Workers on the tea hills, a photo from Phongsali, North

Photographer's Note

颷an Komaen - Workers on the tea hills�

Three more pictures of the hills with the tea fields around Ban Komaen in the north of Laos.
Both workers on my main photo were setting up a site to plant new tea bushes.

Qualitatively these are not my best photos. The light wasn't that great either.
Still, I would like to show you these landscapes that were so very different from the rest of the country.

The most beautiful tea fields I ever saw were in Munnar, Kerala, South India. A long time ago I also saw beautiful ones near Nuwara Eliya in Sri Lanka and near the Puncak Pass in Java, Indonesia.
Yet I enjoyed being in this fresher part of Laos for a few days.
The nights were even fairly chilly but not as cold as in Phonsavan where the Plains of Jars are located.

pierrefonds, ikeharel, COSTANTINO, papagolf21, holmertz, Royaldevon, Fis2, jhm, ChrisJ, alvaraalto, PiotrF, adramad has marked this note useful

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pierrefonds (103643) 2020-10-26 17:34

Bonsoir Paul,

Tu as bien captur� l'action des travailleurs � la plantation de th�. La prise de vue permet de voir les d彋ails des collines de la plantation de th�. La lumi鋨e fait ressortir les couleurs. Bonne soir嶪.

Pierre

emka (152344) 2020-10-26 18:34

Hello Paul Wonderful landscape of the tea terraces. Nice view of the workers. I have seen the terraces in India.
Is this small hut the same as in your previous post? Magnificent composition. Indeed, I wouldn't guess it was Laos. Not so far from Yunnan and the rice terraces there.
Best regards Malgo

ifege (32389) 2020-10-26 21:05

Hi Paul
Another good tea series. You'd have to be fit to cope both with the work and getting up those hills.
cheers
Ian

Silvio1953 (205862) 2020-10-26 22:12

Ciao Paul, lovely composition with couple at work imn a fascinating mountain landscape, splendid light, excellent clarity and wonderful natural colors, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

COSTANTINO (104253) 2020-10-26 22:56

Hello dear friend and have a nice day
the beauty is into the simplicity...
this photo is dedicated to the Nature...
I like both workers adding life
to this scenery by planting
new tea plants...
welldone
regards
costantino

jemaflor (135502) 2020-10-27 0:15

Salut Paul,
Int廨essante composition avec un superbe paysage avec toutes ces collines et la vue des gens au travail, bon effet de profondeur d'image, bonnes nettet� et luminosit�, bien pris.

papagolf21 (152601) 2020-10-27 0:25

Bonjour, cher Paul,
Voir les paysans travailler avec des outils d'un autre 殟e (je vois difficilement comment utiliser un autre mat廨iel, compte tenu de l'environnement) pour ex嶰uter des travaux p幯ibles.
Les qualit廥 de l'image sont d嶴� tr鋊 bonnes, le mieux est l'ennemi du bien selon l'adage. L'int廨皻 porte essentiellement sur la vie des autochtones et de la g廩graphie des lieux.
Amiti廥.
Philippe

holmertz (92932) 2020-10-27 2:04

Hello Paul,
The scenery is beautiful in all these photos and especially in the main upload. And I don't mind at all seeing two persons in the foreground. In the WS I like the rusty tin roof surrounded by green bushes.
Best regards,
Gert

Royaldevon (75546) 2020-10-27 3:21

Hello Paul,

Don't be dismissive, these are fine photographs and clearly reveal the conditions in this part of Laos.

I like this, as the main shot, for it shows us the conditions under which the people have to work.
I immediately felt sorry for this couple; the ground looked as difficult to clear as that in my garden, when we bought the house decades ago! It was back-breaking work but we weren't at the top of a steep hill and could pop in for a cup of tea (thanks to the work of people like these) any time we felt like it!

The steep hills do look wild and difficult to work, but stunning as landscapes.

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

Fis2 (155732) 2020-10-27 5:33

Witaj Paul!
A very curious scene from daily life.
Interesting place and beautiful landscape.Excellent framing, colors and sharoness.
Very well done my friend!
Nice day.
Krzysztof

lousat (130055) 2020-10-27 9:41

Hi Paul,work in progress on the ground during this no-picking season in tea plantantions. Beautiful capture,i like the 2 WS too,especially the alone hut on the hill,very good quality as usual. Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

jhm (203103) 2020-10-27 11:17

Goedenavond Paul,

Ik heb met veel aandacht gekeken naar uw foto.
Paul, de mensen in de voorgrond maken uw foto heel mooi.
En nu passen de bergen perfect bij jou foto op de achtergrond.
Heerlijk panorama, ook de kleuren zijn aangenaam om naar te kijken. Bedankt.

