


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Landscape II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Sapa - Vietnam
Date: Nov 2, 2005
Aperture: f11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Nov 2, 2005

 Two other features of the landscape immediately attract the visitor’s attention: the paddy-fields tumbling down the slopes in vertiginous staircases and the innumerable limestone peaks and crests emerging from the clouds in the morning, a sort of Halong Bay transferred to the mountains.

The terraced paddy-fields are built by the Hmong and Dao on the slopes where the water supply is sufficient to provide irrigation throughout the growing season. It takes a tremendous amount of work to create and maintain the paddy-fields and, in the absence of all instruments, it requires an elaborate ancestral technique, already used by the Chinese peasants before they emigrated during the second half of the 19th century. The surface area of the projected terraces is calculated according to the available water-flow. All the terraces must be perfectly horizontal, so as to maintain a constant water level before they pour into the terrace immediately below.

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AuthorThread
 01/26/2006 02:36:55 PM
Sorry your image got disqualified--it's a beautiful image, and I appreciated the backstory too.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/09/2005 01:57:30 AM
The colors seem unnatural (too much yellow)
 11/08/2005 08:43:58 PM
A sharper focus would be helpful.
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 11/08/2005 08:32:35 PM
Unique- I like that!
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