Patterns of Nature, a photo from Uttarakhand, Nord

Photographer's Note

Following my previous post, I show you here a closer approach of the color fields of a very small village (much smaller than Pana) from which I don't know the name. Those are not rice terraces fields. They are a special type of corn, called "millet" and it gives wonderful colors during the proccess of growing. You can see a more closer one here .

This was taken in the middle of the descent, from my last post and with almost the full range of my zoom lens and the quality is not the best. Unfortunately I didn't got a better one. I thought I would pass near by those fields, but the trail was in a lower level and I was surrounded by trees. One with the full range can be seen in WS .

---------

UPDATE - extra WS

after some critics, I decided to give another try with a diferent pp - with shadows/highlights (increasing the highlights and decreasing the shadows) and increasing the contrast 20% and decreasing the brightness 30%.

I've been discovering that posting worse images, I learn much more and I thank you all for that :-)))

flory, sleon, chrisnet, papagolf21, ChrisJ, luisafonso, cunejo200, Ramy, carper, alvaraalto, manatee, ribeiroantonio, bakes888, paura trouve(nt) cette note utile

Critiques | Translate

bruce_wayne (1507) 2007-03-01 3:29

Ciao Ricardo
le linee dei campi e i colori tenui rendono questa foto una bellissima composizione, molto ricercata e che dà tranquillità.
Ben fatto!

Bruce

sleon (9402) 2007-03-01 3:35

Hi Ricardo
This is a fabulous landscape - a bit like rice terraces but the colours are different. This is a good example of how man can sometimes enhance a landscape with industrial activity. The quality of the shot seems OK even if the lighting probably wasn't optimal.
Regards,Susanna

jasmis (58631) 2007-03-01 3:38

Exotic place, amazing photo in strong light. Patterns of the ground really make the show. Interesting note, too. Thanks for sharing. Regards.

flory (4848) 2007-03-01 3:42

ciao Ricardo,
you have right,gives an interesting coloring,especially from this pov..like somebody penciled all those fields and playing with the colours after that..it's a type of corn,it's enough for me...:)..
nice day,
flory

chrisnet (23062) 2007-03-01 4:52

Hello my friend Ricardo,
It's really a fabulous landscape, I like the POV and colors, well seen and done, congratulations and thanks for your very interesting note.
Best regards
Christian

papagolf21 (152599) 2007-03-01 5:06

Bonjour, mon ami Ricardo,
Vous avez bien fait de présenter deux prises de vue de ce spectacle étonnant, cela permet de mieux comprendre la topographie des lieux.
J'aime beaucoup cette explosion de couleurs. Très bonne mise en image.
Amitiés.
Philippe

ChrisJ (160008) 2007-03-01 5:13

Ola Ricardo

Good zoom shot of the rice terraces in your previous upload, with wonderful colour & contrast & excellent sharpness. Tfs!

luisafonso (862) 2007-03-01 5:28

A luz não está lá assim muito boa nesta Ricardo. E a composição é demasiado abrangente para resultar. Gostava de ver uma composição a brincar com as cores e os socalcos mas também a esta distância não dava. É uma pena que os caminhos nem sempre nos levem aonde queremos ir... Amanhã vou para a Serra da Estrela e só volto na segunda. Estarei ausente até lá. Deseja-me sorte e que neve entretanto. Queria uma paisagem branca para o mês de Março, mas isto de não termos montanhas e só termos serras não ajuda muito! :)

jinju (14265) 2007-03-01 5:41

Hi Ricardo,

Its a fantastic view. The only thing that I would point out is that it is rather bright, too high key. Maybe in photoshop you could use the shadows/highlights tool to bring down the brightness in the highlights

cunejo200 (7281) 2007-03-01 7:08

Hello,
It's amazing how mankind will adapt and toil hard in areas where living conditions are harsh. I thought these were rice terraces until I read your Note. This is well composed. The splattering of yellow and brown provide good contrast. Best regards. Danilo

John_F_Kennedy (43797) 2007-03-01 7:51

What a green and orange environment. An impressive place you are introducing today.
Best wishes
Achim

feather (51130) 2007-03-01 8:23

I like the colours and patterns made by the terraces. It's amazing how they make use of as much land as possible in a fairly inhospitable environment on the mountain slopes. I think you had a difficult choice between this and the WS. I like the closer view maybe better, but they are both good and interesting.
Kath

bhorerpakhi (559) 2007-03-01 10:09

Terrace farming throws up nice patterns in the hills like this picture here.
Poulomi

coco (30439) 2007-03-01 11:20

Hi Ricardo.

