Sagada.. Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

Reaching the town of Sagada takes a little time but is truely worth the effort. It is famous for it's rice terraces and it's hill tribes. The hill tribes are all but gone but the rice terraces still remain.
This is also the home town of Eduardo Masferre. He documented People of the Bundok who are now virtually extinct.

"Sadly Masferre's work was not fully appreciated by his own countrymen until late in his career. It was only in the 1980s that his work started to attract local buyers and galleries, and the media started to pay attention to his work and cultural contributions. His first Manila exhibit was in 1982, quickly followed by international shows in Denmark and Tokyo. In 1988, a compilation of his work - E. Masferre: People of the Philippine Cordillera, was released. In 1989, he exhibited his work in France, at Les Recontres International de La Photographie - the first and the only Filipino, thus far, to be bestowed this tremendous honor. In 1990, the Smithsonian bought 120 of his prints - replicas of those prints now travel the world in honor of the Cordillera people and their faithful documenter." more at:

http://www.homegrownart.net/masferreprofile.htm

siolaw, jcdurka1, Buin, scobert, edytungkal, jmcl, efi, vinicio, ChrisJ, pboehringer, chrisnet, gary91, Philippe, Zelanda, xuaxo, qpochet trouve(nt) cette note utile

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jonathan_hart (22607) 2007-04-26 8:58

hello
good POV, great light, beautiful place and colours, well done, TFS
regards
jo

siolaw (25802) 2007-04-26 9:08

Hi Benjamin,
A great POV and superb light and exposure, with these beautiful colors, nice little valley wih a lot to explore!
TFS
Laurent

jcdurka1 (1940) 2007-04-26 9:17

Nice view of this rice valley where I like specialy the field with the ray of sun. It's very done with the mountain in background.
Great shot,
Regards,
Jean-Claude

cbrman (19041) 2007-04-26 9:18

Hello Benjamin,

Une très belle image dont la verdure est parfaitement exposée et saturée !
J'aime beaucoup l'effet prise de vue aérienne qui donne beaucoup de dimension à cette photographie ! La lumière est très belle et te permet de transcender ces rizières !
Bravo !

A+

Dominique

faubry (32407) 2007-04-26 9:30

bonjour Benjamin, tres beau paysage avec de superbes tons dans les verts, une superbe lumiere
a bientot
francine

Buin (38144) 2007-04-26 10:48

Hallo Benjamin!
Here the light is amazing! It emphasizes the greatness of this landscape. Your point of view was very well chosen! I like the many details one can see in this photo! I like this one very much!
Greetings from Germany!
Frank

scobert (5333) 2007-04-26 10:57

Hello Benjamin,
A lush and beautiful landscape with excellent lighting, patterns and layers of hills. Excellent!
Stan

edytungkal (4519) 2007-04-26 21:45

Hi Ben
Very rich green colour... I like it.
TFS

regards
daniel

jmcl (14097) 2007-04-26 22:56

Hi Benjamin,

Beautiful palette of greens .. wonderful textures ... great depth, I love the endless mountains .. the smallness of the houses .. wonderful image. Great light .. and control of it.

take care,

John

efi (4359) 2007-04-27 12:56

hi benjamin;

very soft colors of greens..perfect..TFS

anesugur (16970) 2007-04-28 14:35

Hi Benjamin,
Very well composed shot from a very good pov.
Excellent colors with superb light, details, and sharpness.
Well done. Best regards. Uğur

TravelerNL (2967) 2007-04-28 15:14

Hi Benjamin,
A very nice landscape with the ricefields. The rays of sunlight on some parts of the photo give such different colors, interesting to see.
Well done and thanks for sharing,
Harko

vinicio (22428) 2007-04-28 18:35

Beautiful plce with great green nature, I like also the soft contrast between light and shadows, you have done an excellent and peaceful picture of this beautiful valley, compliments Benjamin, very nice.
Have a good sunday
Ciao
Vinicio

ChrisJ (70443) 2007-04-28 21:23

Hi Benjamin

I like the intensity of the brightly lit yellow green rice paddy, contrasting against the dull shadowed areas. Good sharpness & a spectacular pov. Tfs!

pboehringer (770) 2007-04-29 1:54

So you were following Masferre's footprints ...? Your colorful shot gives a nice intro in his place of work and B&W documentary photography of the people of Bundok. I looked a little bit into some of his photography after seeing your post and note. Thanks a lot!
TFS, Peter

prumod (8264) 2007-04-29 8:11

hi benjami...
valleys with different layers of green are my favouite subjects... your one is very much pleasing my eyes....
greetings...

