enjoying sagada, a photo from Mountain, Ilocos

Photographer's Note

These are Laya and Nene enjoying the breathtaking view of one of the many rice terraces in Sagada. They are university students from Manila who I met on a bus trip from Baguio to Sagada. Sagada is a pleasant little tranquil community in the Mountain Province in the Cordillera Region of Northern Philippines. A place known for its rice terraces, hanging coffins, caves, and a milieu of other breathtaking sceneries, Sagada offers an ideal haven to its inhabitants and a taste of "Shangri-la" to intrepid enough visitors.

Located 275-km north of Manila (100-km from Baguio) near the provincial capital of Bontoc, it's a long day's bus ride starting from the Dangwa bus station in Baguio over the narrow mountain tracks traversing the Cordilleras.

On a personal note, it was because of this photo that I discovered TE. A friend alerted me that this photo, which I took and first uploaded at MIP (a website about the Philippines), was posted by another person under his name. My sincerest thanks to Adam for fixing the whole mess.

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atus (15878) 2006-07-19 17:22

Hello Danilo,
what a great double pov, for You and for the girls,too!
The view is really fantastic, of a great impact and pleasant atmosphere. The colors are very nice, vivid and well saturated. Sharpness and dof are spot on! TFS and congratulations!
Attila

oochappan (4880) 2006-07-19 19:58

A marvellous landscape with all those teraces, pleasant to look over the girl to see these paradise of green enlightened by sun and shadow. A fine shot Danilo.
Henk

csbriones (217) 2006-07-19 20:08

Yes, beautiful shot I agree..
I saw this very place several years back when digital photos were not yet popular, haay you're blessed to have this nice pic to remember your trip with :)
Love the colors and the 'atmosphere' created by your composition.
Thanks for sharing!
Cheers, Christine

kiwi_explorer (12209) 2006-07-19 20:59

Hello Bay,
It is indeed a magnificient sceney worth visiting. The colors in this photo is sooo natural that it feels you're there ... well it does bring back memories.
Good choice including your two friends (hope you had lots of fun) in your composition as it adds perspective and dimension to the scene. This will possibly generate a lot of some imaginative feedbacks if this was in MIP :) Well done ... TFS.
Cheers,
Renier

goodwill (4274) 2006-07-19 21:56

Hi Danilo,
This is what is known as perspective. Presence of Laya and Nene, the contrast in their dresses, booms the shot of nice DOF.
Well done,
Regards,
Rajeev

bend1k (934) 2006-07-19 22:34

Danny, that is a nice view. i did not saw that when i went to sagada. can you tell me where in sagada that is? is that along the way to the big waterfall? i bet those students fell in love with you.
regards
benedict

voyagenation (1180) 2006-07-20 1:19

i think this is the Kiltepan and Tetepan rice terraces. we camped out there once.

tfs. great compo.

pablominto (53746) 2006-07-20 1:27

Hi Danilo,
An awesome point of view! Did you have to clim or is there a road hidden behind your back?
The green of freshly planted rice is a beautiful colour, but not so much here but in fact you need the water in the field to make the lines stand out in this distance...
Fine diagonal line in the valley, good colours contrast by the yellow t-shirt!
Greetings,
Pablo -

chaity (1539) 2006-07-20 1:34

Hi Danilo, good view point with the 2 students sitting in front. They have added some colors and visual into the photo. Well done.

AiresSantos (56155) 2006-07-20 3:44

Hi Danilo,
I was looking your portfolio and have excellent works.
This one has an magnificent POV and colors. I like the graphism of the fields. Verey good ideia the girls in foreground. Very well seen and done.
Thanks and greetings

marianita (3455) 2006-07-20 4:38

excellent view! i am enjoying sagada as well! beautiful landcape. nice composition with the 2 people
well done
marianna