I am going to write in the opposite way than the most of the critiques. Why? Because there is something in the picture that dislikes me.

That bright is not useful for the photo.
Composition, or view, whatever name you prefer, is good. But the brightness (and also succes in the WS) is not useful for this photo.

Regards.

carper (96) 2007-03-01 12:11

well ricardo my friend I like it,
oke you had not luck with the light here, but farther it's a very good photo, very nice light and dark parts in the shot, I think a little bit more contrast will made it better, but thats personal.
good photojob here.
gr. jaap

alvaraalto (42276) 2007-03-01 16:37

Hi Ricardo,
These patterns are fascinating. You could also choose for the title: The patterns of nurture. The beautiful colours strengthen this amazing composition.
Groet Rob

leonorkuhn (16237) 2007-03-01 22:35

Olá Ricardo,

Excelente composição, lindos terraços coloridos, em uma sucessão incrível. Pelo tamanho das árvores vejo que você está muito acima, um ótimo POV, ótima diagonal. Gostei da alteração feita posteriormente, as fotos digitais são muito sensíveis à qualquer variação da luz.

Abraços
Leonor

manatee (4668) 2007-03-02 1:29

Well done my friend, I like your note, that is the way we can aprreciated it more your picture I wish everybody cna do it the same.

I like the colors and the terrace like a told you in the last crittic

Well done, sometimes I dont lie use the zoom, becuse the sharp is not good, but in this case you make a good work.

Um abraco

PixelTerror (0) 2007-03-02 5:02

Ola Ricardo,
You got a good PoV to shoot these terraces, they give me the impression to be like a big stretching tongue or descending lava... I like the ray of light on the bottom part to give some punch to the diverse colors.
Have a nice day,
Jean-yves

ribeiroantonio (22730) 2007-03-03 1:46

Começo justamente por concordar com ao colocarmos fotografias piores aprendemos muito mais, na medida em que os nossos amigos começam realmente a criticar e a sugerir alternativas. Parece que vamos ter de enveredar por esse caminho.
Em segundo lugar, acho que tu também viste que podias fazer mais qualquer coisa da tua foto e conseguiste uma melhoria considerável no WS2. Antes de escrever isto, estive a brincar com a tua imagem no photoshop e simplesmente pela aplicação de “curves” quase que consegui qualquer coisa muito semelhante à tua do WS2. Penso que alguém mais habituado ao Photoshop poderá realmente melhorar a foto.
Finalmente, gusto do teu PDV que nos dá uma visão muito agradável de uns pequenos terraços de cultivo encravados na montanha.
Um abraço,
António

bakes888 (18499) 2007-03-03 19:34

Hi Ricardo. Well seen and well captured. The PP in your workshop has worked well and given you richer colours. Nice composition and POV also. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

xuaxo (6854) 2007-03-04 7:38

Olá Ricardo,
Gostei mais das outras de Pana.
Destas, a que prefiro é o WS em zoom.
F

Angshu (56760) 2007-03-04 22:36

Ola Ricardo
Your WS has done much more justice to this fine shot. The colours and patterns made by the terraces which pulled like a magnet in your previous shot is in full glory here. Your PP goes to prove, how a little bit of tweaking helps the preventability of the image, which anyway had a fine composition. While your zoomed WS is good too, I would prefer this wider view
Friendly Regards
Angshu

paura (25802) 2008-03-28 16:25

Uma pitoresca e interessante fotografia, mosrando incríveis formas geográficas. belo trabalho, amigo.

Abraço

Paulo