Rice Paddies in Southwest China

Here's another photo for the rice paddies in southwest China.

Comments are welcome

Wonderful patterns, and I think there are sufficient trees at the bottom to give it perspective.

Ditto what Stephen said! Very cool looking! I'm stunned by the patterns. Wow!

I liked your colour shot of the same area, and this one is stunning in black and white.

 

Alethea

It's probably personal. I like the color better. Maybe because it accentuates the difference between each little pool because they are all different colors. Because there are fewer distinct shades in this, it does not have as much texture.

This is a lovely image. The best bit for me is the subtle changes in shade of the water in the paddies on the left- those on the right are mostly pure white and therefore less interesting. I'd love to see a composition that concentrated on those gradations of grey.

fantastic!!! great abstract!!!!

very cool. nice job.

A great shot. Radiant and abstract resolving satisfyingly to the familiar.

Fabulous image!! I think B/W is the ideal format for this!

Very unsettling. Looks like the land is dissolving or melting away. Lovely!

I think the b/w one is way better than the color one. I don't know if it is the scanning change the original color because if the picture of rice paddies (Ti Tian) in Yunan and Guizhou was taken in the dawn or dusk, the color should be much more vivid than the one in your folder.

Check this link http://cameraunion.net/photo/showphoto.php?photoid=35904

and http://www.cameraunion.net/photo/showphoto.php?photoid=36961

 

It's a chinese website, but the pictures are worth viewing.

This is an excellent study of rice paddies, superb patterns veer off towards the realm of abstraction : perhaps because of the desaturation. I'd like it toned down in the brighter areas but appreciate that might be due to viewing it on a different platform.

Fine composition.

Incredible natural abstract, and brilliant use of B&W.

This is an amazing shot.

Well played

Congrats 7/7

Yeah Wow. Hypnotic.

 

Thanks for sharing.

This photograph has wonderful texture and makes one marvel at the time and human effort necessary to construct these rice paddies.

This is amazing.

Breathtaking! Karl