Rice terrace, a photo from Central, South

Photographer's Note

Rice terrace near Kandy. Scanned from a negative.

partly from Wikipdia and MySriLanka.com
The city of Kandy lies in the center of the island. It was the capitol of last generation of Sri Lanka`s kings until it fell in to the hands of British in 1815. Kandy was originally known as Senkadagala pura after a hermit named Senkada who lived there. Many of Sinhalese people call it “Mahanuwara” meaning the "Great City”. But the name Kandy was derived from the word Kanda, which means mountain. Due to it’s geographical location Kandy was not an easy target for the foreign invaders who could gain the control of coastal area of the island.

Thus Kandyan culture was abler to foster and maintain its own social structure, mode of living, Art & Architecture. The kings of Kandy ensured the safety and sovereignty of the hill capitol and it’s great culture until the British finally captured the city in 1815. The royal palace in Senkadagala was built by King Vikramabahu the 3rd of Gampola on the advice of a Brahmin who selected the site as a lucky ground for a Capital city. The first king to ascended the throne of Senkadagala was Sena Sammata Wickramabahu.

bracasha75, Gerrit, bakes888, ktanska, riclopes, Jonas_Schmitt, jwmunro, AiresSantos, pierrefonds has marked this note useful

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bracasha75 (24591) 2008-06-22 23:51

Halo Achim
Gruner geht,s nicht glaube ich .Das blick auf die Sri Lanka ist sher schon und von diesem land habe ich nicht viel anung auser when ich so von die Tamile Tiger hore
Grus,Bratislav

Gerrit (62042) 2008-06-23 0:00

Hi Achim,
Beautiful light and green tones in thsi excellent landscape
Regards, gerrit

bakes888 (18499) 2008-06-23 0:29

Hi Achim. Wonderful view, looks warm and steamy. Nice photo. I love the natural framing you have used for this shot. Good colours and details also. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

ktanska (44464) 2008-06-23 2:34

Hi Achim,
Even as a fingerprint this looked fantastic. Deep scene with strong foreground providing natural framing. Excellent play of sun and shadow on those rice terraces. And horizon disappearing into mist.
Kari

riclopes (35577) 2008-06-23 2:49

Strange framing...but I like it a lot. Great depth and very attractive greens. I like the mood of the strong sun. No blue sky, just an explosion of light filling the BG. Interesting image.
Best wishes,
ricardo

Miha2ou7 (5162) 2008-06-23 4:13

Hey John, an extremely likable photo, well though of, shot and then post-processed. Beautiful tropical surroundings, a fine composition and a good take on the POV.

Fine work, best regards.

Jonas_Schmitt (3074) 2008-06-23 4:54

Hallo Achim!
Super Bild einer tollen Reisterrasse in Sri Lanka. Ich war bereits 2003 einmal in Sri Lanka, u.a. in Kandy (damals noch mit Kompaktkamera), da gibt es wirklich schцne Reisterrassen.
Die Farben gefallen mir sehr gut und das Licht ist klasse. Gut gemacht!
GrьЯe,
Jonas

AiresSantos (56155) 2008-06-23 4:58

Hi Achim
Amazing view of this rice terrace with fine colours and details. I like your informative note and how you framed the picture with the trees
TFS and have a nice week
Aires

jwmunro (286) 2008-06-23 4:59

Hello Achim -

A nice view of the rice fields. Even though the sky is a bit off I think you have captured the sense of the place. To me, the OOF leaves on the left side of the image are a bit distracting. I feel the upper branch is intrusive while the lower leaf is just too close to the lens. They are constantly drawing my eye away from the lovely scene. Nice image - I do like the peaceful scene.

Thank you for sharing.

John

Stepan (27210) 2008-06-26 11:09

Fluo-green, humide, rainy... Makes me feel like leaving right now to Sri Lanka !
And you managed the light well, despite the facing sun. A good thin horizontal frame too.
Stйphane

Graal (103040) 2008-07-01 0:13

Hi Achim,
fine idea, natural frame and beautiful landscape in BG. Interesting place, good note. Well done photo.
Gr., Aleksander

pierrefonds (113552) 2008-07-04 15:46

Hi Achim,

The different curve lines of the rice terraces are assets to the composition. The trees are a natural frame to the terraces. The light fog is filtering the light giving nice colors to the subject. The point of view is giving depth to the photo. Have a nice day.

Pierre