chrisnet (20376) 2007-04-29 10:22

Hello Benjamin,
Beautiful landscape of Philippines, I like the different tones of green, good light and depht, It's superb!
Regards
Christian

gary91 (15321) 2007-04-29 19:23

Hello Ben,
This landscape is superb. The rays of sun lighting one part of the fields is really beautiful. The lines guiding the eyes to the background of the picture are great. Very nice job !
Have a nice day.
Best regards, Christian

Manamo (3474) 2007-04-29 21:15

Hello Ben,
What beautiful colors you have here! I like the huge ray of light enhancing the colors in the middle of the compo.
Cheers,
Marc

AiresSantos (42760) 2007-04-30 2:09

I like this kind of pictures with green fields, Ben !
Excellent POV, great colours and light
TFS and have a nice week
Aires

Graal (58616) 2007-04-30 2:20

Hi Benjamin,
beautiful landscape, good POV and colours. I like the light also. Well done photo.
Gr., Aleksander

Silvio1953 (42617) 2007-04-30 8:57

Hi Benjamin, great landscapewith splendid light and colors, wonderful tonality of greens, very well done, ciao Silvio

Philippe (11787) 2007-04-30 16:19

Hi, Benjamin. I like the different lights you've got in your picture and which you managed very well. The narrow valley is a good lead into the picture. It goes towards the mountain tops and we follow it upwards. I think I can see people working in the fields and they scale the landscape which is very green.

noogy (1046) 2007-05-01 5:41

excellent photo, sir :) i like the vibrant greens here... the soothing blue sky... the superb dimensions presented by how you made the ground complement the hills. beautiful! keep clicking, TFS.

Zelanda (5692) 2007-05-01 10:30

Hola Bejamin,
Precioso paisaje con ese matiz de colores verdes.
Buen punto de vista y excelente definición.
Saludos cordiales
Zelanda

pablominto (41200) 2007-05-02 4:24

Hello Benjamin,
The colour of fresh rice is always attractive, and the varied light adds an extra dimension!
Good point of view along the valley, superb colours all over and many interesting details to explore!
Greetings,
Pablo -

cuneyt-sb (6559) 2007-05-03 3:06

Hi Benjamin
What a great landscape, what an amazing colors and POV
Lovely ground with very good lights management of shot,
I like it very much,
I put this to my favorites,
TFS/Kind regards

Nina (4609) 2007-05-05 4:59

Shades of green and lovely soft shapes are a treat for the eyes Ben.

Peppe (66) 2007-05-05 12:21

Hi Benjamin,

I wonder if this is a paradise.
The colours, different shades of green, sunshine in the middle and the mountains in the distance make it one of the most beautiful photos on TE.

Regards,

Peppe

izmirli (3269) 2007-05-09 11:31

merhaba dear benjamin
beautiful nature and landscape.very good depth green colours.well done.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

xuaxo (5825) 2007-05-22 15:12

Hi Ben!
This is a festival of color, beautiful green color.
The note is very interesting too.
F

banyanman (7737) 2007-05-28 10:04

Good composition and DOF, Ben, and excellent sharpness too. I like the contrast provided by the sun poking through a gap in the clouds. Although this is a very attractive landscape, it is sad to see so much deforestation on the hillsides - but, as you would well know, that is prevalent throughout the Philippines. Cheers . . . David

jr_paterson (259) 2007-11-15 2:27

Excellent shot. Great vibrant green colours. I have been to Banaue close to hear in Philippines, fantastic and beautiful part of the world.
Thanks for posting, cheers, james

qpochet (1378) 2007-11-15 2:34

Hi Benjamin,

Very nice view of those rice paddies. Excellent POV and very nice green tones. I like the valley creating depth and inviting us to take a look on the background.
Well done!
Quentin.

carolskie007 (459) 2007-11-15 2:56

Nice shade of greens and earth texture. The distant mountain adds depth in the frame. Just a correction, Sagada is located in Mountain Province of Cordillera Region not in Ilocos Norte.

TFS.

arturo (31) 2007-11-21 9:50

Hi Benjamin,

thank you for commenting on some of my post recently...
i enjoy this image for its very “luminous” view with amazing depth thanks to the pleasant light...i would only like to ask where is all that forest gone;-)...cheers, arturo