Cretense (68709) 2006-07-20 5:46

A breathtaking view, Danilo, and a very well composed picture with the two ladies playing the most important role. Without them the photo wouldn't be same. Well done!
Best regards,
Hercules

kebek (5438) 2006-07-20 6:21

Serwus Danilo !
Skilfully chosen perspective on these always fascinating terraces. Very nice crop without sky and light in the valley add dynamism to the scenery. Well exposed, very good quality.
Thank You and best wishes,
Mat

sayan (2617) 2006-07-20 8:01

Wonderful capture Danilo. Lovely landscape. I relly like the terraces on the mountain. This would have been a not so good shot without those two human elements in the foreground. Their presence has given a different perspective to the composition. Lovely contrasting colours on their dresses. Well seen and captured.
Best regards,
Sayan

zeca (19762) 2006-07-21 1:40

Hello Danilo!
Beautiful view! Nice that youｴve included the two girls in the picture, showing nice DOF. Excelent colours and details on that terraces!
Regards,
Zeca

zou (223) 2006-07-21 15:02

Salut� Danilo
Nice POV , the landscape is very good showed, spoecially with those 2 toursits who look that they enjoy a lot this view :)

Gustaw (21670) 2006-07-22 6:59

Hallo dear friend!
Very interesting view, beautiful colours, good qualitty of photography!
Marek

turkamerikali (3291) 2006-07-22 21:07

Hi Danilo,
Great composition with great view my friend.
I like your pov,dof,colors,note and composition.Well Done My Friend.TFS
Chris Tolga

ramthakur (1559) 2006-07-23 12:06

The people sitting and enjoying the view give the picture a realistic perspective.
Lovely terraced fields along the river.
The country is really very scenic.
TFS.

sabyasachi1212 (19779) 2006-07-24 4:24

Hi Danilo,
Excellent composition. I like your POV. And thanks for letting us know ur introduction to TE. Its a shame that such things happen but sometimes it works out for good. The colours of the dress here contrsats so well with the green rice terraces. It could so well have been a place in Nepal. Nice capture.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

Dragonheart (8434) 2006-07-24 16:55

Hello Danilo,
This is an outstanding capture, the view is breathtaking, well framed and composed.
Good job,
Well done,
Regards,
Vivek
:-) Tomorrow

Henryk_Bilor (20803) 2006-07-27 13:01

Hi Danilo
Excellent composition with these girls and the distant beautifully shaped terraces. Great colours.
Regards

yesterday (9833) 2006-07-28 3:59 [Comment]

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osse (2808) 2006-08-01 20:36

Hi Danilo
Great landscape shot. Great colours, light sharpnes and POV.
Well done mf

osse

jhm (211736) 2006-08-03 4:58

Hello Danilo,

Today I browsed to your gallery, I found different pictures very nice, I chose this picture for the high quality and splendid panorama view on the rice tables, fantastic atmosphere, the two girl enjoy of the beautiful nature!
Thanks for sharing.

Have a nice day,
John

prumod (8300) 2006-08-08 13:25

hi danilo
its a very nice place and shot...
you well decorated it with them!
regards
pramod

tinamunk3 (6408) 2006-08-13 15:28

Hi Danilo,

"Green is good for the eyes" - that's for sure.

Impressive view you have captured here. Must be paradise for photographers. I love rice fields and I don't think I have ever seen such an intensive view of them before.

Good idea to include the girls - adds a good contrast to the image.

:) Tina

RADEEH (2802) 2006-08-14 12:33

The composition makes me to think of the hard work the people of this place have did to make this mountanious place to a clitivated land. The view of this green and rich land is fantastic. Including these girls allow us to see through their eyes. Interstingshot Congrats and TFS

iAey (47) 2006-09-04 22:29

hi Danilo

A beautiful shot. I agree. Love the colors and atmosphere., Thanks for sharing.

:Duangta:

sebcz (2345) 2006-11-09 9:15

Hi Danilo!
A great idea to place those two in the photo, it seems like we are there enjoying the view with them. It also gives the sense of height and depth. Nice compo.
Regards,
Seb

plimrn (21344) 2006-11-15 3:22

Hi Danilo,
Lovely detail in the terraces, I like pair on the rock with the CD wallet of Music(?)

What an interesting story, I found TE in Outdoor Photography. One of the fellows being published said he had learned it all on TE.
REgards, Pat

MLINES (12516) 2007-01-06 2:06

Hi Danilo. Very good POV and the people in the foreground add some interest. Must be a good place to see with your eyes, and we are fortunate to see it via your lens. Good DOF.. Murray.

banyanman (7797) 2007-05-06 10:46

A stunning vista and a perfectly composed photograph, Danilo. Your two subjects provide depth and colour contrast, and I like how you have selected your POV so that they don't block out any part of the view of the rice terraces. Cheers . . . David