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Sapa, Vietnam 越南 -- I m on the move again.. going to some China villages.. back on Thu..
Will visit your stream when back ^_^
Victoria Terrace above Victoria Street and West Bow, Edinburgh.
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Yuanyang Rice Terraces, located on the southern slopes of Ailao Mountain in Yuanyang County (part of Honghe Hani Autonomous Prefecture) and located in the south of Yunnan Province has been a masterpiece of the ingenuity of the Hani people for generations. Southern Ailao Mountain, with this typical tiered landscape, is famed for its unique frontier scenery.
The Hani people's ancestors came to this steep mountain area 2,500 years ago. In their struggle against the difficult terrain they successfully established the terraces, where they grew rice in order to make a living. The technology of developing fertile land on rugged mountain slopes didn't spread all over China and Southeast Asia until 14th century. The creativity of the Hani people turned this mountain area into one of artistic beauty. In recognition, the Ming Dynasty emperor granted the title of 'Skillful Sculptor' to Hani people and their good reputation was passed down from generation to generation. At present, known as 'land sculpture' the terraced fields have been being officially acknowledged by UNESCO as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage site.
Belimbing, Bali. Some of the most beautiful and dramatic rice terraces in Bali can be found in the village of Belimbing. These are hundreds of years old and are a masterpiece of gravity fed irrigation techniques.
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On the roof of the famous Casa Milá, i.e. La Pedrera, by architect Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona, Spain. Yes, this is how you will mostly see it, crowded with people and other photographers.
A row of terraced house on a steep hill on the Isle of Portland. The effect was achieved by duplicating the base layer in Photoshop, applying the cut-out filter, adding some colour saturation to this layer, then selecting overlay in the layers palette to bring out the saturation and contrast. I really like the finished effect.
Sylvan Terrace is a grouping of 20 historic three-story, wood-framed townhouses on a cobblestone street. It is located near the Morris-Jumel Mansion in Washington Heights. These houses date back to 1882.
Happy 60th Anniversary, HDB! Public housing in Singapore is what truly defines this country, as it is the dwelling place for the vast majority of the populace, making it a shared experience for Singaporeans.
To me, Punggol Waterway Terraces kinda fits the interpretation of the HDB kampung, with multiple common decks and an enclosed, yet open, layout and architecture that allows for community interaction.
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Terraced rice paddy fields are quite a spectacular marvel, both in their beauty and their ingeniousness.
A while ago I stumbled upon some mind-blowing photos of these, and I really wanted to see if I could do them justice in LEGO. I had quite a bit of lime wedge plates lying around, so that became the basis for the build, augmented with tiles and jumper plates.
I wanted to make thin paddies to get the very layered feel to the build. This naturally meant that the terrain had to be quite steep, or the paddies would be wider. I also wanted to intersperse the paddies with some overgrown jungle, to get a nice contrast and some variation. A river at the bottom also made sense since the water had to end up somewhere.
The terracing was certainly the most complicated thing going on here. The goal was to get smooth angles with showing as few studs as possible. Smooth angles pretty much means you need to use wedge plates, which also means you have very little area to work with before the studs become visible.
The building process was quite frustrating as building up layer by layer doesn't really work as you have to make sure that the top layers will combine well, or you may have to tear everything up. This meant the paddies were actually built from left to right rather than from the bottom to the top. There was still quite a bit modifications needed and I sometimes had to pull whole sections out to fix a small detail, and then try to put it back together again. Not the most fun ;)
I generally find lime green a bit hard to work with, as it is easy for it to overpower other greens because of its brightness. It was definitely the right colour choice here though, so had to try to make it work. In the end I think the colours work together because they represent different things, while trying to make them blend might have been harder. Here it is quite clear that the lime is paddies and the other greens are jungle and other random vegetation.
The most enjoyable part for me was (as it usually is) the forest/jungle. Making it work on very steep mountainsides was a bit of a challenge, but I had a lot of fun trying out both new elements and new techniques to get a varied, but still natural looking jungle.
I am quite happy with the end result of this build, though I feel it generally looks better close up rather than in overview photos of the whole build. Probably because close ups are more immersive. Will have to take some more of those later :)
As to whether I have made the rice terraces justice, I would have to say no. Though I do feel the build turned out quite well, the beauty of the real thing is just too high of a benchmark to reach. Just go ahead and google 'rice terraces' and you'll see what I mean :)