Groeten uit Oost-Vlaanderen,
John

BennyV (32570) 2020-10-27 11:46

Rustige dagelijks leven/arbeid foto. Een heel herkenbare scene voor veel gebieden in Azi�. Niet de beste foto (zoals je zelf zegt), maar hij geeft wel een goed beeld van het dagelijks leven voor vele mensen.

Je noot deed me denken aan wat mijn favoriete teevelden waren. Ik denk dat ik toch voor Nuwara Eliya ga (Kerala staat nog op ons lijstje van wensbestemmingen, hopelijk lukt dat ooit nog eens...als we nog eens op reis kunnen gaan...)

Benny

ChrisJ (160134) 2020-10-27 12:05

Hello Paul

I hope you were especially careful of UXO from the Vietnam war, when Americans dropped more bombs on Laos than during the whole of WWII in Europe! I have been to Phonsavarn whose landscape is riddled with bomb craters but this area seems serene enough. Tfs!

Tue (82326) 2020-10-27 12:53

Hallo Paul,
Een uitstekende foto van het werk op de theeplantage. Het is vast een hard bestaan, zeker gezien de manier waarop de twee mensen gebukt staan boven de velden. De vertical compositie is mooi en laat het uitgestrekte heuvellandschap mooi zien.
Lars

alvaraalto (42346) 2020-10-28 2:10

Dag Paul,
Wij amateurfotografen zullen het moeten doen met de weers- en lichtcondities van het ogenblik. Wachten tot ze ideaal zijn is meestal geen optie. Gelukkig is niet een superkwaliteit van een foto doorslaggevend en deze mooie serie geeft ons een uitstekend beeld van de thee-teelt.
De kleuren en scherpte geven denk ik toch wel een goed idee van de werkelijke weercondities weer.
Groet Rob

PiotrF (52330) 2020-10-28 17:36

Hello Paul,
Great photo from tea plantation.
I like good composition, nice colours and good sharpness.
Good work, fine presentation
Regards
Piotr

foxy (2059) 2020-10-30 10:02

Hello Paul,
Wow! this is stunning view of tea hills ...it's a pretty good photo and the visibility of rolling hills , after another rolling hills as far as the eye can see , pretty amazing too even a bit misty in the horizon. So clear, I can see about 20 huts scattered around the hills. That's say something, isn't it :-)
I do believe that this Tea Plantation is quite new, seeing all the hills with bare patches of newly growth tea plants. I see that the tea plants are quite tall, normally there are pruned to waist height.
For me , the only tea fields I saw was in Cameron Highland, M'sia. And it was beautiful. To be honest, I prefer to see rice terraces. Have you got one? :-)
Well, if you stayed so long in Laos. It's must be a nice country to visit. I'll keep that in mind.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful place.
Loong

GyurMaster (21381) 2020-10-31 16:22

And hello again,

I like this photograph portraying these ladies, pursuing their traditional activities with the beautiful landscape in the bg.

Best Wishes,
Gy.

Miguel82 (47108) 2020-11-01 9:40

Hallo Paul, i see many slopes were deforested in the background. These people work hard on steep slopes. They are cleaning the soil to plant new tea bushes in that plot. A magnificent landscape but the pictures show the disappearance of the tropical forest. Fine colors, good sharpness, regards.

ikeharel (105973) 2020-11-02 6:31

A daily life picture and the landscape scenery from this region, well combined and presented.
The diagonal-lines of terraces and slopes are attractive sight added depth to the composition, and multi-green colors prevailed.
Good afternoon,
Ike

adramad (67048) 2020-11-07 11:21

Hello Paul.
Great composition with these two workers in the tea fields, surrounded by a spectacular landscape of mountains behind them, alternating their slopes with very green areas, with other more bare ones.
A fantastic photo, with beautiful natural colors, very good lighting and excellent sharpness.
Well done. I love.
Enjoy the weekend.
Very best regards.
Luis.